The students will be creating colorful leaves to decorate our windows in our classroom.
As many of you know, my husband and I with our family and friends, celebrated the marriage of our oldest daughter in South Georgia this past weekend. She is starting a new journey with her husband. The years have flown by and before you know it, your child has grown to adulthood.
We were very busy planning it and I have been out for a few days. I will be back on at school on Tuesday. Thank you for all you well wishes!
We were very lucky this week to have two great out of the classroom experiences. On Wednesday we went to see the Wacky Science Guy. This is a great program that mixes magic and science. This kids love it and were having a blast. The pictures above show the two students from our class that were choose to help out with the show! Then, on Friday we got to learn how to play chess. Kid’s chess club coaches came in to teach the 2nd graders all about chess. We learned some great chess moves!
Parent/Teacher Conferences: If you do not have a conference yet please go to my sign up genius to sign up for a conference time. Thank you for signing up if you already have! You will receive reminders. If you need to change any dates, go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084daead2da0ff2-parentteacher These sessions are for increments of 15 minutes. Please advise if you child needs to have a change of transportation for the parent/teacher conferences.
If you are coming in early, please come to the front door. The doors of the school close at 3:30pm each day. The cafeteria doors will be open for your convenience.
Mrs. Parson’s Class Room News
Agendas: make sure to check your student’s agendas daily. This is a great tool for home school communication and often I will write notes in student’s agendas.
Reading Log: Each day students are expected to read for 10 minutes. They should fill out a reading log that is turned in each Friday.
Homework: Students may also have math homework on Tuesday and Thursdays and reading/grammar homework on Monday and Wednesday. It is important that the students complete their homework and turn it in the next day. Homework is counted as part of a student’s grade and many missing assignments can lower a grade. When a student does not have their homework they will lose a dojo point, receive a note in their agenda, and be expected to bring the homework in the next day. If there is an issue with homework please feel free to send me an e-mail or a note about it.
Math Info: If your child goes to another teacher for math please make sure you are checking that teacher’s blog for information about their math class, assignments, and upcoming tests. You can find the other 2nd grade teachers blogs as well as other 2nd grade information at http://secondgradenpes.weebly.com/.
Math – 2.2 & 3.1
The first unit math assessment is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23 and Thursday, Sept. 24. We have been reviewing the study guide and practicing strategies that the students can use for the test. Students should bring their study guide to school each day. Check the blog from the previous six weeks, there are strategies and examples of test questions that you can use.
Writing
This week the students worked on publishing a piece of writing that they have been working on in our writer's notebook. Next week we will begin a mentor author study to learn more about writing. We will study Jane Yolan's book Owl Moon and analyze how she crafted her story. We will then apply those skills to our own writing.
In grammar we will learn how to produce simple and compound sentences.
Reading
Our standard next week will focus on finding out how characters react to problems and events in the story. We will then use these reactions to figure out what kind of people the characters in our story are. I have completed reading with each student to find their individual reading levels. Students will work with me in reading groups to read books on their reading level to apply the skills being introduced during the mini-lesson each day.
Science Beginning on Wednesday, September 17, our next science unit is on Physical Attributes of Stars.
What students should know:
A star is a big ball of hot gases around which other celestial objects may revolve.
The brightness and size of a star depends on how close it is to the Earth and the amount of energy it produces from its hot ball of gases.
Stars are many billions of miles away from the Earth.
The sun has its own set of celestial objects (planets) that revolve around it.
The sun is in the center of our solar system.
The closest star to us is the sun; this is why it appears to be the largest, hottest, and brightest.
Stars can form pictures or patterns called constellations.
Science Vocabulary:
Stars, constellations, sun and planets
On Thursday I made a variety of resources available to the students with information about the sun and stars. They had articles on the computers, books and videos on the iPads. Using these resources as well as their science books the students researched the sun and stars and wrote the facts they found on paper strips. Then they glued the strips to a circle to make a fact sun! They really enjoyed this lesson and I was very impressed with their work and ability to find facts. Next week we will continue to learn about the sun, stars and constellations.
We will be conducting experiments: Stars and light, why do stars twinkle, measuring shadows, modeling day and night, Earth’s tilt, weather changes, and what causes the season. They will learn about the brightness of stars, the sun gives off heat and light, what changes take place during winter, spring, summer and fall and the differences between day and night and weather changes.
S2E1 - Students will understand that stars have different sizes, brightness, and patterns.
S2E1.a - Describe the physical attributes of stars - size, brightness, and patterns.
