Welcome October!! We have been enjoying the cooler weather. Remember to dress your child in layers for their comfort throughout the day--cooler mornings to warmer afternoons!
Math
Our work in math this week continued to focus on word problems. Students focused on determining whether a problem was a "Part-Whole Problem" or a "Comparison Problem". When students are able to tell the type of word problem, they are able to apply the appropriate strategy to solve the problem. This takes lots of practice and we will continue to work on this weekly.
Another BIG part of our work in math was reviewing mental math. This is another concept that will carry into next week. In mental math we have been working on adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers without renaming. If the problem is 34 + 25 = ?, students are breaking each 2-digit number into tens and ones. So 34 + 25 = ? would look like 30 + 20 = 50 and 4 + 5 = 9. This all comes together to show that 34 + 25 = 59. It is very exciting to see students starting to develp the ability to break down numbers and quickly add them in their heads. Again this is another concept that will be be practiced throughout the year.
We have also been working hard to build stamina in our Math Daily 3. This past week we started talking about the final piece of Math Daily 3--Math With Someone. This next week we will be learning more math games to play during Math With Someone. With the final piece of Math Daily 3 being introduced this week. I'm hoping that next week will be filled with building stamina in all 3 areas and the following week students will begin having choice in their Daily 3. Using the Math Daily 3 is allowing me to pull students that need help or enrichment in specific areas of math. I am very excited to get this structure completely up and running but I also know from experience that it is better to go slow with the procedures so that students know exactly how to work in each area.
Here's the homework for this week.
Homework
Mon. IXL E.14
Tues. Worksheet
Wed. Review Test
Thurs. No homework
Project Update
Our "Then and Now" Projects are moving along. Last Tuesday, Mrs. Christiansen, Mrs. Goings, and Mrs. Sorensen were able to join our class to help with the research. These ladies were an amazing help and boost to this project!! I can't thank them enough!!!
Students have moved on to writing their rough drafts. The groups are all in differents places so it will be a busy week going from group to group supporting them as they write. I will begin revising and editing with groups and they will begin the process of typing their reports. As I have mentioned before, this is a very INTENSE project for the 2nd graders, but I am so PROUD of their continued efforts. Late this week or early the following week, our 6th Grade friends will be joining us to help us with editing and revising on the chromebooks.
Writing
With our "Then and Now" Project being so writing intensive, I am using part of writing block to work on the writing for the project. In addition to the project writing students are also learning about and writing friendly letters. Again our 6th grade friends will come into play, as they will become our "pen pals". I love that this will be a skill that is worked on throughout the rest of the school year in a "real world" way.
Have a great week!!
Sincerely,
Anne Bloomfield
Here's some information from Mrs. Jackson....
2nd Grade Reading Blog
October 6-9
October excitement is here! Monday I will have the Halloween books out in our room, so I imagine the students will be happy to see them.
This week we will once again have a Spelling test this Thursday. Your child will be bringing home a list of words to practice before Friday. There is no assigned Spelling homework, but any practice you do on these can be counted towards their 20 minutes of Reading homework that night.
Last week we began working on a standard that utilizes only illustrations to make inferences about a book. We also began analyzing character changes related to challenges in texts. We will continue working on these standards throughout this month utilizing a variety of whole group and small group texts.
In Writing, we continue to improve our journal writing. We are working on adding visual images and details to our writing. We also continue to work on our spacing, punctuation and the amount of effective journaling that we do daily.
Please let me know if you have any questions about any Reading-related item.
Thank you!
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