December 14-18

There will be no written homework or spelling this week in 2nd Grade! Happy Holidays!

Thursday (12/17) is the annual 2nd Grade Polar Express Day. We will be reading and completing activities from this book.  Please send your child to school wearing his or her pajamas on Thursday 12/17!

The winter party is this Friday (12/18) at 11:20 in your child’s classroom. School will be dismissed at 12:00 on this day.

We are looking forward to a fun week as we get ready for winter break! 

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: Readers build a characteristic chart of our story arc - we will review how the story arc helps with purpose and structure!

Writing: Writers choose what they want to write about! We will review all of the types of writing and students will choose the work they want to produce!

Math: We will review bar models and take an assessment on Tuesday to show what we learned!

Social Studies: We will learn about holiday traditions and their significance!

Science: We will learn about magnets!

December 7-11

What a great start we had to December! Our Fun Run for Woodview Elementary was a success! Thank you for all of your generosity and support! Also thanks to all who donated for Toys for Tots! The students had a great time sharing the holiday spirit and joy with others!

Check out what we are learning this week..

Reading: Readers understand that inner dialogue is a craft element that authors use to develop the character. Inner dialogue is when a character is thinking to himself or herself. Authors usually do not use quotation marks or italics for inner dialogue. It should be written normally!

Writing: This week in writing we are giving the students some free choice to use the techniques and genres of writing that they have learned about all semester! The choices include: Science/Social Studies topic writing (nonfiction books), letters (to Santa, elves, family and friends), personal narratives and holiday writing activities! The students have learned so many writing formats and styles and we can’t wait to see what they choose!

Math: In math we are moving forward and adding some steps in our bar model problems! We will continue to work with word problems in both addition and subtraction and will dive into 2-step problems!

Social Studies: We will learn about communities: urban, suburban and rural. How are they different? How are they similar? What do we find in each? What is it like living in each community?

Science: We will continue our study of balance and motion! We will look at rolling objects and how ramps/wheels affect motion.

Landforms

Our landform quiz is coming up Friday - here's an "anchor chart" of the landforms we focused on this week! Look for a review coming home with your student tomorrow to study for Friday!

November 30 - December 4

We hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

On WEDNESDAY is our Fun Run to raise money for Woodview Elementary School. Woodview is our sister school and is located behind the HEB off of Bunker Hill Road and I-10. We are doing this fun run to raise money for them to get a new playground. Please feel free to send any amount of money in an envelope or ziplock baggy that says Fun Run and we will make sure that money goes directly to Woodview. During our specials time the students will participate in the Fun Run so please make sure they wear tennis shoes and dress appropriately! 

On THURSDAY we have early dismissal at 1:30! Please do not forget! Also on Thursday is our Toys for Tots toy drive! Please, if you are able, send a toy (unwrapped) and each class will have a time to go take their toys out to the fire truck to be donated. If you want more information on Toys for Tots check out their website here: http://toysfortots.org/

Also on FRIDAY we will have a quiz on Landforms (what we are studying in Social Studies). Please look for a review that will come home with your child on Thursday night!

Here’s what we are learning this week:

Reading: Readers understand that dialogue is a craft element that authors use to develop character and the story.

Writing: Writers write book reviews! We will finish our review unit this week as we write our own review on a favorite book we have read.

Math: We will continue our study of Bar Models with both Addition and Subtraction!

Social Studies: We will study landforms! On FRIDAY there will be a landforms quiz – please look for a review that will come home Thursday night!

Science: We will continue our study of balance and motion!

November 16-20

It’s our last full week of school for November! This semester sure is flying by!

THIS FRIDAY is our Friendship Sandwich lunch! Please refer to the yellow page sent home by your teacher to see what you are responsible for bringing J. Friendship Sandwich is a tradition that 2^nd grade does every year. It’s a fun way for the students to celebrate Thanksgiving together and to see that working together and everyone doing their part is important!

Check out what we are learning this week..

