Hello families!
We have an exciting week coming up in Room 105!
In reading this week we will read the book I Need My Monster! We will read this story throughout the week and focus on retelling the events of the story in order including beginning, middle, ending with details. We will focus on new vocabulary words and character traits. We will use the book for a thinking routine on Friday.
In writing, we have completed our first unit of writing, "small moments" or personal narratives. We have been working on publishing by first revising and adding juicy words, details, etc. Next we worked on editing with an editing checklists. We focused on using ending punctuation, using a capital letter for I and to start a sentence, for names and places. We are planning a date with Kindergarten buddies to share our writing soon!
Word study this week will be on long u with the CVCE pattern. We will continue to discuss how silent e helps the vowel say it's name.
In math this week we are working on learning strategies for addition and subtraction. We practiced using the turn around rule and discussed why it does not work for subtraction. We will learn how to make a "name collection box" and play a game called "Name that Number." We will use a number line to solve story problems for addition and subtraction.
In social studies, we have reached the end of the unit 1 on Communities. We will have a unit test on Tuesday, Oct. 29th. We will be starting Science on Thursday, Nov. 1st. Our first unit of Science will cover Air and Weather. We will begin by doing a thinking routine called "See, Think and Wonder" when observing pictures of the wind. Our first science lessons this week will be about noticing air all around us, reviewing the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and noticing how air moves things.
We have the Halloween party and parade on Wednesday, October 31st. We will begin getting into costumes around 10:15 a.m. Your child should not wear their costume to school. He or she should have his or her costume in a bag or in their backpack. We will go outside for the parade at 10:30. After the parade we will return to the room to have cookies and juice. We will play Halloween "Jingo" with prizes!
Students will need to change out of costumes to ride the bus home. If you have signed up to help on October 31st, please be sure to send in any items you have agreed to bring by 10:30.
As a reminder it is the school districts policy that there are no fake weapons allowed in school, so please leave them at home if your child's costume includes a fake weapon (ie, sword, dart gun, knife, etc.).
Have a wonderfully spooky week!
Mrs. Scheck
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Friday, October 19, 2018
Week of October 22-26
Hello families,
What a fun week we had with our field trip to visit and learn more about community helpers! Many students told me they went back to the library right after we visited to check out the awesome STEAM kits the Miss Sarah showed us! The kits are checked out for three weeks at a time and have different math/science activities to do at home.
In reading this week we will read a book called Enemy Pie. Enemy Pie is good story for teaching kids about friendship. We will learn some new vocabulary words and do some writing about the book during the week.
In writing, we are getting our writing ready to be shared using an editing check list. We will fancy up one of our favorite pieces to get ready to share stories with other second graders. Students worked with week on adding juicy words and making revisions to stories.
Unit 2 in math is all about addition strategies. We will work on the doubles facts, the turn around rule, how the turn around rules works (or doesn't work!) for subtraction and we will practice even numbers with equal addends.
In social studies we will focus on getting ready for our first social studies test. We will discuss Urban, Suburban and Rural communities. We will make community circles to think about ourselves on the map - our city, state, country, continent and the world! Have your child practice their address and phone number to ready for the assessment. Students will be getting a study guide to use at home to help prepare for the test. The study guide will come home on Thursday, Oct. 25th. Test will be on Tuesday, Oct. 30th.
In word study we will continue working with long vowels, working on the CVCE pattern (silent e). I will introduce the rule for long o and read a poem containing long o words, we will stretch and write words in sound boxes, we will sort long o words, then we will check the words on Friday.
Upcoming dates to remember:
Oct. 26 - book orders due!
Oct. 26 - Trunk or Treat (after school on the walking path)
Oct. 31 - Halloween parade at 10:30 with party to follow
Oct. 31 - Half day of school, 12:09 dismissal
What a fun week we had with our field trip to visit and learn more about community helpers! Many students told me they went back to the library right after we visited to check out the awesome STEAM kits the Miss Sarah showed us! The kits are checked out for three weeks at a time and have different math/science activities to do at home.
In reading this week we will read a book called Enemy Pie. Enemy Pie is good story for teaching kids about friendship. We will learn some new vocabulary words and do some writing about the book during the week.
In writing, we are getting our writing ready to be shared using an editing check list. We will fancy up one of our favorite pieces to get ready to share stories with other second graders. Students worked with week on adding juicy words and making revisions to stories.
Unit 2 in math is all about addition strategies. We will work on the doubles facts, the turn around rule, how the turn around rules works (or doesn't work!) for subtraction and we will practice even numbers with equal addends.
In social studies we will focus on getting ready for our first social studies test. We will discuss Urban, Suburban and Rural communities. We will make community circles to think about ourselves on the map - our city, state, country, continent and the world! Have your child practice their address and phone number to ready for the assessment. Students will be getting a study guide to use at home to help prepare for the test. The study guide will come home on Thursday, Oct. 25th. Test will be on Tuesday, Oct. 30th.
