We are busy learning about our community; all of its resources, landforms, and rich history. We are looking forward to our field trip on Wednesday, November 1st. Thank you for sending back the revised permission slips! Next week in our reading program, Wonders, we will explore the question-What can animals in stories teach us? While reading, we will review the spelling pattern of long u. We will wrap up our questioning work this week, and will look again at characters, setting, and important details. We will continue to explore addition strategies in math next week. We will learn more about even and odd numbers, beginning to explore equal groups. As well, we will look at the many ways we can represent a number in name collection boxes. For more information about name collection boxes check out this link: http://www.mathatube.com/name-collection-box.html We are busy planning our next story. The students are pulling together all of the pieces we have learned so far:
Our walking field trip is rescheduled for this Wednesday, November 1st. Please remember to have your child wear appropriate footwear for the Mill Pond Trail and dress for time outside. As a reminder, if you would like to chaperone any of our field trips you will need to follow our district policy as outlined below: Beginning this year, all volunteers must be fingerprinted (this includes field trip volunteers) in addition to watching the Bullying Video on the SAU19 website (under the special projects tab). Additionally, you will need to sign the Verification of Bullying Training Form that is also found on the SAU 19 website. Fingerprinting is available at the SAU office, for a cost of $20.75. As always, let me know if you have any questions! Cori Gallegos
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Due to the weather forecast we are currently rescheduling our field trip. We had planned to have the field trip on Friday, October 25th. This date will no longer work for one of our stops. We are working to find a new date that will work for everyone, and will notify you as soon as we have selected a new time.
Thank you for your patience! Mrs. Gallegos IMichaelmas was such a fun experience to attend. The kids had a blast and walked away with some good ideas for when they are in third grade. Look for two singup genius emails this week- one for our Halloween celebration, and one for parent-teacher conferences. We practiced our first Reading Assessment this week, and I couldn’t be more proud of the student’s hard work. The assessment is a cumulative test that checks in on their progress of skills from the unit. Since we practiced this one together, it will not count toward their grade. We will only take two unit assessments in second grade. One after our second reading unit, and one after our fifth reading unit. During these weeks, there will not be any spelling homework. Next week in our reading program, Wonders, we will explore the question-How do animals play a part in the world around us? While reading, we will review the spelling pattern of long o. We will work on making, revising, and confirming predictions. As well, we will continue to identify characters, setting, and key details. Next week in math we will explore some problems solving. Students will look at the turn around rule, and explore if it works in both addition and subtraction. As well, we will explore odd and even numbers. Keep up the hard work with the homework. Remember it should take no longer than 20 minutes per night, and star anything that is causing them trouble. I always touch base with any kiddo who struggled. More information about the turn-around rule can be found here : www.teachertube.com/video/turn-around-facts-90533 We have begun to plan our second stories this week. We are working on adding transitions, hooking our readers, and wrapping up our story. As well, the kids are working on making their characters act, feel, and move. The stories have a much better flow We continue to explore how our community has changed from past to present. As well, we are looking at the natural resources in our community and the habitat in our town. This is a wonderful Segway for both our walking field trip and our Eyes on Owls presentation. Our walking field trip is scheduled for October 25th. It will be in the early morning, but I do not yet have definite times. I will keep you posted. As a reminder, if you would like to chaperone any of our field trips you will need to follow our district policy as outlined below: Beginning this year, all volunteers must be fingerprinted (this includes field trip volunteers) in addition to watching the Bullying Video on the SAU19 website (under the special projects tab). Additionally, you will need to sign the Verification of Bullying Training Form that is also found on the SAU 19 website. Fingerprinting is available at the SAU office, for a cost of $20.75. As always, let me know if you have any questions! Cori Gallegos October 24th- Eyes on Owls October 25th - School Board Meeting in the Library, 6:30 Walking Field Trip We had another busy week in the classroom. Our class community is coming together nicely, and we have earned our first class reward…a class pet. We will begin researching options next week.