Reading: Readers are able to reproduce the elements of familiar stories using a story arc.

Writing: We will continue our study of Reviews!

Math: We will begin our unit of bar models in Addition and Subtraction – watch for the parent connection letter coming home!

Social Studies: We will study map elements.

Science: We will begin our unit on motion!

November 9-13

Hello everyone! We hope you had a wonderful weekend and that you’re enjoying this lovely cool fall weather! We also hope it stays around J

In reading we have been talking about THEME. We say that the THEME is one or two words that describe the BIG IDEA of the book. As you read with your student at home and finish books encourage them to talk with you about what they think the THEME of the book is! Some examples are: friendship, family, perseverance, bravery, kindness, believing in yourself, etc. See what your student can come up with and talk with them about WHY they think that is the THEME!

Here’s what we are learning this week..

Reading: Readers understand that theme is one or two words that describe the big idea of the book. They can discuss the theme of what they are reading!

Writing: We will continue our study of Reviews! We are talking about the parts of a review: title, lead, claim, support points, explanations, conclusion. Ask your child what these are!

Math: We are continuing to learn subtraction with regrouping and moving on to regrouping in the tens place!

Social Studies: We are learning about me in relation to my world! We will be talking about the different types of maps and how we relate to the world we live in.

Science: We will continue to talk in detail about different forms of energy! 

November 2-6

Happy November! Don’t forget FIELD DAY is this Friday, November 6! Look for a post later in the week with our team names and colors J

Here’s what we are learning this week…

Reading: Readers find author’s purpose in familiar texts! They also understand that theme is one or two words that describe the big idea of the book.

Writing: We will continue our Argumentative/Review unit!

Math: We will learn subtraction with regrouping.

Social Studies: We will begin our geography unit with a study on landforms and landmarks. In this part of the unit, students will discuss different types of landforms and identify local, state, and national landmarks.

Science: We will continue to learn about the different types of energy!

October 26-30

It’s RED RIBBON WEEK! Red Ribbon Week is a nationally recognized week in which schools across the United States focus on turning young people away from drugs and alcohol. We are going to educate our students at HCE about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Please encourage your child to participate in the dress up themes throughout the week! Although national Red Ribbon Week is a complete focus on staying drug free, we are broadening the focus to include making healthy choices and staying positive. It is hard to explain to our younger Cougars when the focus is all about staying drug free. Check out our dress up themes:

MONDAY: “Red”y to lead a healthy lifestyle – wear read clothing and get a red ribbon to wear all week.

TUESDAY: “New friends are all around you” – wear something pink for Breast Cancer Awareness and let’s be kind and pass it on.

WEDNESDAY: “My future is bright” – wear a college t-shirt – use your brain, be smart and make healthy choices.

THURSDAY: “Wild about being healthy” – wear crazy hair day – You can still have fun and not make bad decisions.

FRIDAY: I “mustache” you not to bully or do drugs – wear HCE shirts or your spooktacular auction shirts to school and all kids will be getting a fake mustache to wear all day.

Now.. Here’s what we are learning this week in 2^nd grade!

Reading – Readers describe characters using their traits and prove feelings with textual evidence. Readers use author’s clues to help predict what may happen next in the text and they can talk about it.

Writing – We will continue our Argumentative/Review unit!

Math – We will finish up our regrouping in tens and ones with additionJ Thursday we will begin our subtraction without regrouping!

Social Studies – We will continue to talk about our nation – government, laws, taxes, branches of government!

Science – We will learn about energy!

October 19-23

Don't forget THURSDAY and FRIDAY we will dismiss at 12:00pm for Parent Teacher Conferences! Make sure you are signed up with your teacher to have a conference! We look forward to talking with you about your student!

Here's what we are learning this week...

Reading - Readers describe characters using their feelings and traits. Readers prove with textual evidence. Feelings are a character's emotional response to the actions around them. A feeling is a temporary emotion.

Writing - We will begin our argumentative/review unit!

