Hello Families!
We have a very busy and exciting week coming up. Next week will be packed with finishing up a few assessments before the break, working on holiday crafts and (if we earn all of our points)... ending the week with a 2nd grade pajama day and movie party! We have worked hard this year and deserve some fun before our winter break. If you are able to send healthy snacks such as clementine oranges, popcorn, hot chocolate, etc., please let us know. Thank you!
More information will be coming home next week via email.
Handwriting Findings:
Ms. Pattiani shared with me some interesting information on the importance of handwriting in child development. Unfortunately, handwriting is not taught with as much seriousness and precision as it used to be. I will be sending links to specific information on this topic once I have had a chance to do some research on the topic. In the meantime, if you are interested in learning about ways you can support your student at home with handwriting, please click here for a blog post on "5 Sneaky Ways to Improve Handwriting."
If your student will be absent for any of next week, please send us an email and let us know. Thank you!
Friday, December 13, 2019
Friday, December 6, 2019
Thank you!
Hello Families!
Thank you so much for making it out to conferences. Ms. Johnson and I had a great time getting to know you and your children better.
It has been a VERY busy week with a lot of activity. We finished up our science unit on the states and properties of matter. We will be having a final assessment on this next week. Please see the pictures below of the students building TALL and then STRONG towers out of paper.
Ms. Johnson has been delivering math and reading lessons this week. In math, we are working on solidifying understanding of place value as we move into working with bigger numbers.
In reading and writing, our focus is now on nonfiction texts. We have been learning about text features, main ideas and supporting details.
During the next two weeks, we will continue our study of the brain and growth mindset.
Help:
For some reason, we have had a problem with respecting school property this year. We have had yoga ball chairs popped, pencils purposely broken, spinners broken off of math materials, a computer broken, etc. Please talk to your children about the importance of respecting school property and the property of others. We have had many discussions about this in class and will continue to work on it during the year, but it always helps to have families mention this sort of thing at home as well. Thank you.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you so much for making it out to conferences. Ms. Johnson and I had a great time getting to know you and your children better.
It has been a VERY busy week with a lot of activity. We finished up our science unit on the states and properties of matter. We will be having a final assessment on this next week. Please see the pictures below of the students building TALL and then STRONG towers out of paper.
Ms. Johnson has been delivering math and reading lessons this week. In math, we are working on solidifying understanding of place value as we move into working with bigger numbers.
In reading and writing, our focus is now on nonfiction texts. We have been learning about text features, main ideas and supporting details.
During the next two weeks, we will continue our study of the brain and growth mindset.
Help:
For some reason, we have had a problem with respecting school property this year. We have had yoga ball chairs popped, pencils purposely broken, spinners broken off of math materials, a computer broken, etc. Please talk to your children about the importance of respecting school property and the property of others. We have had many discussions about this in class and will continue to work on it during the year, but it always helps to have families mention this sort of thing at home as well. Thank you.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
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