In word study we will continue working with long vowels, working on the CVCE pattern (silent e). I will introduce the rule for long o and read a poem containing long o words, we will stretch and write words in sound boxes, we will sort long o words, then we will check the words on Friday.
Upcoming dates to remember:
Oct. 26 - book orders due!
Oct. 26 - Trunk or Treat (after school on the walking path)
Oct. 31 - Halloween parade at 10:30 with party to follow
Oct. 31 - Half day of school, 12:09 dismissal
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Field trip
Hello everyone,
We had a great time walking to the Library, Dairy Queen and the Police Station!
Thank you to all the chaperones who helped make the day great! We also wore our green field day t-shirts. Please keep the t-shirt at home in a safe place, we will wear them again on the next field trip and for field day!
We had a great time walking to the Library, Dairy Queen and the Police Station!
Thank you to all the chaperones who helped make the day great! We also wore our green field day t-shirts. Please keep the t-shirt at home in a safe place, we will wear them again on the next field trip and for field day!
Sunday, October 14, 2018
October 15-19
Hello families,
Monday is our field trip to the Dairy Queen, Library and Police Station.
We will depart from school at 1:15. Chaperones will walk with us to the Library, Dairy Queen and to the Police station. Students need to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. We hope to have a dry day to walk, but a light weight sweatshirt or jacket is a good idea!
This week in reading, we are looking closely at books to find out how the author used craft moves to make the whole story "click." We will notice how the author used repeating phrases, dialogue and strong picture support. We have been discussing the author's purpose. Sometimes the purpose is to inform, entertain or to persuade us think about something in a new way. We will read the book Little House to help us notice these things!
In writing, we are continuing to work on making our small moments stories better. We will revise with a partner, asking questions and suggesting ideas to help. We will read the book The Leaving Morning to help us notice craft moves. We will work on re-reading our writing to fix up spelling, add punctuation and add "juicy words" to help the reader visual our stories.
In math, we have begun Unit 2. We will focus on addition in this unit. We began with working on adding and counting money by $1, $10 and $100. We played the exchange game. Expect to see a homelink and Tuesday and Thursday this week. I have checked the Unit one assessments. Please go over the test with your child, sign the first page and return the test. The last page did not count toward the final score.
In Social Studies, have just begun looking at maps. We talked about symbols on a map key/legend. We will learn how to make a compass rose. We will work on making a map of the classroom together. We will also use the book Little House to learn Urban, Suburban and Rural communities. Have your child practice their address and phone number.
We will begin making community circles to see how we are part of a home, city/town, state, country and the world!
In spelling this week, we are continuing to work on using silent e to make the long vowel sound. We will work on long i. We will practice stretching and writing words with long i (cvce pattern).
We will sort pictures to hear long i.
Looking ahead -
October 26 - Trunk or treat - after school event
Oct. 31 - Halloween Parade 10:30 a.m. with Halloween party to follow.
Thank you,
Mrs. Scheck
Monday is our field trip to the Dairy Queen, Library and Police Station.
We will depart from school at 1:15. Chaperones will walk with us to the Library, Dairy Queen and to the Police station. Students need to wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. We hope to have a dry day to walk, but a light weight sweatshirt or jacket is a good idea!
This week in reading, we are looking closely at books to find out how the author used craft moves to make the whole story "click." We will notice how the author used repeating phrases, dialogue and strong picture support. We have been discussing the author's purpose. Sometimes the purpose is to inform, entertain or to persuade us think about something in a new way. We will read the book Little House to help us notice these things!
In writing, we are continuing to work on making our small moments stories better. We will revise with a partner, asking questions and suggesting ideas to help. We will read the book The Leaving Morning to help us notice craft moves. We will work on re-reading our writing to fix up spelling, add punctuation and add "juicy words" to help the reader visual our stories.
In math, we have begun Unit 2. We will focus on addition in this unit. We began with working on adding and counting money by $1, $10 and $100. We played the exchange game. Expect to see a homelink and Tuesday and Thursday this week. I have checked the Unit one assessments. Please go over the test with your child, sign the first page and return the test. The last page did not count toward the final score.
In Social Studies, have just begun looking at maps. We talked about symbols on a map key/legend. We will learn how to make a compass rose. We will work on making a map of the classroom together. We will also use the book Little House to learn Urban, Suburban and Rural communities. Have your child practice their address and phone number.
We will begin making community circles to see how we are part of a home, city/town, state, country and the world!
In spelling this week, we are continuing to work on using silent e to make the long vowel sound. We will work on long i. We will practice stretching and writing words with long i (cvce pattern).
We will sort pictures to hear long i.