Math - We will continue regrouping by learning regrouping in the tens place.

Social Studies - We will understand the purpose of government: both local, state and federal. We will identify the functions of governments such as establishing order, providing security and managing conflict.

Science - We will continue to discuss weather and continue using thermometers to measure air temperature!

October 12-16

We hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend!



Don't forget our FIELD TRIP is WEDNESDAY to the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum! Please send your child in their HCE spirit shirt! Mrs. Boyd's class, Mrs. Scott's class and Miss Giese's class will go in the morning, Miss Howard and Miss Coan's class will go in the afternoon!



Here's what we are learning this week...



Reading - We will continue to use the terminology of narrative structure to map a familiar story on a story arc.



Writing - This is our last week in non-fiction! We will continue to talk about how writers write to teach and readers read to learn.



Math - We will continue regrouping in the ones and move to regrouping in the tens place.



Social Studies - We will understand the purpose of government: both local, state and federal. We will identify the functions of governments such as establishing order, providing security and managing conflict.



Science - We will create a class weather calendar to record daily weather observations, we will explore using thermometers to measure air temperature!

October 5-9

Happy October everyone! We hope you’re enjoying this “Fall” weather we are finally seeing a little bit of! 

Here’s what we are learning this week in 2^nd grade…

Reading – Readers create story arcs for familiar and unfamiliar texts. We will learn how to map our stories and the events in them!

Writing – Writers write to teach and read to learn. We will continue to work on our nonfiction topic books. We will also talk about things good writers do such as: including a “who” and a “what” in complete sentences, using capital letters and ending punctuation in every sentence, using our writing folders to spell sight words correctly, and revising our pieces.

Math – We will begin addition with regrouping this week! We will talk about magic number 9 and how we know when to regroup! We will use base ten blocks to model why we regroup.

Social Studies – We will wrap up our study of symbols by finishing up U.S. Symbols! We will continue to look at what they stand for and what their significance is to our country.

Science – We will wrap up our study of matter, what it is, and how it can change!

September 28 - October 2

Can you believe it's October this week?! This year sure is flying by so far! Here are a few reminders for the week first:

Tuesday, September 29th is OPEN HOUSE! Our classrooms will be open for you to visit from 5:30-6:30pm. Please come by with your student and let them show you all we are doing in 2nd grade! After Open House the first PTA meeting will be held at 6:40. Coach Thompson has graciously offered for the students to watch a movie in the gym for the duration of the PTA meeting! Thanks, Coach Thompson!

Also, soon you will be receiving information about how to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences October 22nd and 23rd. There will also be information about signing up at Open House.

Here's what we are learning in 2nd grade this week..

Reading – Readers describe main characters in works of fiction, including their traits, motivations, and feelings. Readers also notice characteristics of fairytales, folktales, and legends.

Writing – Writers continue writing non-fiction books on topics in which they are experts. Writers will use tools and features to teach their readers.

Math – We will be learning about addition without regrouping! We will use base ten blocks and what we know about place value to add 2 and 3 digit numbers to the 1,000’s.

Social Studies – We will be learning several USA symbols! Students will be reviewing the symbols so that they can explain the significance of each and how they tie to our country.  

Science – We will be exploring the physical properties of matter and how it changes. We will be demonstrating that things can be done to materials to change their physical properties such as cutting, folding, sanding and melting.

Traffic Light Questioning

Readers ask questions while we read! This week we have been talking about Traffic Light Questioning! We talk about questions we ask ourselves before we read, while we read and after we read! Check out the picture below to see what kinds of questions we encourage the students to ask.

We use these questions to help check for understanding and increase comprehension! Please feel free to use these at home and encourage your readers to ask questions and think out loud with you! 

September 21-25

We hope you had a wonderful weekend! 

Please always remember to send back Spelling Test spirals signed on Mondays! They will come home every Friday with your child. Progress Reports will be coming home on this Friday, September 25th! So be on the look-out for those.

Here's what we're learning this week..

