2^nd Grade Curriculum News     

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 better understanding what my expectations are and how things run in 2^nd 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 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.  There will be two challenge words each week.  If they miss them it will not count against them.  However, if they get them correct it will add some “extra credit” points to their score!  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

car        park        hard        barn         card          shark          dart        harm        farm         chart      star        smart

Challenge Words:      garden              artist

 

Reminders

This week will be back to our regular 3:11 dismissal time.  Picture Day will be Friday, September 1^st.  Order forms were sent home on Wednesday, August 23^rd.  If more are needed, contact the office and we will be happy to send another one home.  Welcome back everyone!

 

Mrs. Johnson

Tomorrow afternoon the 2nd grade class will be going outside to view the solar eclipse.  We will spend some time in the morning learning about the basics of what an eclipse is and I will be going over in depth the importance of using the glasses safely.  I did purchase safe,  NASA approved viewing glasses but if you do not want your child to view the eclipse you can call the school tomorrow morning and let us know.  What an exciting way to start a new school year by experiencing  a once in a lifetime event!  We plan on having a lot of fun our very first day back in 2nd grade!

I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!!!!

Welcome to a brand new school year!  I have no idea where the summer went but it definitely did fly by and now we are getting ready to sail into a brand new year and I for one couldn’t be more excited!  This year’s second grade students are in for a whole lot of exploring and learning on a variety of topics……and of course we will have a blast while doing so!  Can’t wait for our adventure to begin!

Don’t forget to check this website once a week because there will be new information posted every Friday morning to keep parents and students informed about the upcoming week!  Can’t wait to see everyone on Monday!

Aloha!!!