Feeling Thankful

                      November 9, 2015

Dear Second Grade Parents,

Room 17 had another fantastic week!  The students of Room 17 are a truly AMAZING bunch of kids!  They are kind, caring, and hard workers!  I am very thankful for each and every one of them!! 

With the cooler weather comes sweatshirts, sweaters, and jackets.  I can't emphasize enough how important it is to label your child's clothing.  Even if you have labeled your child's clothing recheck the labeling because after several times through the washer and dryer the label can fade (even when written in Sharpie).  Our "lost and found" table is overflowing, so if your child is missing something be sure to check out the "lost and found" table.

Charles Mc Shane

Dennis Bloomfield 1979

Veteran's Day is Tuesday, November 11th and we will not have school.  In class we will be discussing this holiday.  I will be sharing some pictures of my favorite veterans, my Dad, Charles E. Mc Shane (US Navy during WWII served as a signal man on Liberty Ships) and my husband, Dennis Bloomfield US Navy 1979-85.  

Math
Graphs, graphs, and more graphs, students have continued working on graphing data.  Students have taken data and made tally charts, picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots.

Measuring "fish" to gather data for a line plot graph.

Plotting data on a line plot graph.

Students are even graphing their snacks.

More graphs with snacks.
                    

Students have really enjoyed their work with collecting data and creating graphs.  The work we have done with graphing will come in handy in future projects.  

Here's the math homework for this week...

Monday	Line plot homework pg
Tuesday	IXL- P.1 Names and value of coins
Wednesday	Veteran’s Day - NO homework
Thursday	IXL- P.2 Name and value of all coins

                                                                                                 
Writing
We were inbetween formal writing pieces this past week.  We are gearing up to to write another persuasive piece.  So this week we have spent time giving an opinion and giving reasons to support the stated opinion.  We also spent some time writing in our journals.

Projects

Rubbing the ice cubes.

Squeezing the ice cubes.

This week in projects it was all about changing matter.  Students completed an ice cube race.  Each group was given a baggie with 2 ice cubes with the direction to change the ice cube.  Here is how different groups went about changing the ice cubes...

Blowing on the ice cubes.

Crushing the ice cubes.

Language
In Language, students continued to work with adverbs.  We have learned that adverbs tell how, when, and where.  Students are doing a great job identifying adverbs within sentences.  We will assess on adverbs this Thursday.

Remember the Veteran's Day holiday is Wednesday, so Oasis Academy will be closed.  As you enjoy this holiday please remember with grateful hearts all the Veterans who have served our country.  Here's wishing you a week filled with gratitude.

Sincerely,
Anne Bloomfield 

Reading information from Mrs. Loop...

Hello Second Grade Families,

What is happening in reading class:

• Students are beginning to bring home comprehension questions to answer with their assigned book.  One of the second grade standards states that students need to be able to answer questions about what they have read.  They should be able to answer these questions quickly and I ask that they restate their questions and answer in complete sentences.
• This week we will continue reviewing how to read nonfiction books as well as the text features found in nonfiction books.
• Continue to have your child practice reading aloud to you.

Happy reading,

Katy Loop