Reading – Readers make meaningful text to world connections to the books they are reading. Readers ask questions when they read. Readers read to identify the lesson taught in folktales, myths, fables, or stories.

Writing – Writers choose topics they are interested in. Writers begin making a plan or what they will write. Writers have lots of tools they use to teach about their topics.

Math – We will be wrapping up our unit on place value, comparing and ordering numbers.

Social Studies – We will be learning about Texas state symbols! Students will be reviewing the symbols so that they can explain the significance of each and how they tie to our state.  

Science – Students will be getting a chance to think like a scientist. We will be doing different hands on experiments. The students will compare and contrast the mass and volume of different types of matter and record their observations!

Text Connections

Above you'll find some "making connections" vocabulary that you can use with your child! This is a chart that we actually made in class that helps us understand what connections are and how we make them!

Also.. Here are some guiding questions you can use for discussion! These are great questions to ask your children while reading!

Text-to-self:
What does this remind me of in my life? 
What is this similar to in my life? 
How is this different from my life? 
Has something like this ever happened to me?
How does this relate to my life?
What were my feelings when I read this?

Text-to-text:
What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? 
How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? 
How is this different from other books I’ve read?
Have I read about something like this before?

Text-to-world:
What does this remind me of in the real world?
How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? 
How is this different from things that happen in the real world? 
How did that part relate to the world around me?

September 14 - 18

Don't forget CURRICULUM NIGHT on Tuesday, September 15th in the Library! 2nd grade Curriculum Night is from 5:30-6:15! The 2nd grade teachers will be there to tell you all about our year and answer any questions you may have! We look forward to seeing you there!

Also, Monday (September 14^th) our spelling homework begins! Look for a note from your teacher for details on homework. We are excited for the learning to continue at home!

Here's what we're learning this week...

Reading: Readers make meaningful connections (text to self, text to text, text to world) with the books they read.

Writing: Writers read to learn and write to teach. We are starting our topic unit!

Math: Each part of a number has a place value. Ones can be added to make tens, tens can be added to make hundreds. When we compare numbers we use the terms greater than, less than and equal to.

Social Studies: We will continue to learn the traits of a good citizen! We will be discussing the following characteristics that all good citizens should possess – respect, honesty, caring, and responsibility.

Science: The three different types of matter we will look at are solids, liquids and gases! We will also wrap up our unit on measurement.

September 8 - September 11

Can you believe it's already our third week in 2nd grade?! We are having a great kick-off to our year! As you have heard, this is the place where you can check to see what we're learning and what's going on!

PICTURE DAY is September 10th!

Here's what we're learning this week:

Reading - Readers notice when they are not understanding what they have read,  and they use “fix-up” strategies to clear up any confusion.

Writing - Writers apply all they know about good grammar and spelling to their writing.

Math - We are learning about numbers to the 1,000's and place value!

Science - Students will be experimenting in measurement using standard and nonstandard units. We will also be exploring matter and the phases of liquids, solids and gases!  

Social Studies - This week in social studies students we will continue our discussion on citizenship! Specifically, we will be discussing the Cougar Code and what it means to be a HCE Cougar!

 

Homework will be starting NEXT WEEK! 

Heads Up!

Today your child will be coming with their Friendly Letter Spiral. We are very excited. Please look for the attached note explaining our new, authentic way for students to practice the friendly letter format as a means of communicating about school. Thank you for your participation! We are so excited for a great year!

Welcome!

Welcome to Second Grade! We are so excited to have your students!

This blog will weekly have a post containing what your kids will be learning as well as fun games and strategies to use at home! Check back weekly to stay up to date on what's going on!

We are looking forward to a GREAT year!

Love,

Your Second Grade Teachers

May 18-22

Don't forget our Publisher's Picnic is THIS THURSDAY from 12:10-12:40! Come enjoy lunch and view your student's hard work with them!

In reading we are identifying characteristics of myths and adding it to what we already know about folk tales! We are connecting this to Ancient Greece for Winds of Time!

