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