Hello families!
Here are some thing we will be doing this week in Second grade...
We are reading the another story in our Otis series! Today we read the book Otis and the Scarecrow. In this story Otis shows compassion and caring for the scarecrow left alone in the rain. We are building on our knowledge of Otis character. We will learn two new vocabulary words and work on making text to text connections with the book later this week.
Today we worked on writing poems with repeating phrases, words and images. We listened to poems where authors used sound words, rhyming and repeating phrases. We continue to use our poet's eyes and write down ideas that give us a big feeling. We will learn some new techniques to try out as well.
In math, we are continuing to work with polygons and 2-D shapes. Today students made 5 sided and 6 sided shapes with straws and twist ties. I will introduce the attributes of quadrilateral shapes. We compared the shapes we made. We will continue to work with 2-D shapes tomorrow and we will begin learning attributes of 3-D shapes later this week!
In social studies, we will continue learning the history of Walled Lake. We will learn about the amusement park that was once in Walled lake. We will discuss the pros and cons and then pick sides on the issue: Should we have an amusement park in Walled Lake?
In Science we have observed our Brassica plants as they are growing. We noticed the new leaves that appeared over the weekend. We will see this plant flower and go to seed quickly. We planted potatoes and will watch them grow stems. Tomorrow we are planting grass which we will observe over the next several weeks!
We have about two weeks until our field trip on Wednesday, May 16th. If you have not yet sent in your child's permission slip and fees, please send it in soon! The cost is $11.00.
Thanks and have a great week!
Mrs. Scheck
Monday, April 30, 2018
Friday, April 20, 2018
Week of April 16-20
Dear families,
It finally feels like spring! The students were so happy to see the sunshine and warmer temperatures yesterday.
I have sent home the snow pants that were left in the our room with students on Wednesday. If your child is missing any of their winter snow gear, check the lost and found as many items piled up there over the winter!
We read the story Otis and the Tornado this week. We continued to discuss character traits of the bull and Otis. The bull was arrogant and mean. Otis showed compassion for the bull when he saved him during a tornado.We wrote about the story and worked on these vocabulary words: teetering and chorus.
We discussed the viewpoints of the bull and Otis and the other farm animals and did a thinking routine called circle of viewpoints.
We are continuing to work on poetry in writing. Students experimented with line breaks this week and adding details to their poems!
We have completed unit 7 in math. Today we take the unit 7 test. We will begin unit 8 on Monday. Look for a family letter to come home soon detailing the unit.
We began a new science unit this week on Plants and Life cycles. We have planted Brassica plants and will observe the next few weeks. We have several more plants to plant/observe over the next month and a half.
Next week we have a half day on Friday, April 27th!
Please send in field trip permission slips and $11.00 for your child. If you are a chaperone, we also need your $11.00.
Thank you and enjoy the sunshine today!
Mrs. Scheck
It finally feels like spring! The students were so happy to see the sunshine and warmer temperatures yesterday.
I have sent home the snow pants that were left in the our room with students on Wednesday. If your child is missing any of their winter snow gear, check the lost and found as many items piled up there over the winter!
We read the story Otis and the Tornado this week. We continued to discuss character traits of the bull and Otis. The bull was arrogant and mean. Otis showed compassion for the bull when he saved him during a tornado.We wrote about the story and worked on these vocabulary words: teetering and chorus.
We discussed the viewpoints of the bull and Otis and the other farm animals and did a thinking routine called circle of viewpoints.
We are continuing to work on poetry in writing. Students experimented with line breaks this week and adding details to their poems!
We have completed unit 7 in math. Today we take the unit 7 test. We will begin unit 8 on Monday. Look for a family letter to come home soon detailing the unit.
We began a new science unit this week on Plants and Life cycles. We have planted Brassica plants and will observe the next few weeks. We have several more plants to plant/observe over the next month and a half.
Next week we have a half day on Friday, April 27th!
Please send in field trip permission slips and $11.00 for your child. If you are a chaperone, we also need your $11.00.
Thank you and enjoy the sunshine today!
Mrs. Scheck
Friday, April 13, 2018
April 9-13
Hello families!
This week in second grade we have been getting back into the swing of things in Room 105!
We read the book Otis by Loren Long. The story is about a little tractor who finds his purpose in helping a young calf. We read the book and discussed character traits such as kind and compassionate. We also discussed the authors message of helping others. This book is the first in a series of picture books we will be reading over the next few weeks.
We began a new unit of writing on Monday. We will be writing poetry for the next several weeks. Students learned to look at the world with their "Poet's Eyes" to see everyday objects in a fresh new way. We wrote about seashells. We listened for line breaks and to hear the music a poem. We wrote down seed ideas to help us get started on our own poems. The students are enjoying this new unit!
We are continuing on in Unit 7 for math. This week we worked on making line plots, measuring to the nearest inch and centimeter. We worked with yardsticks and meter sticks to estimate the length of objects in our classroom. We will be ending Unit 7 next week. A study guide for Unit 8 will come home either Wednesday or Thursday.
We have begun a new Social Studies unit called "Past and Present: the History of Walled Lake." We began by discussing history and what it is. We read the book The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Pollaco. We discussed how history can be events from long ago or 5 minutes ago! Next week look for a homework assignment in which students will make a personal time line. Your child will put pictures and write words that go with the pictures to show events from each year of her or his life... Details to follow!
We have a field trip coming up on May 16th! We will be going to the Mill Race Village to see Wash Oak School house. It is a historic one room school house. Permission slips went home on Tuesday.
Lastly, we will begin a new Science unit on plant life cycles next week!
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Scheck
This week in second grade we have been getting back into the swing of things in Room 105!
We read the book Otis by Loren Long. The story is about a little tractor who finds his purpose in helping a young calf. We read the book and discussed character traits such as kind and compassionate. We also discussed the authors message of helping others. This book is the first in a series of picture books we will be reading over the next few weeks.
We began a new unit of writing on Monday. We will be writing poetry for the next several weeks. Students learned to look at the world with their "Poet's Eyes" to see everyday objects in a fresh new way. We wrote about seashells. We listened for line breaks and to hear the music a poem. We wrote down seed ideas to help us get started on our own poems. The students are enjoying this new unit!
We are continuing on in Unit 7 for math. This week we worked on making line plots, measuring to the nearest inch and centimeter. We worked with yardsticks and meter sticks to estimate the length of objects in our classroom. We will be ending Unit 7 next week. A study guide for Unit 8 will come home either Wednesday or Thursday.
We have begun a new Social Studies unit called "Past and Present: the History of Walled Lake." We began by discussing history and what it is. We read the book The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Pollaco. We discussed how history can be events from long ago or 5 minutes ago! Next week look for a homework assignment in which students will make a personal time line. Your child will put pictures and write words that go with the pictures to show events from each year of her or his life... Details to follow!
We have a field trip coming up on May 16th! We will be going to the Mill Race Village to see Wash Oak School house. It is a historic one room school house. Permission slips went home on Tuesday.
Lastly, we will begin a new Science unit on plant life cycles next week!
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Scheck
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