Hello families!

We hope you have had a great weekend despite all the rain. What a perfect excuse to stay inside, curl up, and read!

It is that time of year again....DRA2 is beginning. This is the final time this year we will give this assessment. Students will be pushed beyond their independent reading level to find the level that they need instruction. As this is an important assessment to help teachers know where the child's strengths and weaknesses are, we always keep in mind that it is one assessment out of data we have been collecting all year.

Did you mark your calendars for this years Second Grade Performance. The classes will perform their hard work on May 7th at 2:30 to the primary grades and then there will also be an evening performance for friends and family at 6:30 on May 7th. All performances are here at the school in the gym.

Reading: This week we working to determine importance to help us paraphrase information. We want students to be able to react, respond and merge their thinking with the information they read about to better remember it. To do this, we will work on using our own words to shape thoughts around what they read.

Math: Second grade- We are continuing work around lesson 11, Whole Number Operations Revisited. Third Grade- working on multiplication strategies.

Fast: Formal FAST lessons have ended for the year but we continue to work on the skills through our spelling words. This week we are working on Lesson 27: "wr", "kn", "mb".

Writing: We will be writing an expository piece around someone special in our life.

Social Studies: We are starting a new unit called, "Where in the World is Our Community?" This unit will build off the work we have done around geography.


Thank you again for all of your support and hard work!

The Second Grade Team

Hello families!

We hope you all had a fun/relaxing Spring Breaks! We have come back experiencing some typical Colorado weather, snow just as we think we are getting closer and closer to summer. May is near though and time will definitely fly from now to the end of the year. :) 

This week we are COGAT testing. This test gives us more information on how your child learns. This test is spread over 3 days at about an hour a day. 

Did you mark your calendars for this years Second Grade Performance. The classes will perform their hard work on May 7th at 2:30 to the primary grades and then there will also be an evening performance for friends and family at 6:30 on May 7th. All performances are here at the school in the gym.

Reading: This week we are looking at the difference between  important information and interesting facts. It is important to be able to distinguish between what is really important while we read and what are details that are just fun to learn about. When we find important information, especially in non-fiction texts, we can mark them with a star to refer back to it.

Math: Second grade- We are beginning lesson 11, Whole Number Operations Revisited. Third Grade- working on multiplication algorithms.

Fast: Formal FAST lessons have ended for the year but we continue to work on the skills through our spelling words. This week we are working on Lesson 26: Long /e/ can be spelled 'ei' at the beginning or middle of words and 'ey' at the end of words

Writing: We are using mini lessons to guide different types of writing on the topic "Earth Day". 

Social Studies: We are studying geography. The different types of land forms as well as finding them on a map. 

Thank you again for all of your support and hard work! 

The Second Grade Team

Friday, March 20, 2015

March 20, 2015

Hello families!

Happy Friday! We hope you all had a fabulous week and are able to enjoy this coming weekend.

Keep an eye out for a letter, email, or sign up coming from your room parent(s) in regards to the spring auction baskets. Each year we are blown away by the creativity and generosity of our families. Thank you so much for your time that you put into this fun event to support our students.

Double check your calendars for this years Second Grade Performance. The classes will perform their hard work on May 7th at 2:30 to the primary grades and then there will also be an evening performance for friends and family at 6:30 on May 7th. All performances are here at the school in the gym.

Next week is a full week (only one more left!!!) we will be focusing on the following content:

Reading: Figuring out what is important and looking for key details as we compare and contrast different versions of the same story. For example "Little Red Hen" compared to "Gator Gumbo." "Gator Gumbo" has a southern twist to the traditional story "Little Red Hen."

Math: Second grade- we will continue with Unit 10 that focuses on money and decimal amounts with a calculator. Third grade-will finish up Unit 8, fractions.

Fast: We will move into concept 24 "Scribal O." Our spelling words will come from list 24 applying the FAST concept of "IGH as long I."

Writing: Our focus will be expository writing, and mini lessons based on each classrooms needs. As a grade level we are making sure students understand the purpose of writing and the process of editing vs. revising.

Social Studies: Maps and how to use a map is our focus.

Wordly Wise: Finish list 12



Have a fantastic Friday and a great weekend!