Week 37

May 16, 2016

Dear Parents,

Here we are down to the final week and a busy week it will be!!  Monday we will have a normal day, Tuesday we will get to watch the High School Talent Show in the afternoon, Wednesday is the 8th Grade Graduation, and Thursday is a Field Day!  We should have great weather for all these special occasions.  

There will be no homework assigned this week!!

In math for Monday and Tuesday we will be finishing up our  assessments for the report cards.

Students have been enjoying our economics project.  Pairs of students have created businesses with “goods” and “services”.  They have created signs and goods/services “tokens” that they produced and are selling to consumers.  Last Thursday, students were given money and time to purchase goods or services from other businesses, they had a blast!!  We will do this again on Monday afternoon.

      

Open for business.                    Purchasing goods and services.

In closing, I'd like to say a BIG thank you for making my year so wonderful!  I feel so fortunate to have had each of your students and to have had a great group of supportive parents.  This year has been a blessing in so many ways.  I wish you all a restful, adventurous summer and I am sure I will see you many of you around Fallon during the summer months.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

Week 36

 May 9, 2016

Dear Parents,

Teacher Appreciation Week was awesome!  Thank you so much for the lovely notes, flowers, candy, gift cards, and other gifts.  The Teacher Appreciation Week Committee did an amazing job providing the teacher’s with treats throughout the week.  We are so thankful for all the “love”!

This week in math we will be reviewing measurement.  Students will spend time reviewing the standard units of measure including inches, feet, yards, miles, centimeters, and meters.  We will also work on word problems that involve measurement.  

Along with reviewing in math, I will be completing assessments for report cards.  This will be a very busy time, as I will be spending a lot of time assessing small groups of students and individuals.

Final Week of Math Homework...

Since this is the last week for homework and we will be doing lots of review, students will get to pick their own IXL Objectives to work on.  We are just asking that students pick an objective and work on it for 20 minutes.  It can be any 2nd grade objective that your child selects.   

Important Information…

On Wednesday, May 11th, Oasis will be practicing an Active Shooter Drill.  This drill will include local Law Enforcement.  As with all safety drills, it is important that students and staff practice so that we know what to do in the event of such an emergency.  Although we do not know the details of the drill, we do know that it will take place after the Kindergarten and 1st Grade dismissal time.   Pick up on Wednesday will most likely be delayed due to the drill.  If you would prefer that your child not participate in the drill, students may be checked out of school after 12:00 PM, this will not count against your child’s attendance.  More information via email will be coming about the Active Shooter Drill.

Despite the “wild weekend weather”, I hope all our “Bighorn” Moms had a fantastic, love filled Mother’s Day!!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

     and

Shannon Garcia

Week 35

   May 2, 2016

Dear Bighorn Parents,

Here we are in May!!  We are winding down with only 12 days left of school.  This year is quickly coming to an end, but there is still work to be done.

We have completed instruction in all standards in 2nd grade math.  For the remainder of the year, we will be reviewing standards in 2nd grade math.  This week we will review telling time to the nearest 5 minutes, using the labels a.m. and p.m., identifying 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes, and partitioning 2 dimensional shapes.  Since these are review standards, some of the IXL objectives will be repeats.  Please have your student work on the assigned objectives for 15 minutes.

Next week the second graders will choose their IXL homework assignments.  Be prepared for your child to choose an IXL assignment and work on it for 20 minutes per night.

Here’s the homework for the week...

Monday	IXL Q.5 Read Clocks and Write Times
Tuesday	IXL Q.7 A.M. or P.M.
Wednesday	IXL T.3  Identify 2-D and 3-D Shapes
Thursday	Partitioning Shapes Worksheet

It’s hard to believe that we are down to the last few weeks as a second grade class.  The next 3 weeks will go very fast.  While Miss Garcia and myself will be sad to see our second graders get ready for third grade, we will look back with many fond memories.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfieldl

and

Miss Garcia

Week 34

April 25, 2016

Dear Bighorn Parents,

It is said that April showers bring May flowers, that could be the case this week.  Please be sure to check the weather so that your child is dressed properly for recess.  It never ceases to amaze me how different the temperature can be in Northern Nevada during the spring.

