Thank you to all of you dedicated parents who were able to come to Curriculum Night last Thursday. I have attached the Curriculum Night materials for those of you who weren’t able to make it. If you have not yet filled out the paper or online information and permission forms, please do so as soon as you are able. Your permission is important! For example: I am trying to plan a walking field trip to our neighborhood public library, to correspond with the library stories we’re reading these days; having your permission for such neighborhood walks will really be helpful!
This week we read and study “Story Hour—Starring Megan!”, fairly realistic fiction about a little girl who works hard learning to read, and finally reads aloud to the children at the local library. The vocabulary words to know for Friday’s test are: assistant, librarian, calm, patient, amazement. This week’s spelling pattern has words that begin with the consonant blends: gr, dr, tr. As we practice spelling, we also practice handwriting—remember pencil grip, topàdown motion and the “magic c”. On Friday’s spelling test it is also important to use lower case letters unless a capital letter is required.
An important reading and writing skill is the ability to identify the main idea(s). Either today or tomorrow we will watch President Obama’s speech to the schoolchildren of our country. Afterward we will write and discuss his main ideas, ie, what he wants the children to remember.
In math we are doing a variety of activities to build understanding of place value, digits, and our base 10 number system. This includes a lot of work with the 100s chart, as we grasp its logic and patterns, and how it can help us take shortcuts to figure out math problems.
Homework
Daily: Read aloud for 20 minutes; practice a Mad Minute worksheet (A2 packet), practice spelling
Wednesday—remember to bring your library book if you want to check out a new one!
Due Thursday: spelling workbook, pages 6- 9 (A number of students used their time very well in school today, and were able to complete these pages at school!!)
For Friday: spelling test; a “test” on the content and vocabulary of “Story Hour—Starring Megan!” (I won’t grade this one; it’s a chance for your child to work on his/her own; next week’s test will be graded.) I will encourage the students to take the reading book home, to read & discuss it with you.
For next Monday, remember your gym shoes!
For Parents: PTO meeting next Tuesday evening, 9/15, at 7 PM in the school auditorium
Heads up! There will be a substitute teacher on Thursday morning (when the 2nd grade teachers have an in-service on the new Physical Science Curriculum) and also all day Friday (I’m going to Phoenix to spend the weekend with my dear cousin who is in the final stage of living with cancer.)
FYI: We have some heart-healthy kids in this class! They have gone beyond my expectations of running around the perimeter of the playground once a day (a distance of 1/5 mile), and are doing extra running! Some have even run a mile during recess (5 laps)! Others are using great math skills and adding up the fractions to keep track of how far they’ve run this year! Kudos to them!!
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