Week 2

     September 10, 2017

Dear Parents,

It was a very successful first week of second grade.  Students are learning the routines and expectations for being a 2nd grader and this group of students are amazing!!

In all academic areas we have been working on reviewing and routines.  In math students are skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s.  They are also worked on modeling 2-digit numbers with base ten blocks.

                      

Students practicing “skip counting” with a partner.                                     

IXL seems to be working well.  To our knowledge, all students have been added to appropriate grade level rosters.  We receive and check reports from IXL regularly.  Please make sure that your child completes homework in a timely fashion.

In Language Arts we focused on nouns.  The students created a circle map listing any person, place or thing as a noun.  This poster will be used as a tool in the room to refer to as the year goes on.  

More highlights for the week were starting our work in projects.  The “Driving Question” for the first project is...How can we as a Tribes Community present our knowledge of the Tribes Agreements with younger students?  Our focus this week was Attentive Listening, next week we will work on the rest of the agreements--Mutual Respect, Appreciations, No Put Downs, and Right to Pass.  

Students also enjoyed going to specials--during the first quarter Mrs. Bloomfield’s class has music with Mrs. Barton and Miss Garcia’s class has art with Mrs. Johnson.  All 2nd graders participated in P.E. with Miss Martin and Mrs. Wiessmer.

Some Important Reminders for the Upcoming Week…

• Monday is Picture Day.  Second grade will be having our pictures taken at 8:10 am.
• If you haven’t sent back the beginning of the school year paperwork please be sure to get that in.
• We have had a schedule change.  Students will have their “specials” class on Mondays and Wednesdays.  P.E. will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• On P.E. days (Tuesday/Thursday) please be sure that your child has a water bottle and wears sneakers.                                           

Here is the homework for the week!!

Monday	IXL C.2 Writing Numbers Up to 100 in Word Form
Tuesday	IXL C.3 Writing Numbers Up to 100 in Words
Wednesday	IXL A.7 Hundreds Chart
Thursday	IXL M.1 Place Value Models 10’s and 1’s

We are looking forward to our 2nd week in 2nd grade!!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

and

Shannon Garcia

Here is some important information from the 1st Grade Teachers…

MAPS

This week your child will take the MAPS test. This is a test that state of Nevada is requiring all kindergarten through third grade students to take in the area of English Language Arts. This test will measure your child's instructional level and measure their growth. They will take the test three times a year.

Here is some information you be interested in about MAPS:

*It is taken on a chromebook

*It will get easier or harder depending on your child answers

*It should take about 45 minutes

*You will get a report showing your child's growth after each test

*Miss Garcia’s 2nd graders will take the test on Wednesday during their reading block with Mrs. Rowlett

*Mrs. Bloomfield’s 2nd graders will take the test on Thursday during their reading block with Mrs. Jackson.

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.