Week 19

                                           

                                                                                                     January 29, 2018

Dear Parents,

Although we are on trimesters, this week marks the halfway point of the school year.  It’s

hard to believe that in 18 weeks your 2nd grader will be a 3rd grader.  Time is going so fast!

With the 2nd semester starting this week our schedule is changing slighty.   Our specials

(Bloomfield will have Drama and Garcia will have Mr. Lenon.) will be on Tuesdays and

Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:15 pm.  P.E. will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 to

3:15 pm

Math Night

Tuesday, January 30th Oasis Academy will host a Math Night.  It will start at 5:30 pm with a

short meeting in the cafeteria.  Students and parents will be able to visit classrooms to play

math games.  This will be a “free flowing” type evening without formal classroom

presentations.  Miss Garcia and myself hope you are able to stop by and play!

Book Order

Mrs. Jackson sent home Scholastic Book Orders to Mrs. Bloomfield’s class on Thursday

afternoon.  If you would like to order books to build your home library, please do so by

Wednesday, January 31st.  Mrs. Jackson will be sending book order sheets home on a

regular basis.

Math

Our work in Math last week and for the next few weeks will be focusing on addition and

subtraction with renaming.  We will be using the same strategies (open number line, branch

method, and partial sums and differences) that students have already been taught.

This week we worked on decomposing and composing ones and tens to help us make the

next ten or next 100 so that we could easily add.

Here's what it looked like...

Example 1:  Adding ones by making the next ten.

56  +  7 = ____          1.  The next ten after 56 is 60.

        ↙ ↘                 2.  To get to 60 you need 4, so the 7 gets decomposed into 4 and 3.     

       4    3                      Then take the 4 and compose it with the 56 to make 60.

60 + 3 = 63                  3.  The renamed equation is 60 + 3 = 63.

Example 2:  Adding tens by making the next hundred.

450  +  90 = ___        1.  The next hundred after 450 is 500.

          ↙ ↘                  2.  To get to 500 you need 50, so the 90 get decomposed into 50 and

       50   40                   40.  Then take the 50 and compose it with the 450 to make 500.

500 + 40 = 540          3.  The renamed equation is 500 + 40 = 540.

After solving the equation, students used the open number strategy to check their answers.

Homework

As was mentioned last week homework for the week will be worksheets because the

standards being worked on are not on IXL.  This will be the case for the next few weeks.

Monday	Worksheet Branching Renaming Ones (addition)
Tuesday	No Homework --- Come to Math Night!!
Wedneday	Worksheet Branching Renaming Tens (addition)
Thursday	Worksheet Branching Renaming Ones (Subtraction)

Writing

Second grade writers are now working on narrative writing.  Students have been listening to

narratives and using a “quick sketch” note taker to map out the beginning, middle, and end.

 Students will be using the “quick sketch” to get their own ideas down for a narrative about

the adventures of a “snowman” or other “snow critter” at night.

Language

In language students are working with compound words.  Compound words are words that

are made up of 2 or more words.  Students will be identifying compound words and give the

definition of the compound word.  An example of a compound word would be campfire.  The

definition for campfire is a fire that is by a camp site.

Projects

Students will be starting a new project area this week--geography!  Some of the areas

students will be involved with are learning about maps, creating a map, identifying groups

within a community, and much more.

Wishing everyone a happy and productive week.  Hopefully you’ll be able to stop and visit us

during Math Night!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

and

Shannon Garcia

Math Night

Dear Parents,

The Oasis Academy Math Night is on Tuesday, January 30th.  It will start at 5:30 pm with a short meeting in the cafeteria.  From there, parents and students will be able to go into classrooms.  In 1st and 2nd grade we will have math games set up for parents and students to play.  Other classrooms will have different math activities.  It will be a very "free flowing" evening without any formal presentations in the classrooms.  I hope you will be able to attend.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

Week 18

                                                                                                      January 22, 2018

Dear Bighorn Parents,

Although last week was a short week due to the Martin Luther King holiday, it was

definitely a busy one in 2nd grade.  

Math

In math we have continued our work in measurement.  Students have spent quite a

bit of time estimating and measuring in both customary (inches) and metric

(centimeters).  In class we have been discussing what unit of measurement is appropriate for measuring items.  For example you wouldn’t measure the length of the room in inches or centimeters.  We will continue our work in measurement this week.  

