It was wonderful to see so many of you at Open House this week. I didn't get a chance to talk to most of you because our 1st and 2nd graders were such good classroom tour guides! I hope you got a chance to see some of the amazing reading, writing, math, and science your child has done so far this year!
This week we all got Sight Word practice books (one at school and one at home). We use these books in 2 ways. The first way is reading the words. These are commonly used words that don't always follow traditional spelling/sound patterns so we just have to learn them on sight. At school teachers quiz kids on reading these words. If they read them as quickly as they can read their own name (or as quick as a snap) then they get a tally mark in the box. You can do this at home with your child too as part of their nightly reading routine! The second way we use these books is to help us learn to spell these commonly used words. Children can copy the words into the word work journals, or make silly sentences with them--focusing on spelling these sight words correctly.
Second grade mathematicians have been developing their ideas about place value in numbers in the hundreds this week. We are looking at the digits in numbers and the corresponding value of these digits. We've also been working on learning the relationship between addition and subtraction. The first sets of fact families we are practicing are "Number +1" and "Make 10." In first grade most students mastered these families for addition. In second grade we use that knowledge to help us understand and master the converse relationship--subtraction. First grade mathematicians have been working on the number +1 concept within 10. They have been focusing on hands-on tools (cuisenaire rods) to demonstrate what is happening, show their work, and explain their thinking.
Thursday was our first day of fall! We look forward to seeing the changing colors of fall on our All School Hike next Friday. A pink permission slip was sent home on Tuesday. If you haven't sent that back yet, please do so on Monday!!! Also, we welcome plentiful parent volunteers for this hiking field trip. Please sign up and join us for the day if you can!
This week we read some books from the "Words Are CATegorical" series about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We also made Sentence Buddies in writer's workshop to help us remember all the parts of a sentence. Sentences always need to start with capital letters and end with punctuation. They also always need a subject, noun, and verb. We explored how adding adjectives helps us paint a better picture in our brains and makes our writing more interesting.
Fox Kits Corner
Here's what's important to us this week:
- We had turns being in Lunch Bunch this week. It was fun!
- We had our first guest teacher and we made him feel very welcome!
- We liked having buddies and getting to know them a little bit.
- We got to try beets, potatoes and edamame from our school garden!
- We worked hard and got to finish things in math.
- We got to the top level with Bartleby Trunks and got to choose a new champ in GoNoodle. We chose McPufferson!
- We learned about how the Earth orbits around the sun.
- We made Sentence Buddies to introduce to you all this weekend!
Dates to Remember
Friday September 30 - All School Hike (permission slips due this Monday!)
Friday October 7 - Teacher Inservice - No School for Kids
Monday October 10 - Columbus Day - NO SCHOOL
Thursday October 13 - 4 Winds 1:30-2:40 pm
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