Week of August 26th-30th

 

Welcome back to school!  With our first full week under our belt, we are now off and running within a brand new school year!  It is always an exciting time of year.  By now, hopefully students feel more at ease about being upstairs with me and are ready to settle in to what will be a fantastic school year!

 

Thus far, we have mostly been going over and getting used to our new routines.  We have started to get into the first four areas of our Daily 5 / Literacy Block time.  Students are getting a better understanding of what my expectations are and how things run in 2nd grade.  We have also spent some time learning a bit about the fascinating and beautiful ocean habitat.  We will be spending quite a bit of time on this at the beginning of the school year and at times throughout the year.   In math we have been starting back at the basics.  We have been discussing some basic addition strategies.  We will be starting with some Timed Addition Tests in a few weeks.  Students will get 2 minutes to complete 40 problems.  They will pass the level that they are on if they miss 2 or less.  Judging by what I am hearing from them, they will do fantastic with this!  We are starting our day with a morning meeting which allows us to form a stronger sense of community by sharing and discussing important topics and upcoming events!  It is always an excellent way to kick off our day!

 

This next week will mark the beginning of our spelling tests.  They will be given on every Friday.  I will post them to this website on the Friday before so that you can have extra time to study.  Students will also get a hard copy of the words on the Monday of that same week.  We will practice these words in class each week and there will be at least one other worksheet given each week to help them get familiar with the words.   Below are this week’s spelling words!

 

Spelling

cart       park        hard        barn         card          shark          warm       farm        yard       start       dark       sharp

 

Reminders

This week will be back to our regular 3:14 dismissal time.  Picture Day will be Tuesday, August 27th.  Order forms were sent home on Monday.  If more are needed, contact the office and we will be happy to send another one home.  Welcome back everyone!

 

Mrs. Johnson

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