In Writing we are reviewing non-fiction text features as we finish up our Bird Books for our Publisher's Picnic!

In Math we are learning about probability and the likelihood of events. We are learning about how some things are certain, some are impossible, and some are more likely or less likely to happen.

In Science we are wrapping up our study of birds with our bird books.

In Social Studies we are studying Ancient Greece for Winds of Time. The students are enjoying learning all of this new information!

April 27 - May 1

We can hardly believe it is going to be MAY at the end of this week! Wow! Your kiddos are almost THIRD GRADERS!

Fun News: Ask your child about what we released into the wild today during snack time - we are sure they will be excited to tell you!!

Please remember that NEXT Monday is our Field Trip to the zoo! You will need to pack a sack lunch for your child because we will be there all day! We are so excited to look at birds and habitats!

We have started our bird research as well as our bird books and your students are so excited! Be sure to ask them which bird they are studying!

Check out what we are learning this week...

Writing - In writing we are learning to write using researched information. This includes the writing for our bird book!

Reading - In reading we are learning how to gather evidence from resources, how to use text features to locate information and how to record this information in a graphic organizer! We use an organizer to research our bird to write our bird books! The students are very excited about this project!

Math - We are finishing up picture graphs, bar graphs and tally charts and will be beginning shapes and patterns!

Science - In science we are studying birds! The students have each picked a bird to research.

Social Studies - We are continuing to study the choices people make in the USA free enterprise. We are talking about spending, earning, saving. We are also studying needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers.

Important Upcoming Dates:
5/4 - Zoo Field Trip
5/5 - Visiting Author 

April 20 - 24

Sorry for the week hiatus! We are back on the blog!

First - Hunters Creek just got a new math subscription called “Mangahigh Math”. It’s an awesome website where there are fun math games as well as games that we can assign for our kiddos. It lets the teachers assign “challenges” to the kids where they play games to practice their math and it lets us see their progress and assign games with more rigor as they advance through the program. We wanted to let you know that it is available to use at home and throughout the summer as well! Your kids can work on the challenges we assign them (IF YOU want them to) or they can play around on the math games. Everything on Mangahigh is math education and the kids are finding it very fun and exciting!

    With that being said, here is how they log-on (and they already know this, but just so you’re informed as well..

    Go to: https://www.mangahigh.com/login

    Their username is their computer username at HCE (they know these – email your teacher if you have questions).

    Their password is their lunch #.

    The School ID is 42383.

Mangahigh is AWESOME and the kiddos are loving it!

Also - you should be receiving a Field Trip form today in your child's green folder! We are going to the zoo on May 4th! Please sign and return this to your child's teacher ASAP!

Check out what we are learning this week..

Writing - We are learning about sensory details and colors! Students will write their own poems about a color that they choose. We will also write Earth Day poems!

Reading - We will learn to gather evidence from resources, use text features to locate information, and record basic information in visual formats!

Math - We will finish up our unit on time and move on to picture graphs.

Science - We will continue our study of birds and their characteristics. This week we are looking at their beaks and feet to see how the different types of each affect their diet and movement!

Social Studies - We will look at the choices people make in the USA free enterprise including earning and spending, needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

March 30 - April 3

Happy last few days of March and Happy short school week!

REMEMBER Friday there is no school for Good Friday!

Our FIELD TRIP is Wednesday! Please pack your child a sack lunch and make sure they wear their green Hunters Creek spirit shirt to school!

Even though it is a short week we WILL have spelling. The test will be THURSDAY! :)


Here's a look into what we are learning this week:


Writing -  We will create a writing through Writer's Workshop! We will look at adverbs and locate them in our writing.

Reading - We will use short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry.

Math - We will learn about fractions and describe how equal parts are related to a whole.

Science - We will learn about life cycles.

Social Studies - We will identify natural resources and learn about the development of products from a natural resource to a finished product. We will talk about goods and services as well as consuming and producing.

