Week 32

                                                                                  May 7, 2018

Dear Parents,

Here we are in Week 32!  The days are getting warmer and longer (as

I write it’s 8:00 pm and not completely dark), and our year is getting

shorter.  I know this was mentioned a couple of weeks ago but, it is very

important that your child comes to school with a water bottle labeled with

your child’s name.  This is especially important on our P.E. days

(Monday and Wednesday).  

Math

Last week we worked on a new strategy (Arrow Method) to add and

subtract within 100 and 1,000.  All week the students were guided

through problems, worked in partners, and worked independently using

the Arrow Method.   In the beginning of the week (Monday and Tuesday)

standards will continue working on adding and subtracting within 100 and

1,000.  Students will have a mini assessment on this standard on Tuesday.

In the latter part of the week, we will be reviewing graphs. Students will be working on creating and interpreting picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots.  

  Picture Graph                      Bar Graph Line Plot     

Favorite Animal X X X O O O O ⊿ ⊿

Length of Fish Caught                X    X       X X    X X    X X    X X    X X X    ___________________________    7  8 9    10 11        (in inches)

Throughout the week students will also be reviewing multiplication via equal groups and arrays.

Homework for Week 32

Monday	Worksheet--Arrow Method Mixed Addition and Subtraction
Tuesday	Worksheet--Choose Your Own Strategy
Wednesday	IXL - R.6 Create Line Plots
Thursday	IXL - Multiplication Tables for 2,3 and 4

Language

In language we went from using context clues to determine word

meaning to using prefixes to help us determine word meaning.  The

prefixes that we focused on last week and will continue to focus on are

re, un, dis, mis, pre, and under.

re = again, back	un = not, opposite	dis = not	mis = wrong	pre = before	under = below
replay	untie	dishonest	misprint	preschool	underwater

Writing

We are down to writing the final copies of our final opinion piece.  

Projects

The 2nd grade historians are becoming experts on their decade.  The research part of this project will be completed by Tuesday and students will be beginning to put together their project boards.  It’s been very exciting to watch teams of students researching and getting excited about their decade! The next blog will include our presentation date!

Wishing everyone a wonderful week and all the Moms, Grandmas, and

Aunts a special Mother’s Day!!  

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

and

Shannon Garcia