Have a great week!
As many of you know, my husband and I with our family and friends, celebrated the marriage of our oldest daughter in South Georgia this past weekend. She is starting a new journey with her husband. The years have flown by and before you know it, your child has grown to adulthood.
We were very busy planning it and I have been out for a few days. I will be back on at school on Tuesday. Thank you for all you well wishes!
We were very lucky this week to have two great out of the classroom experiences. On Wednesday we went to see the Wacky Science Guy. This is a great program that mixes magic and science. This kids love it and were having a blast. The pictures above show the two students from our class that were choose to help out with the show! Then, on Friday we got to learn how to play chess. Kid’s chess club coaches came in to teach the 2nd graders all about chess. We learned some great chess moves!
Parent/Teacher Conferences: If you do not have a conference yet please go to my sign up genius to sign up for a conference time. Thank you for signing up if you already have! You will receive reminders. If you need to change any dates, go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084daead2da0ff2-parentteacher These sessions are for increments of 15 minutes. Please advise if you child needs to have a change of transportation for the parent/teacher conferences.
If you are coming in early, please come to the front door. The doors of the school close at 3:30pm each day. The cafeteria doors will be open for your convenience.
Mrs. Parson’s Class Room News
Agendas: make sure to check your student’s agendas daily. This is a great tool for home school communication and often I will write notes in student’s agendas.
Reading Log: Each day students are expected to read for 10 minutes. They should fill out a reading log that is turned in each Friday.
Homework: Students may also have math homework on Tuesday and Thursdays and reading/grammar homework on Monday and Wednesday. It is important that the students complete their homework and turn it in the next day. Homework is counted as part of a student’s grade and many missing assignments can lower a grade. When a student does not have their homework they will lose a dojo point, receive a note in their agenda, and be expected to bring the homework in the next day. If there is an issue with homework please feel free to send me an e-mail or a note about it.
Math Info: If your child goes to another teacher for math please make sure you are checking that teacher’s blog for information about their math class, assignments, and upcoming tests. You can find the other 2nd grade teachers blogs as well as other 2nd grade information at http://secondgradenpes.weebly.com/.
Math – 2.2 & 3.1
The first unit math assessment is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23 and Thursday, Sept. 24. We have been reviewing the study guide and practicing strategies that the students can use for the test. Students should bring their study guide to school each day. Check the blog from the previous six weeks, there are strategies and examples of test questions that you can use.
Writing
This week the students worked on publishing a piece of writing that they have been working on in our writer's notebook. Next week we will begin a mentor author study to learn more about writing. We will study Jane Yolan's book Owl Moon and analyze how she crafted her story. We will then apply those skills to our own writing.
In grammar we will learn how to produce simple and compound sentences.
Reading
Our standard next week will focus on finding out how characters react to problems and events in the story. We will then use these reactions to figure out what kind of people the characters in our story are. I have completed reading with each student to find their individual reading levels. Students will work with me in reading groups to read books on their reading level to apply the skills being introduced during the mini-lesson each day.
Science Beginning on Wednesday, September 17, our next science unit is on Physical Attributes of Stars.
What students should know:
A star is a big ball of hot gases around which other celestial objects may revolve.
The brightness and size of a star depends on how close it is to the Earth and the amount of energy it produces from its hot ball of gases.
Stars are many billions of miles away from the Earth.
The sun has its own set of celestial objects (planets) that revolve around it.
The sun is in the center of our solar system.
The closest star to us is the sun; this is why it appears to be the largest, hottest, and brightest.
Stars can form pictures or patterns called constellations.
Science Vocabulary:
Stars, constellations, sun and planets
On Thursday I made a variety of resources available to the students with information about the sun and stars. They had articles on the computers, books and videos on the iPads. Using these resources as well as their science books the students researched the sun and stars and wrote the facts they found on paper strips. Then they glued the strips to a circle to make a fact sun! They really enjoyed this lesson and I was very impressed with their work and ability to find facts. Next week we will continue to learn about the sun, stars and constellations.
We will be conducting experiments: Stars and light, why do stars twinkle, measuring shadows, modeling day and night, Earth’s tilt, weather changes, and what causes the season. They will learn about the brightness of stars, the sun gives off heat and light, what changes take place during winter, spring, summer and fall and the differences between day and night and weather changes.
S2E1 - Students will understand that stars have different sizes, brightness, and patterns.
S2E1.a - Describe the physical attributes of stars - size, brightness, and patterns.
Have a great week!