March 23-27

Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope you had a fun-filled and relaxing week! Here's a news update for the week..

REMEMBER that Thursday is our Birds of a Feather program! Look in your child's green folder for information on the play. The students are to arrive Thursday evening at 5:30. They are to go to their classroom in their black shorts! The program will begin at 6! We are looking forward to a great performance! Let your child's teacher know if you have any questions!

ALSO next week on Wednesday, April 1st, we will be taking a field trip to the arboretum to go along with our habitat study in science! Please look for the green permission slip coming home, fill out both sides, and send it back ASAP! :)

Here's what we are learning this week:

Writing - We are continuing the Writer's Workshop model as well as looking at adverbs!

Reading - We are using short poems and books to identify how rhyme, rhythm and repetition create images in poetry!

Math - We are studying measurement!

Science - We will study living organisms and food chains!

Social Studies - We will understand the value of work. We will learn how work provides income to purchase goods and services that meet needs and wants! We will talk about earning, spending and saving!


 

February 23-27

Wow! Time is flying! We can't believe it's already the last week of February!

Happy Book Fair Week! We will ALL visit the Book Fair on Tuesday! Here are our times:

    Boyd: 11:00-11:15
    Howard: 11:15-11:30
    Blackstock and Rowan: 1:30-2:00
    Reese: 2:00-2:15

Earning our money for the Money Store has begun this week in our classrooms! As we learn about the value of money students will be able to earn coins in our classrooms. On  Friday, March 13th (the Friday before Spring Break) our students will be participating in a classroom money store! Each child should bring 21 items to sell in the store! Items should be the same and not expensive. They can be store bought or homemade! Examples from the past are: play dough, pencils, bookmarks, and glitter pens. Students will be able to buy items with the money they have earned and sell the items they brought. It is always SUCH a fun experience! Please let your child's teacher know if you have any questions! You should have a letter home in your child's green folder about the Money Store!

Here are some great ideas for practicing money at home:
  -Have your child use coins at home to build values that you call out to them
  -See how many different combinations your child can think of to build the same value
  -You build a value and then have your child build the value a different way

Also, check our this link for some great money games.. http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/money.html

Take a look at what we are studying this week..

Writing - We will continue the Writer's Workshop process! Students are writing their own imaginative stories linking our writing to our reading or legends, folk tales and fairy tales!

Reading - We will continue to read and notice characteristics of legends, folk tales and fairytales. When we have finished we will delve into non-fiction texts!

Math - We will continue to learn the value of money! We will identify the values of coins as well as add coins and use different combinations to build the same amount!

Science - We will explore needs that must be met and the structures/processes that help plants and animals survive in various environments!

Social Studies - We will continue to identify contributions of historical figures and how they influenced our world!

February 17-20

February is flying by! We hope everyone enjoyed their Monday off for President's Day! Here's a quick update of our objectives for this week!

Remember - NO SPELLING this week due to our short week! :)

Writing - we will continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to create new pieces of writing!

Reading - we will read and notice characteristics of legends, tall tales and folk tales! The kids love this unit! We will even write our own creative stories!

Math - we will study money! We are learning about the value of coins and how to add them!

Science - we are learning more about animals and their needs as well as plants!

Social Studies - we will continue to learn about historical figures and their importance!

February 9 - 13

Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week 2015!

Kindness Week is a schoolwide challenge focusing on appreciating and encouraging others with kind words, hugs, sharing a smile and writing notes of appreciation and random acts of kindness! To find more information on Random Acts of Kindness, visit the website at RandomActsOfKindness.org

Also - feel free to check out a few of the videos we will be using in class that were shared with us by our wonderful counselor, Allyson Glass!

Have You Filled A Bucket Today? Read Aloud

Kind Kids Club

Bucket Filling Song



As we wrap up multiplication we would like to share a website with some games to help reinforce your child's multiplication skills! Check out multiplication.com - it has a lot of different fun games!