Next week we will take our first practice assessment in our reading program. In first grade these assessments were taken whole group, with the stories read aloud, and the questions gone through point by point. By the end of second grade, students are expected to complete the assessment on their own. In preparation for that, we begin by teaching the strategies for taking the assessment, such as underlining key details in the story, highlighting important words in the questions, and checking our work. This is a teaching experience, helping the students understand how to take the assessment. Next week in math we will continue our work with addition strategies. We will expose students to multiple strategies that they can use in mathematics to mentally solve addition and subtraction problems. Students are learning that they cannot simply memorize every math fact they will encounter, but using strategies will help them quickly add and subtract in their minds. We are busy planning our second story, focusing on bringing our characters to life. Students have practiced making their characters think, feel, and move this week. As well, we will work on adding transition words to our writing, helping to organize our story. I am looking forward to an amazing presentation on October 24th- Eyes on Owls. This is a tradition for second grade students, and a wonderful curriculum tie as we learn about our community environment and history. The presentation will take place in our Art room, and we will be spending the next few weeks learning about our community habitat, alongside our community history. Our walking field trip is scheduled for October 25th. It will be in the early morning, but I do not yet have definite times. I will keep you posted. As a reminder, if you would like to chaperone any of our field trips you will need to follow our district policy as outlined below: Beginning this year, all volunteers must be fingerprinted (this includes field trip volunteers) in addition to watching the Bullying Video on the SAU19 website (under the special projects tab). Additionally, you will need to sign the Verification of Bullying Training Form that is also found on the SAU 19 website. Fingerprinting is available at the SAU office, for a cost of $20.75. As always, let me know if you have any questions! Cori Gallegos Upcoming Dates: October 18th – PTA meeting in the Art Room, 7:00 October 20th – Michaelmas Fair, Gym October 24th- Eyes on Owls October 25th - School Board Meeting in the Library, 6:30 Walking Field Trip We had a wonderful week in our classroom. We completed our first STEAM challenge, the nameplate design and participated in a cardboard challenge in the library.
Next week in our reading program, Wonders, we will explore the question-What happens when families work together? While reading, we will review the spelling pattern of long i. We will wrap up our questioning work this week, and will look again at characters, setting, and important details. Next week in math we will begin our second unit in Math. I will spend some time conferencing with students about their first unit assessment. I will congratulate them on what they did well (there is so much to celebrate) and will work to make a plan with them around the parts that are still tricky. Please give your child plenty of positive feedback when you receive their Math assessment at home, they worked so hard! This is a great time to practice growth mindset language, reminding them that our mistakes help us learn. In this second unit, students will learn addition strategies that will help them solve math problems quickly. I can't emphasize enough how important these strategies are for mental math and flexible math thinking. While we are working with smaller numbers, the upcoming strategies can be used with any number. The first two strategies we are working on are doubles, and doubles plus one. This is the idea that doubling a number quickly can lead to fluent mental math... we are laying the foundation for this skill. For instance- if you were to add 47 and 45 mentally- would you double 40 and then add the 7 and 5? Share your strategies with your child at home, as it can only make them a more flexible thinker! Our writing pieces have come together and the stories have beautiful illustrations and covers. We will have an author's celebration next week where the students can read aloud their stories in small groups. As we write our next personal narrative, we will focus on adding details and making our characters think, feel, and act. I am looking forward to an amazing presentation on October 24th- Eyes on Owls. This is a tradition for second grade students, and a wonderful curriculum tie as we learn about our community environment and history. The presentation will take place in our Art room, and we will be spending the next few weeks learning about our community habitat, alongside our community history. Our walking field trip is scheduled for October 25th. It will be in the early morning, but I do not yet have definite times. I will keep you posted. As a reminder, if you would like to chaperone any of our field trips you will need to follow our district policy as outlined below: Beginning this year, all volunteers must be fingerprinted (this includes field trip volunteers) in addition to watching the Bullying Video on the SAU19 website (under the special projects tab). Additionally, you will need to sign the Verification of Bullying Training Form that is also found on the SAU 19 website. Fingerprinting is available at the SAU office, for a cost of $20.75. As always, let me know if you have any questions! Cori Gallegos Upcoming Dates: October 7th- PTA Fall Frolic 5K October 11th- School Board Meeting in the Library, 6:30 October 18th – PTA meeting in the Art Room, 7:00 October 20th – Michaelmas Fair, Gym October 24th- Eyes on Owls October 25th - School Board Meeting in the Library, 6:30 Walking Field Trip |
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