This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night
IXL Math: extra practice will be posted here in the future (this is not required for homework, but is always an extra option; logins and passwords coming next week as we have access to our accounts again!)
Classroom Happenings:
We're off to a great start here in 2AN! I've really enjoyed getting to know your student these first few weeks of school and we've enjoyed building community in our classroom as we get to know each other!
Our literacy work is also off to a roarin' start! We've been doing a lot of work with building stamina with our reading and writing independent minutes, as well as, taking responsibility of our own reading and writing lives. Students have been practicing strategies to pick just right books for choice reading and are also practicing using stop and jots to help us think more deeply as we read. We've also been building on our ideas in Writer's Workshop as we move into our first unit in Writer's Workshop, Improving Narrative Writing.
Here's a sample of our "stop and jot" work in Reader's Workshop. We're working on realizing that we're always thinking when we're reading and to stop and jot when we have ideas about our reading. Ask your student about our prediction and question stop and jots!
Our first Math Module begins with Sums and Difference to 100. Students are using addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all posotions.
Reminders:
ASA's begin on Sunday, September 23. Information about ASA selections was emailed to parents instead of students getting a handout this year.
Grade 2 will have DRA testing for reading on Sunday, September 23 and Monday, September 24. This is not an assessment students can study or prepare for, but you can help your student do their best by making sure they are getting enough rest! There will be a substitute in the classroom on both of these days so also help to remind your student to be helpful to our sub!
If you haven't done so already, please return the blue Child Information Form that came home on Back-to-School night or in your student's backpack. Be sure to list the email addresses you want the blog post to be sent to on the form. This is the email address I will use to communicate all classroom happenings.
SeeSaw Access: SeeSaw Accounts are up and running. Students are posting weekly to their "newsfeed" with updates about what's happening in school. Be sure to take a look at the SeeSaw Access Instructions that came home with Back-to-School night so you get an update email each time they post! As we're getting it set up, I'm approving student posts as they come through. (So excited to have this communication tool with home!!)
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom.)
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