2nd Grade News - Week 13

I can’t wait to see everyone next week at conferences!  I sent a conference reminder home with your child on Tuesday.  If you have forgotten your conference time, Maria has my schedule in the office. You can give her a quick call and she will let you know what time your conference is on Monday or Tuesday.  Please remember these conferences are just for parents and guardians.  If you have to bring your child with you, they can read from their book box in the hall while we are meeting. 

Our prize box is getting a little low.  If you would like to donate prizes for our prize box it would be very much appreciated.  Prizes should not be over a dollar.  Examples include Matchbox cars, bubbles, Play-Doh, Dollar Store toys, kid’s meal prizes, ect. Students earn prizes for getting 15 row points, 30 Dojo points in a week, or for their birthday.

Academic Areas of Focus for Next Week:

Literacy:        Lucy Calkin’s Reader’s Workshop – Reading Nonfiction

                                    -Reading multiple books on the same topic to grow knowledge

                                    -Thinking about how information is connected across books

                                    -What is the same and what is different across my books?

                        Lucy Calkin’s Writer’s Workshop – Writing Nonfiction Text

                                    -Writing for an audience

                                    -Revising and editing our work

                                    -Language conventions

                        Words Their Way – Differentiated phonics lessons for individual levels

Mathematics:  Unit 3 – Place Value

                                    -Counting by 10’s forward and backward, starting at any number, from

1 to 1,000

-Adding and subtracting hundreds

-Comparing and ordering numbers from 0 – 1,000

-Reading and writing number to 1,000

-Connecting place value models with their numerical equivalents

                                    -Identifying the ones, tens, and hundreds place in a number

                                    -Writing 3 digit numbers in expanded form

Social Studies:  Celebrations Around the World 

                                    -Study of different cultures and celebrations

Upcoming Events:     

            *Fall Conferences – Monday, Nov. 25^th – Tuesday, Nov. 26^th

            *No School/Conferences & Fall Break – Monday, Nov. 25^th – Friday, Nov. 29^th

            *Cookie Dough Pick-up – Thursday, Dec. 5^th 2:00 – 2:45 pm

            *Popcorn Friday – Friday, Dec. 6^th

            *Last Day for Fall SUN – Thursday, Dec. 12^th

            *Reunification Drill – Friday, Dec. 13^th, 1:15pm (More info coming)

            *Winter Celebration/T-Shirt Day – Friday, Dec. 20^th

Have a Great Weekend!

Mrs. Hawksford (ahawksford@pps.net)