Team Learning Update

This week, we are staying cool in second grade!  Here is what we are busy learning this week...

Writing-We are wonderful writers!  Each student is working so hard to increase their writing stamina and ideas.  This week, we are writing longer stories in booklets!  We are also writing in different forms including letters and lists.  It's fun to write in different ways!

Reading-We are learning how to be better readers by using our CAFE board.  When you are reading at night with your child, ask them to check for understanding.  When they are not sure if they understand what they just read, they can back up and reread to help them comprehend what they read better.  Our class goal for our reading stamina is 22 minutes!   We are real readers who LOVE to read independently.   Next week, reading groups will begin! 

Word Study-  Teams 1 and 2 have started the word study cycle.  Teams 3 and 4 will be starting tomorrow and Friday.  Your child works on sorting words at school and at home.  Your child's spelling words can be found in their yellow word study folder in the binder.  You will find a yellow sheet inside your child's STAR binder full of fun ways to practice spelling words. 

Math- We are learning place value to the hundreds place.  Ask your child to share about the fun rap that we watched to help us remember hundreds, tens and ones.  We are also learning about the value of numbers.  For example, 789.  The 7 has a value of 700.  The 8 has a value of 80.  The 9 has a value of 9.   We had our first friend pass addition today on xtra math!  We hope to have many more soon.  There are some great ways to study math facts at home nightly on the blue paper in the STAR binder. 

Social Studies-We are wrapping up our chapter on communities this week!  As we learned about rural communities this week, we decided what we would grow and sell at a market and had fun using ipads to learn more about communities.  Our skyscraper creations are so unique too.  Students not only created but also shared and wrote about what was inside their skyscraper-offices,apartments etc. 

Reminders
~Thank you for all the Pringles cans donations.  We only need 7 more to finish our time capsule stuffing! 
~If you are participating in our MAJOR fundraiser going on now, the first monkey day is Friday. Students only need to sell one item and return the coupon to get a monkey.  Thank you for your support!
~Our first early release is next Wednesday Sept. 18 at 1:40.  Please let me know if your child's dismissal plans have changed from the sheet you filled out at Meet the Teacher Night. 
~Grant's Farm Night is Sept. 26.  Wear Blue!
~Ask your child about the Clean Desk Fairy that visited our classroom today!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Have a wonderful week!