Reading-  We will read legends and notice their characteristics.



Writing- We will look at prepositions and continue to use the Writer's Workshop model to produce pieces of writing in various genres.



Math- This week we will begin to study money!



Social Studies- We will continue to study historical figures in biographies. We will finish writing our biography reports!



Science- We will continue to look at natural resources and begin to look at habitats .

February 2 - 6

This week we are continuing multiplication - here is a great resource for your student to practice multiplication at home! Check out "Fun 4 the Brain" where there are many math games - especially in multiplication and division!

Picture day is WEDNESDAY! :)

Reading- This week we will locate facts and details about stories and use evidence from text! Since Monday is Groundhog day we will read about Groundhog day! We will learn to ask relevant questions and seek clarification.

Writing- We will continue to create a piece of writing through Writer's Workshop model. We will continue to learn about homographs, homonyms and homophones!


Math- We will continue multiplication by learning to skip count, learning more about arrays and learning strategies to remember our multiplication math facts!


Social Studies- We will continue to study important people and their impact on our world today! We will learn how to use our biographies to locate facts and continue to research our person for our biography report!


Science- We will study natural resources of the earth through experiments, observations and fun activities!

January 26 - 30

This week we will continue NRT testing! Please make sure your kiddos get a good nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast!

Reading- This week we will continue studying biographies! Your student has checked out in the library a biography of a person they find interesting to study. We will continue to look at the nonfiction text characteristics in our biographies as well as make a connection with timelines! Feel free to read more biographies with your student at home and talk with them about the important person they have chosen to read about and research!

Writing- We will continue to use our Writer's Workshop model to produce pieces of writing from various genres! We will review compound words, prefixes and suffixes and look at synonyms and antonyms as well as multisyllable words!

Math- We will continue to multiple and divide equal groups! Quick math is a fun app you can use on a smart phone, ipad or itouch at home to practice math facts and help your child out with math!

Social Studies- We will continue to study important people who impacted our community, state, nation and world!

Science- We will continue to study and classify rocks!

January 12 - 16 and January 19 - 23

For the week of January 12-16... 


Reading -  This week we will be continuing biographies. We are making the connection between biographies and timelines. We are also identifying the characteristics of nonfiction texts.


Writing - This week we will continue to use Writer's Workshop to create pieces of writing. We are learning about prefixes!


Math - This week we will continue multiplication and start division. We have been making the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and division is the same as repeated subtraction.


Social Studies - This week we are continuing to understand the concept of time and chronology as well as describing the order of events.


Science -This week we are finishing up our study of rocks. Last week we went on a rock hunt around the school and found rocks to study. We are comparing and contrasting properties of rocks. We are observing, sorting, and communicating these physical properties of rocks.

For the week of January 19-23...

Enjoy your Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19th! We will see you at school January 20th, Tuesday! We will begin our NRT testing on January 21st. Here are some helpful tips to help your student be well prepared:

You can assist your child prepare for testing by doing the following:

• ƒ Make sure your child gets a good night's sleep before a test, and make sure they eat a good breakfast the morning of the test!
• ƒ Ensure that your child is present during testing.
• ƒ Get your child to school on time the day of the test.
• ƒ Wish your child good luck each morning of the test. Tell your child that he/she is special and that you believe in him/her! 

Reading -  This week we will be continuing biographies. We are making the connection between biographies and timelines. We are also identifying the characteristics of nonfiction texts.



Writing - This week we will continue to use Writer's Workshop to create pieces of writing. We are learning more about prefixes and suffixes as we continue to study synonyms, antonyms and compound words.



Math - This week we will continue multiplication and division. We have been making the connection that multiplication is the same as repeated addition and division is the same as repeated subtraction.



Social Studies - This week we are continuing to understand the concept of time and chronology as well as describing the order of events.


Science -This week we are continuing to look at natural resources vs. man made resources. We are wrapping up properties of rocks as well as observing, sorting, communicating physical properties of rocks.