It was heartwarming to see so many grandparents at school today!
In honor of Grandparents Day here are pictures of my grandparents! I am blessed to still have one grandparent in my life today ~ my Abuela (in the tan jacket), now 82 years young! Grandparents are the BEST!
Shout out to TRENTON! He was recognized at our assembly today for showing RESPONSIBILITY all during August. We are so proud of you Trenton!
Picture Day is on Thursday, September 15th. Order forms were sent home in your scholar's homework folder today. Please return these next week.
Here is what we will be learning next week in 2nd grade...
Literature: We will continue to read Charlotte's Web. We will be reading chapters 14-16 this week. We will follow the animals as they travel to the county fair! We will also continue to be reporters and write newspaper articles about what is going on with Wilbur! Reading logs are looking great! Please continue signing as your child reads 20 minutes each evening. I will start sending home leveled books for the reading logs the week of September 19th.
Spalding Words Next Week:
Math: We will explore what happens when too many ones are in the ones column when we are adding, we will have to rename those ones into tens (if we have 12 ones in the one column we will rename 10 of those ones into 1 ten). Later the week we will talk about doing the reverse with subtraction. Students are doing great in math, and are working so hard on their math facts! I appreciate the diligence in practicing at home!
Science: Next week we will continue with our unit on life cycles by introducing the life cycle of a frog (egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog). We will learn about metamorphosis. Did you know that there are thousands of different kinds of frogs in the world and they don't all look alike? See if your 2nd grader can answer these to questions: Do you know what a group of frogs is called? Frogs live on every continent in the world except _____.
Monday: peach, pole, queen, rope, season, sigh, space, wagon, wheat, window
Tuesday: catch, catcher, kitchen, butcher, black, warm, unless, clothing, clothes, clothe
Wednesday: began, begin, beginning, able, gone, go, done, do, suit, track
Writing: Our scholars will identify the central theme of a poem called My Shadow and we will continue to work on sentence dictation.
Grammar: We will be introduced to prefixes, suffixes, and adverbs next week! We will review the topics learned in grammar so far, including classifying sentences, parts of a sentence, and capitalization rules.
Math: We will explore what happens when too many ones are in the ones column when we are adding, we will have to rename those ones into tens (if we have 12 ones in the one column we will rename 10 of those ones into 1 ten). Later the week we will talk about doing the reverse with subtraction. Students are doing great in math, and are working so hard on their math facts! I appreciate the diligence in practicing at home!
Working with number discs to build the problems:
History: This week in history, we will dive into Japan's unique geography. Can your scholar identify the landform that makes the country special? Also, we will talk about traditional Japanese cuisine, and compare our schools with theirs. I encourage you to find ways to celebrate Japanese culture at home! Did you know that Mrs. Smith, our very own Teaching Assistant, is half Japanese? We are excited to learn about some Japanese traditions from her.
Our Island Projects looked awesome! Shout out to Alise for being the first scholar to present her island to the class. I will put a slideshow with ALL of our projects on the blog next week!
Have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!
Love,
Mrs. Dombrowski
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