Last Week
We spent a great deal of time working on rough drafts and revisions for our country books. Thank you so much for all of the support that you have provided at home. We will continue to work on these in preparation for our Curriculum Night Share Fair this week. We cannot wait to share all of this hard work and new knowledge with you.
We have begun a new literature study with the text, Sarah Plain and Tall. This isn't a lengthy text so the study will be completed in class. We are sure to grow as readers and writers through our interactions with this touching story so please ask your child about our reading each day.
In math workshop, we began working with arrays and repeated addition through a game called Columns and Rows. Each player rolls a die to determine the number of colums to draw and then rolls again to determine the number of rows to draw. Then they write two repeated addition equations for their arrays. For example if there are 3 columns and 4 rows you would have 3+3+3+3=12 and 4+4+4=12. You can see how this leads nicely into multiplication. The kids have already made this connection.
This Coming Week
We will complete our expert projects on countries of the world. This week will also be filled with preparations for Curriculum Night and Gathering on Friday. We hope you can join us for both celebrations. Our science inquiry into the states of matter has barely begun so we will dive further into it this week. We will also spend a little time reviewing test taking strategies ahead of our MAP tests next week.
Important Dates
April 4 Second Grade Curriculum Night 6:30-7:45
April 5 Our Gathering at 2:20
April 9 Our reading MAP test
April 10 Our math MAP test
April 11 SIC/PTP Meeting
April 11 Author Visit: Michael Shoulders
April 12 11:30 Dismissal
April 15-19 Spring Break
We enjoyed Mrs. Pender's class' new addition to our playground. Thank you, third grade, for the awesome race track!
Taffy, the hamster, came to visit for the day.
Exploring repeated addition in the game of Columns and Rows...
The kids discovered a fraction building game they decided to add to our exploration choices.
Dr. Hass' gathering guest, A'ja Wilson, shared the most inspirational person in her life: her grandmother!
