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!