Conference Week ~ Thank you!

Dear 2B Families,

It was a pleasure meeting with each of you this week to discuss your child's strengths, their virtuous hearts, their uniqueness, and areas for growth. Thank you for taking the time to conference with us. It was a joy! Miss Monk and I are looking forward to working with your children on their goals this quarter. Thank you for also supporting them at home. It makes a big difference!

Can you help us?

Friday Folder/Copying Volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4ea8af2e5-2bfriday

Reading Groups/Math Groups: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EA8AF2E5-2breading

This week Ms. Shunk, our school counselor, came in to talk to the kids about conflict-resolution. It was awesome!

We released our butterflies!

Next Week in 2B...

Literature: Please send your child to school with their copy of The Boxcar Children. We will dive right in on Tuesday and are excited to embark on our next chapter book! We will be introduced to the Alden children and follow them on quite an adventure!

Poetry: Please practice Merry Autumn Days by Charles Dickens at home. We will recite this poem in class the week of November 5th.

Grammar: We will be adding something new to our "Question & Answer Flow" as we look for the complete subject and the complete predicate when classifying our sentences.

Writing: We will read an excerpt from the original book 101 Dalmatians written by Dodie Smith. Fun fact: The Disney version was a very simplified retelling of this wonderful story. We will also add question marks and exclamation points to our sentence dictation.

Spalding Words Next Week:
Tuesday: fence, funny, going, honey, letters, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe, stairs
Wednesday: stream, talks, tiny, words, trust, extra, dress, beside, teach, happen

Math: We are beginning our math groups this week! It will be a pure joy to have parents helping in the classroom during this time. On Tuesday we will be doing a short review before taking our "Inches" quiz (it will look similar to the Test 5 B packet sent home Friday). Our Unit Test will be this Friday covering units 1-3, so please be on the lookout for a study guide later in the week.

Science: This week we are starting a new unit on the water cycle. First we are going to learn about the states of matter (liquid, solid, and gas), and then our second grade scientists will explore evaporation, condensation, and precipitation through a series of experiments.

History: We will pause from Ancient India next week to focus on science.

With Grateful Hearts,

Mrs. D and Miss Monk