Homework

Monday	Worksheet - Measuring with inches pg. 35
Tuesday	Worksheet - Inches, feet or yards?  Pg. 37
Wednesday	IXL S.3 - Which customary unit of length is appropriate?
Thursday	Measurement Assessment - No Homework.

Language                                                                                                                             

Students have been learning about pronouns (words that take the place of a noun).  

We have worked with personal pronouns (I, you, they, and we... to name a few),

possessive pronouns which show ownership (mine, his hers, and theirs), and

finally reflexive pronouns (himself, ourselves, and myself).  

Personal Pronoun Example

My brothers went fishing last Saturday.

They went fishing last Saturday.

Possessive Pronoun Example

Mike’s fish was the biggest.

His fish was the biggest.

Reflexive Pronoun Example

Mike unhooked the fish himself.

We will finish up with pronouns this week and move onto compound words.

Projects

We are just finishing learning about solids, liquids, and gases.  Students have

been enjoying a series of videos called Mystery Science and doing the activities

that come with them.  The final piece will be using knowledge about the properties of

matter to come up with an invention.  Next week we will moving into a new

project area of Geography, stay tuned!!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

     and

Shannon Garcia

Happy Birthday to Martin Luther King Jr. Week 17

                                                                                                                  January 16, 2018

Dear Parents,

Our first week back was busy!!  It was exciting to hear about everyone’s Winter Break

adventures.  Overall our 2nd graders did a lot of traveling Utah, California, and Idaho; but

some 2nd graders traveled as far as Illinois and Vermont.  Whether students traveled or

stayed local everyone had a good break and came back ready to learn.

Math

We started the new year out with finishing our Geometry Unit and beginning our

Unit on Measuring.  Our week began with students using nonstandard units to measure

classroom objects.  Students enjoyed using different nonstandard units to measure the

object.  We were then able to discuss why an object measured with different nonstandard

units had different measurements.

Our tables are about the length of  a 2nd grader.

2nd Graders measuring using nonstandard units.

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Here is a saying we use in order to measure with accuracy.  There are hand movements to go with it… “End to end, no gaps, no overlaps.”  Have them say and show you!  We will continue to practice next week.

“End to end…          no gaps…        no overlaps”

                            

This week students will spend time with nonstandard units and discussing standard

measurement.  We will look at different types of measurement (length, weight, time,

capacity,  and temperature) and the tools used to measure each measurement (rulers, tape

measure, scale, clock, watch, calendar, measuring cups, measuring spoons, and

thermometers).  Finally students will get some practice estimating and measuring lengths to

the nearest inch and centimeter.

Here's the homework for the week.

Monday	No School Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday	IXL S.2 Measure Using An Inch Ruler
Wednesday	IXL  S. 8  Measure Using A Centimeter Ruler
Thursday	IXL S.1 Read A Thermometer

Writing

The students completed a very short but technology filled writing assignment using the

acronym JOY.  The J stands for something the student just did, the O stands for one thing

the student wants to improve in during 2018, and the Y stands for something special about

you.  Students spent time talking and sharing their responses to the 3 statements.  

They then wrote a rough draft on paper.  Students also worked on final copies on the

computer.  This week students will be presenting their JOY to the class for an oral language

grade.

Language

In language students reviewed and assessed on adjectives and adverbs.  We then moved

onto pronouns (words that take the place of nouns).  Students have worked with personal (I,

we, they, she), but will work with possessive (my, hers, their, our) and reflexive (myself,

themselves, yourself) pronouns this week.  We are using them in sentences and

identifying the subject that the pronoun is taking the place of or referring back to.

Mrs. Bloomfield likes to ski. She (referring back to Mrs. Bloomfield) hopes to go on Friday.

(Personal Pronoun)

Josh will feed his cat in the morning.  (Possessive Pronoun)

Hannah and Kellan will make themselves a sandwich. (Reflexive Pronoun)

Miss Garcia and I  hope everyone is getting back into their regular routines and had a

relaxing weekend.  As always, looking forward to another wonderful week in Second Grade.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

  and

Miss Garcia