We have completed instruction in all 2nd grade math standards!!  For the remainder of the school year, we will be focusing on standards that have not been completely mastered.  Our math will consist of many “mini lessons” and “mini assessments” on previously taught material to ensure that students who previously were at mastery level are still there and students that had not mastered a standard have the opportunity for additional instruction and practice so that they may be reassessed.

This week the focus will be on line plots, bar graphs, and picture graphs.  Students will be using data to create graphs.  They will also use the above mentioned graphs to answer questions.  

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Picture Graph

Bar Graph

Here are a few pictures from math last week.  Students were working on equal groups and building arrays to show repeated addition or the foundation of multiplication.

Creating Equal Groups

Playing Circles and Stars

Building Arrays

     

Homework

Monday	IXL R.7 Create Line Plots
Tuesday	Worksheet
Wednesday	Worksheet
Thursday	Worksheet

Spring activities (baseball, softball, Sound of Music, and lacrosse) are in full swing!!  It’s so fun to watch students participate in these activities.  We have had a lot of tired students this past week.  Miss Garcia and I realize that all these activities can lead to some late nights (not getting home until 9:00 PM or later).  Remember to adjust schedules if needed.  We have had our own children complete homework assignments on the way to practice or games.  

Sincerely,

Mrs. Bloomfield

      and

Miss Garcia

Week 33

 
  

April 18, 2016

Dear Parents,

The school year continues to be flying by, it’s hard to believe that we only have 5 weeks left of school!!  

In Math, 2nd graders will be starting their last “new” unit of the school year--multiplication.  We will be using number bonds and the terms equal groups, repeated addition, and arrays as we explore this concept.  Students will spend time drawing lots of pictures as we learn the foundation of multiplication.

Number Bond

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This number bond can be described the following ways....

Repeated Addition...4 + 4 + 4 = 12

Multiplication Sentence...3 X 4 = 12

Equal Groups...3 groups of 4 equals 12

Array                 C

                      O

ROWS    L   This array can be described as...

         U   Repeated Addition...4 + 4 + 4 = 12

          M   Equal Groups… 3 rows of 4

                      N   Multiplication Sentence...3 X 4 =12

                      S    

Here’s the homework for the week...

Monday	IXL W.2 Identify Multiplication Sentences for Equal Groups
Tuesday	IXL W.3 Write Multiplication Sentences for Equal Groups
Wednesday	IXL W.4 Relate Addition and Multiplication Sentences  for Equal Groups
Thursday	IXL W.5 Write Multiplication Sentences for Arrays

This week promises to be busy with beautiful weather.  We hope our 2nd grade families are able to get out and enjoy spring in Fallon!!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Bloomfield

and

Miss Garcia

Week 32

 

April 11, 2016

Dear Parents,

Last week we worked on solving 2 step word problems focusing on money.  All week the students were guided through problems, worked in partners, and worked independently solving word problems involving money.  Thursday, the assessment showed that the 2nd grade students need to continue to work on two-step word problems as well as adding up an amount of money then subtracting an amount from the given amount.  This week we will continue to and subtract with money amounts outside of word problems as well as within word problems!

A fun and easy activity for your second grader to work on at home to build this concept is to sort, count and add up an amount of coins.

Homework for Week 32

Monday	IXL P.4 Count money up to $1
Tuesday	IXL P.5 Count money up to $5
Wednesday	Worksheet - Word problems dealing with money $$$
Thursday	IXL P.6 Equivalent amounts of money up to $1

Welcome Back--Week 31

                                                                                April 4, 2016

Dear Parents,

Welcome back from Spring Break!  We hope you had an wonderful, fun and relaxing time.  We saw lots of Facebook posts and pictures, it looks like everyone had a great time!  It’s that time to get back into the swing of school.  This week we will be focusing on adding up to four numbers to find a sum as well as word problems involving: adding, subtracting in both money and measurement.

Please remember, there are a TON of sports going on at this time of year however, your child’s number one job is school and to make sure that they are keeping up on their reading and math homework!  Please continue to support the importance of their school work.

Homework for Week 31

Monday	IXL G.16 Word Problems - add up to 4 digits
Tuesday	IXL I.4 Word Problems - up to 3 digits
Wednesday	IXL I.6 Write an addition sentence up to 3 digits
Thursday	IXL L.9 Word Problems up to 100