2nd Grade - Week 6

Grout 2^nd grade had an amazing field trip on Wednesday to the Hoyt Arboretum.  Students were able to extend their learning around plants and trees outside the school environment.  I want to send out a big thank you to the five chaperones that attended the field trip with us.  You made it possible for students to learn and have fun outside of the classroom!

Over the next few weeks we will be spending a lot of time on learning our addition and subtraction math facts to 20.  Knowing these facts quickly will provide students with a solid base to move into multiplication and subtraction in the future.  Making or purchasing flash cards to practice addition and subtraction math facts at home will really help expedite students learning.  For addition, cards should start with 0+1=, 0+2=, 0+3= and work their way all the way to 10+10=.  Subtraction should be 1-0=, 1-1=, 2-0=, 2-1=, 2-2= all the way up to 10-10=. In a few weeks I will be introducing the students to an online program called xtramath that will focus entirely on computation and learning these math facts. 

Academic Areas of Focus for Next Week:

Literacy:        Lucy Calkin’s Reader’s Workshop

                                    -Reading vowels teams

                                    -Strategies for figuring out brand new words

                                    -Author’s purpose

                        Lucy Calkin’s Writer’s Workshop

                                    -Using transition words in our writing

                                    -Focusing on a strong beginning and ending

                                    -Revising to add detail

Mathematics:  Unit 2 – Addition and Subtraction: Mental Strategies and Developing

                                         Number Sense

            Priority Standards for Unit 2:

                        -Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.  By the end of

                        2^nd grade know from memory the all the sums of two one-digit numbers

                        -Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and

                        the properties of operations.

Upcoming Events:   

            *No School – Teacher Inservice – Friday, Oct. 11^th

            *Kinderkonzert Field Trip – Tuesday, Oct. 15^th

            *Dine Out at Hopworks – Monday, Oct. 21^st

            *October Birthday Celebration/T-Shirt Day – Friday, Oct. 25^th

            *Fall Festival – Friday, Oct. 25^th

            *Halloween Parade – Thursday, Oct. 31^st

Have a Great Weekend!

Mrs. Hawksford (ahawksford@pps.net)