Hello wonderful families!
This has been a great week in Second grade! We are moving right along and back into the swing of things after the Winter Break!
In reading, we have been working on making reading sound more fluent. We read the book Mercy Watson Princess in Disguise and used the book to change our voices to sound like the characters. We also noticed how the book changes moods.
In phonics we worked on breaking and blending longer words by working methodically from beginning to end. We will work next week on breaking words into parts between two consonants in the middle of a word. For example, breaking the word problem into two parts: prob/lem then putting the parts together to read the word as a whole. We will work on breaking off endings. We will start with common endings: ed, ing, s, es, er.
In writing, we are working on writing opinion letters to a friend or another class. We are using some on our favorite books and characters to help us. This week we learned to write a letter that focused on the character such as Mercy Watson. We retold a favorite part to help the reader become more interested. We discussed favorite pictures, and we wrote with an audience in mind.
For a fun project we read the book The Day the Crayons Quit and we wrote about our favorite colors!
In math, we have begun unit 5. This week we worked on counting coins, making change and we played beat the calculator. Students are working on counting the coins in various combinations. We will continue to practice. Work at home on helping your child count coins and make change for extra support.
We have been in working on mapping skills in Social Studies. This week we used a map of the U.S.and practiced finding things using the compass rose for directions. Students will begin making pirate treasure maps for a fun culminating projects this week!
We read the book Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King! and discussed the life of this famous civil rights leader. We wrote about the dreams we have for our own future.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Scheck
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