Looking ahead -
October 26 - Trunk or treat - after school event
Oct. 31 - Halloween Parade 10:30 a.m. with Halloween party to follow.
Thank you,
Mrs. Scheck
Thursday, October 4, 2018
October 8-12
Dear families,
Wow! What a week we had in room 105! Of course the biggest highlight was the Funky Fall Fund Walk! Students raised a lot of money and got to walk on the walking path. We had so much fun getting sprayed with the colors!
Reading groups began last week. Students have begun bringing home books in zip-loc bags for at home reading. If your child brings home a book, have him or her read the book to an adult at home and then return it the next day. Reading groups this week were mostly about learning how to come to the table, warm up with a letter chart, blends chart or vowel team chart. Then we worked on various strategies for reading appropriate for different reading levels.
In writing this week we are working on learning craft moves from real authors. We will learn how to add sound words, set the mood for a story, choose strong words, and stretch out a small moment to build some excitement into the story.
In spelling we worked last week learning the four ways to make long e sounds in words. We learned ee, ea, ey and y all make the long e sound. This week we will be learning more long vowel teams. Words are practiced in class each day. I work with students all week on the pattern and then do a "check" on those words on Friday. We are not testing the words for a grade. But we do check to see that the pattern that was taught gets learned. If students show that we are not ready to move on to a new vowel, we will continue to work on long e. Here are a sample of the long e words we practiced in class this week: cheese, sheep, seal, leaf, tree, jeep, queen, sleep, key, mommy, daddy, key, monkey. This week we will work on ai and ay, and using silent e. Here are this weeks words: brain, drain, grain, mail, play, clay, stay, tray, shade, brave, wade, shape.
We are ready for our first math assessment on Unit 1. Math study guides are due on Monday. We will go over the study guide in class and make corrections on Monday. Please go over any parts of the study guide that were tricky for your child. Tuesday, October 9th we will have our first assessment.
Wednesday we will begin Unit 2 in math. We will be focusing on the following: grouping by 10s, addition number stories, doubles facts, making 10, turn around rule, even numbers and equal addends, name collection boxes and frames and arrows. A family letter detailing Unit 2 will be sent home next week!
In Social Studies, we worked on identifying different groups that we belong to. We will work this week on constructing a map of our local community including symbols, labels, legends and the human and natural characteristics of the area around us.
Coming up ...
Oct. 9 - Buster Bus comes to visit and teach bus safety
Oct. 15 - walking field trip to the dairy queen, library and police station
Oct. 31 - Halloween Party and half day of school
Wow! What a week we had in room 105! Of course the biggest highlight was the Funky Fall Fund Walk! Students raised a lot of money and got to walk on the walking path. We had so much fun getting sprayed with the colors!
Reading groups began last week. Students have begun bringing home books in zip-loc bags for at home reading. If your child brings home a book, have him or her read the book to an adult at home and then return it the next day. Reading groups this week were mostly about learning how to come to the table, warm up with a letter chart, blends chart or vowel team chart. Then we worked on various strategies for reading appropriate for different reading levels.
In writing this week we are working on learning craft moves from real authors. We will learn how to add sound words, set the mood for a story, choose strong words, and stretch out a small moment to build some excitement into the story.
In spelling we worked last week learning the four ways to make long e sounds in words. We learned ee, ea, ey and y all make the long e sound. This week we will be learning more long vowel teams. Words are practiced in class each day. I work with students all week on the pattern and then do a "check" on those words on Friday. We are not testing the words for a grade. But we do check to see that the pattern that was taught gets learned. If students show that we are not ready to move on to a new vowel, we will continue to work on long e. Here are a sample of the long e words we practiced in class this week: cheese, sheep, seal, leaf, tree, jeep, queen, sleep, key, mommy, daddy, key, monkey. This week we will work on ai and ay, and using silent e. Here are this weeks words: brain, drain, grain, mail, play, clay, stay, tray, shade, brave, wade, shape.
We are ready for our first math assessment on Unit 1. Math study guides are due on Monday. We will go over the study guide in class and make corrections on Monday. Please go over any parts of the study guide that were tricky for your child. Tuesday, October 9th we will have our first assessment.
Wednesday we will begin Unit 2 in math. We will be focusing on the following: grouping by 10s, addition number stories, doubles facts, making 10, turn around rule, even numbers and equal addends, name collection boxes and frames and arrows. A family letter detailing Unit 2 will be sent home next week!
In Social Studies, we worked on identifying different groups that we belong to. We will work this week on constructing a map of our local community including symbols, labels, legends and the human and natural characteristics of the area around us.
Coming up ...
Oct. 9 - Buster Bus comes to visit and teach bus safety
Oct. 15 - walking field trip to the dairy queen, library and police station
Oct. 31 - Halloween Party and half day of school
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