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                                                                                                                     September 21, 2015

Dear Second Grade Families,

It was another GRAND week in 2nd grade!  I am so thankful every week for such a great group of students.  Just a couple of quick notes and then onto the weekly update.

Box tops--as a school community, Oasis Academy is collecting Box Tops. Box Tops come on many products.  As you are cooking and see a Box Top on a container please clip it and send it in with your child.  Box Tops are a source of income for the school.

Also I have had a request from Mrs. Dale, who has been helping with P.E. on Tuesdays.  If the girls could wear shorts, pants, or leggings under their skirts that would be helpful.  We are looking for more help with P.E.  as well.  So if you have some time on Tuesday or Thursday from 2:30-3:30 PM, please consider sharing your time and talent with us!!

Math

Students working on Scoot.

Sharing some answers on Scoot.

In Math we spent time comparing and ordering up to 3-digit numbers and working on the concept of counting on and back by 1's, 10's, and 100's.  We completed the week with a review of Unit 1 by playing a review game called "Scoot" with a partner.  Students tested on Unit 1--Numbers to 1,000; on Friday.  Even though much of this unit was review; it was a very full unit with many concepts to explore.  

Homework
Mon.  IXL M.3--Place Value Models-Up to 1,000
Tues.  IXL E.16--Addition Equations True or False
Wed.  IXL M.6--Value of Underlined Digit-Up to 1,000
Thurs.  IXL F.13--Subtraction Equations True or False

Language
We finished up our work our work with nouns.  Students completed the assessment on singular and plural nouns.  Although the assessment touched on all ways to make singular nouns plural the main focus was on irregular plural nouns.

Students were introduced to our next part of speech, verbs. This is a review of 1st grade work but we will be moving towards the 2nd grade standard of being able to form and use frequently occuring irregular verbs.

Writing
In writing, I had the pleasure of meeting with all students.  Together we reviewed their riddles.  It was great to be able to discuss the editing and revising they had done on their riddles.  All students are in the process of completing their final copy.  It was a very big deal to have completed our first writing that has gone through the entire "writing process".  It was a lengthy, but very valuable process.  The riddles and the self portraits will be displayed on the bulletin board outside of Room 17.   I wonder if you will be able to guess your child's riddle by their clues and self portrait.

Projects

Some of the puppets

We are finally nearing the end of our first project.  The first project is always so exciting.  Last week project groups wrote scripts and created puppets for their Tribes Agreement Puppet Show.  We will perform our puppet shows for Mrs. Marsh's kindergarten class on Wednesday, September 23rd at 1:00 PM in Room 17.  Typically parents are not invited to our first project but as we discussed our performance, the students felt very strongly about having parents attend.  Although it is extremely short notice, on the behalf of the students of Room 17, I would like to extend and invitation to join us for The Tribes Agreement Puppet Shows on Wednesday.  All 4 puppet shows will take no more than 15-20 minutes. 

Miscellaneous
Just a special request...please practice tying shoe laces at home.  There are several students who have difficulty tying their shoe laces.  Untied shoe laces can be very dangerous.

Here's wishing you a wonderful first week of fall week!!

Sincerely,
Anne Bloomfield

And now for some information from Mrs. Loop...

Hello Second Grade Families,

All students are doing great with reading their assigned books nightly and returning their completed reading logs to school each day.  I have asked the students to complete their reading logs in complete sentences by restating the question.  For example if the they are asked to tell what their favorite part of the book is and why, they would not just write their answer they would need to write “My favorite part of the book is _______ because…”  This is a skill that we will be working on throughout the year.  

Every student completed their spelling test on Thursday.  They all did well writing words with the “ake” spelling pattern.  Throughout the week they practiced rainbow writing the words and writing them in sentences.  They were assessed on spelling their words in isolation last week but will eventually be writing some in dictated sentences to see that they are able to spell them correctly while writing sentences and not just in isolation on a spelling test.  This week we will be practicing spelling words with the “ine” spelling pattern.

Continue reading nightly with your child.  It is important that you listen to them read aloud to ensure that they are reading their books correctly and feel free to ask them questions about what they are reading to ensure that they are comprehending what they are reading.

Happy reading,

Katy Loop