Curriculum News

During our Reading/Literacy Block time, we will be taking a look at a variety of stories over the next week.  Each day we will discuss and look closely at a different genre.  Students will get a chance to explore some types of books that perhaps they have never taken a look at before and might even develop a new favorite type of books.  This upcoming week we will be focusing on fantasies, biographies, and adventure stories.  If anyone has a good example at home of one of these particular genres feel free to bring it in and share with the class.

This week in Math we will be looking at several more examples of addition strategies and putting them to use on our timed tests.  We will start out by taking them twice a week but will soon increase that to three times per week.  Students must have this basic math skill mastered before tackling more challenging math work so I encourage everyone to be practicing those addition facts!

Not only will we be continuing with our Ocean unit in the afternoons but we will also be taking a closer look at a variety of different kinds of maps.  As we prepare to take a closer look at the world around us, it is important for students to be comfortable using tools such as this. This will only help students better understand what kinds of amazing places and things can be seen around us!

 

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Reminders:

*No early dismissals this week!

*We will be continuing to take our Aimsweb Fall Testing this week.  Second grade will be taking theirs on Tuesday and Wednesday in the morning and will last approximately an hour!  Make sure you are rested and ready to go!!

 

Mrs. Johnson