Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Here are some November fun pictures from our Pizza Party!! Students earned a pizza party for completing homework every week, during the first nine week!! Good Job everyone!!!

November

Happy November! We have gotten in the swing of our new space so quickly. Currently we are working on shapes, solids, and symmetry.  We are getting ready to jump right back into the review of place value and comparing numbers.
In history we are a week into our Native American unit. Check out the pictures of us writing on "Buffalo skin" like the Lakota Indians, of the Great Plains.

October News

Welcome to October. We are working on simple addition and subtraction facts. Please practice these at home- making flashcards is a great way to help your child remember them. We also have reading groups rolling! We have seen great growth and progress in these last couple of weeks.  In science we are in the middle of a weather unit. Please help your child by holding conversations about the characteristics of the day's weather. What types of activities can you do in weather like today? What should we wear?  Most importantly, what do you predict the weather will be like tomorrow?  In light of recent events, please make sure your child is dressed for the day's weather when they come to school. 

Please continue to send in homework on Monday's. There is no homework grade, however I am keeping record of completion.  Homework is an excellent way to teach your child to carve out special time at home to rethink the day's lessons. It is important to begin working on home study skills early, to instill good practice for later in their education. 

I look forward to seeing everyone at back to school night in the upcoming week. 

Welcome Back Students!

Welcome back kiddos and parents. I am beyond excited to meet each of you at back to school night, or on the 1st day of school.  As the first day of school approaches please start to get into your new routine.  I know I have to make myself get up extra early, and eat a big breakfast! Below is a list of ideas to consider to help make the transition into a new school year a bit easier for you and your child.

* Start getting to bed a bit earlier, and thus wake up a bit earlier too!

* Prepare for the next day before hitting the sack! Did you pick out your clothes? Pack your lunch and snack?

*Homework will not be coming home for a few weeks, but set aside 20 minutes each night to read. This will help prepare everyone for the nights when you will have to sit down and do homework.

*Have multiple chats about how your child will get to and from school each day, especially the first day. This can cause anxiety in children.  If they worry about forgetting, send in a note to help them remember. 

*Ask your child what their favorite part of 1st grade was, or flip through a yearbook remembering old friends. Reflecting on the fun they had last year will help get them excited for what's in store this year!

I look forward to meeting everyone soon! Feel free to email me with questions or concerns at secondgradesnapshot@gmail.com  or my school email, listed on the school website. 

All information regarding location of our school and county is to be kept personal on the blog, for the safety of students and teachers!

~Mrs. P

Habitat Video

Here is a look at our latest creation! We created a habitat video to use as review.  Enjoy!

February

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, if feels like Winter Break was just a few days ago. I guess with the snow, we didn't have a chance to get quite back into our routine until last week. I hope everyone is working on their homework.  I am pleased to say we have our very own student teacher. We are all her Guinea pigs, and she is doing a great job working with the students each day. Ms. P2 is here for a few more weeks! I will post next week's homework, and send home the schedule for upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences tomorrow!

Homework

Here is the homework for the upcoming week. We are reviewing the 1st semester materials for our mid year assessments, which are underway!

We are responsible citizens in 2nd grade. We take responsibility for our actions. Draw a picture of you being responsible- what are you doing in the picture? Write 3 sentences about your picture, and your responsible choices.	We live in the Region where the  Eastern Woodland Native American lived.  Do a brain dump on transportation, food, and housing.	Make flashcards for this week’s sight words.  Practice flashing them with an adult.	Write the steps to make hot chocolate: Use sequencing words- first, then, next, last	Write the fact families for the following equations: 3+4=7 6+7=13
Read a story with a grown up.  What book did you read? Before you read make 1 prediction about what will happen. After reading the book, check to see was your prediction correct?	Cut and sort your word study for the week. After you sort, read your words out loud twice. Keep in a safe place to practice for your test.	Sort your word study words and write them 1 time.  Read them three times.	Label the 3 American Indian tribes and list different foods they ate.	Read a book with a grown up. What book did you read? What did it make you think about, or remind you of?
Round the following numbers to the nearest 10. 32 67 45 12	Review your study guides (that have been passed out) Practice locating and naming the continents and oceans.	START HERE Cut, sort and read your word study words	Sort your Word Study Words and glue them down onto paper.  Read through them 2 times.	Write your sight words in crazy colors. Read them 3 times.
Read a book and  write a connection you made; Text to myself, text to my world, text to text. Write what it made you think about.	Write your sight words in ABC order. Read through them 3 times	Make a T chart and review the contributions of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt.	Be a number detective and find the missing numbers. Don’t forget your number line: ? + 4= 9 ? +12= 20	Read a story. Write 2 or more sentences telling me the characters and setting.  What was the problem in the story?
Have a grown up call out your Word Study Words.  Write them down like you are taking a spelling test.  Sort your words and check to see how you did!	Use your sight words in 5 sentences. Underline your sight word in each one. Find the ACTION WORD and circle it. Find the noun (person, place or thing) and put a box around it.	Write the following numbers. Circle the number in the Hundreds place, and box in the number in the tens place. 435,  231,  789,  700,	Find a family member to read with.  What book did you read? Where did the book take place? Who were the characters?	Read through your list of sight words! Use 5 of them in silly nonsense sentences. Circle each sight

This weeks sight words are:
which
there
would
about
other
something
people
number
they
over