Dear Parents,
I hope you had a restful Spring Break. We're in the final stretch of 2nd grade. Lots of busy things going on:
-Our Zoo Trip is next Thursday, May 5.
-Our caterpillars will arrive soon!
-International Night will be Thursday, May 12 from 6-8pm. I am sending home a form tomorrow if you'd like your child to participate in presenting their Country Day reports from December.
-TFK (Time for Kids) is taking a publishing break for the next week. Therefore, our reading homework is a Reading Comprehension packet.
Check back often for more updates from Room 9.
Take care,
Ms. Howard
Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Happy Spring Break
Dear Parents,
I wish each of you a happy Spring Break!
Just to let you know what’s been going on in Room 9:
In Math, the students are learning a new way to multiply larger numbers called Lattice. Ask them to teach it to you! It’s a really fun way to multiply and it keeps the numbers organized much better than the traditional method. Next week (after break) we’ll be moving into long division.
In Reading/Language Arts, we’re into poetry. Yesterday, the kids explored onomatopoeia by creating a sound map of the construction site outside our classroom. We even colored the sound words with the colors the children saw in their heads. Students have been creating poems, reading poems and reciting poems.
In Science, we’re research the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly in anticipation of our very own caterpillars. Hopefully they will arrive soon!
Enjoy the break!
Ms. Howard
I wish each of you a happy Spring Break!
Just to let you know what’s been going on in Room 9:
In Math, the students are learning a new way to multiply larger numbers called Lattice. Ask them to teach it to you! It’s a really fun way to multiply and it keeps the numbers organized much better than the traditional method. Next week (after break) we’ll be moving into long division.
In Reading/Language Arts, we’re into poetry. Yesterday, the kids explored onomatopoeia by creating a sound map of the construction site outside our classroom. We even colored the sound words with the colors the children saw in their heads. Students have been creating poems, reading poems and reciting poems.
In Science, we’re research the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly in anticipation of our very own caterpillars. Hopefully they will arrive soon!
Enjoy the break!
Ms. Howard
Saturday, April 9, 2011
2nd grade updates
Dear Parents,
Next week, our last week before Spring Break, will again be very busy.
On Monday, all 2nd grades students will be presenting Science projects they've been working on with our science/technology teacher, Mrs. Henderson. It will be a great opportunity for the children to practice presentation, listening and questioning skills.
We will continue our poetry study by examining and writing poems with alliteration, personification, similes and onopatopoeia.
In math, we're learning decimals to the tenths, hundredths and thousandths place. We've been using money as an example to learn decimals. This is a challenging concept and we're using hands-on materials like hundreds blocks, pennies and dimes to make the decimals more "real." We'll also be moving on to various strategies for solving two-digit multiplication problems (algorithm, lattice, etc.)
We're hoping the caterpillars come soon to begin our study of the life cycle of the painted lady butterflies.
Friday will be a Spring Sing put on by the 4th and 5th grade chorus students.
Here's to learning!
Ms. Howard
Next week, our last week before Spring Break, will again be very busy.
On Monday, all 2nd grades students will be presenting Science projects they've been working on with our science/technology teacher, Mrs. Henderson. It will be a great opportunity for the children to practice presentation, listening and questioning skills.
We will continue our poetry study by examining and writing poems with alliteration, personification, similes and onopatopoeia.
In math, we're learning decimals to the tenths, hundredths and thousandths place. We've been using money as an example to learn decimals. This is a challenging concept and we're using hands-on materials like hundreds blocks, pennies and dimes to make the decimals more "real." We'll also be moving on to various strategies for solving two-digit multiplication problems (algorithm, lattice, etc.)
We're hoping the caterpillars come soon to begin our study of the life cycle of the painted lady butterflies.
Friday will be a Spring Sing put on by the 4th and 5th grade chorus students.
Here's to learning!
Ms. Howard
Monday, April 4, 2011
TN2 Day 1
You should be very proud of your children! All had their thinking caps on and made a fantastic effort on Day 1 of Terra Nova Testing. Keep up the great work!
This week, we have only Time for Kids homework, no math homework. Our mornings will be interrupted by the Terra Nova test, so I'm not sure how much math we'll be able to cover. Math homework will resume next week.
Enjoy this beautiful Spring weather!
This week, we have only Time for Kids homework, no math homework. Our mornings will be interrupted by the Terra Nova test, so I'm not sure how much math we'll be able to cover. Math homework will resume next week.
Enjoy this beautiful Spring weather!
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