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I can't believe it's December already! We returned from break and got back to our routines quickly. One new routine that we are celebrating is Math Talks. We were so happy to be able to share this experience with you during Curriculum Night. As you probably noticed, the kids are able to build off of each other's thinking to grow their understanding of complex mathematical concepts. The kids often take us far beyond second grade math standards with their contributions during a Math Talk.
Thank you so much for your help in creating math design/pictures with us at Curriculum Night. We will be using all of these pictures to mathematize our world. We are realizing math is everywhere; we just sometimes need a broader lens to find it. You are helping to broaden that lens. We hope you will continue these math discussions at home. Look around in your daily lives. If you notice math in any context, we would love for you to share it with us through email or text.
We continued our inquiry into reading fluency with readers' theater this past week. Using the attributes we collected with you and in class over the past weeks, we are practicing in groups to perform a play with effective speaking parts. Guided by our recent study of punctuation, we are rehearsing roles and reflecting on how the written elements guide our reading and speaking. We will continue practicing Monday and Tuesday and then perform them in class on Wednesday and Thursday. For the final performances, the kids may bring in props or put together costumes if they choose. We will work on these in class, but they may also bring things from home.
In social studies, we have been sharing texts dealing with hunger and homelessness. So far we have focused mostly on homelessness but will move more into hunger this week. This is leading up to our food drive which culminates in Passing of the Cans on Friday at 1:00. Please join us if you are able.
This Coming Week
We will continue with our readers' theater project as stated above. In writing we'll continue publishing our choice pieces that we started on Friday and begin a unit on poetry when publishing is complete. As mathematicians, we will begin working with larger numbers, looking at place value and computation. Our unit on hunger and homelessness will continue with the focus shifting to hunger. We will try to look at these problems from multiple perspectives while examining the cause, effects, and possible solutions.
Please continue to send in food items.
Here are a few pictures from last week:
Recess Investigation: Scarlett shared an amazing geode we were able to crack open and examine.
Amt Hart, our Richland Two social worker, came to speak with us about hunger, homelessness, and the Backpack Program
We had a wonderful time creating mathematical pictures/designs with our family members during Curriculum Night. Every design you texted to Mrs. Shealy will be used for a math lesson this year!
Here we are displaying attributes of fluent readers while practicing our character roles in Readers' Theater.
Important Dates
December 7 Passing of the Cans
CFI Parents Night Out 6:30—9:30 PM
December 12 Gift Card Orders Due for Dec. Pick-up at CFI
December 20 Weather Make-Up Day
December 21 11:30 Dismissal/ Winter Break Begins
January 7 Students return to school
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