Red Ribbon Week 10/23
No School - Teacher In service 10/27
Mrs. Otte’s Class PE Open House: 11/2/17 from 1:00-1:30
No School - Nov. 22, 23, 24: Happy Thanksgiving!
Quarterly & MAPS Assessments: 12/4-12/15
*End of 2nd quarter is December 21st
Holiday Parties 12/20
No School – Dec. 22nd-Jan. 3rd.
Guidance lessons are usually once each month.
Writing: Our young authors will continue to work with Personal Narratives. Their stories should be about small moments from their lives (things they do or things that have happened to them). Writings are expected to be across several pages. We look for solid beginnings, several middle details, and powerful endings, connecting and sequencing words, good word choices, legible handwriting, appropriate spacing, and using capitals and periods, commas, and quotation marks where needed. Action, feeling, and sound words help bring voice to these writings. Sample rubrics may be accessed on our class website. We will have a celebration right before Thanksgiving break. Class published writings will be shared between students. Most days, students will also write during the Work on Writing portion of their Daily 5, which occurs with our reading rotations. On Mondays students will write about one moment from their weekend. Tuesday students will write a letter to the class Star of the Week, Wednesday students will write a book report over the Journey’s class story for the week, Thursday students will write in their own journals.
Math: Math Facts practiced and assessed this quarter will be Making 10 and Doubles. Students will work in Topics 5, 6, 8, and 7 from our Envisions resources. Many math games and activities will be incorporated into our learning. Flexible groupings allow for differentiation. Our skills and concepts will vary some by ability. General concepts are listed with each topic. Topic 5: Place Value to 100; Topic 6: Mental Addition; Topic 8: Adding Two-Digit Numbers, Topic 7: Mental Subtraction.
Reading: Second Quarter will include lessons from Journey’s Lessons 10-15. Resources for Journey’s weekly lessons are on our class website. Students will usually bring home the words for the coming week on Friday. Friday afternoon students will be tested on the vocabulary and the grammar skill for the week. If you want more information to help your child with these skills, please refer to the home letter and focus wall on our class website as well as other resources available. Along with our Journey’s common skills, we will have guided reading targeting specific skills in small groups to differentiate. Those not working with me will be participating in the Daily 5: Read to Self, Read to Partner, Listen to Reading, Word Work, and Work on Writing.
Science: Chapter 6: Rocks, Soil, Fossils and Chapter 8: Weather
Social Studies: Unit 2: Places Near and Far and Unit 5: America’s Past
**Please be sure to check your child's Home folder for papers each night and send the folder back to school with your child. Class papers, books, and notes go home daily. Also, please visit our school and class website often: www.blairschools.org Under Schools, click Deerfield; Under Directory click the teacher’s name; Under My Classes click Second Grade. Language Arts, Math, and Science resources are located on our class web sites. Please use these (including ixL, XtraMath and Raz Kids) as needed to keep learning progressing and FUN! If you have any questions, concerns, or would like further resources, please feel free to contact me. THANK YOU for all your help and support.