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Even though this was a short week we got so much accomplished! We completed a lot of pre-assessments and started new units this week. All of our units will be finished before Spring Break. Please make sure your child dis reading every night! Important Events: 2/28: PSCs Go Home 2/28: Spring Picture Day 3/8: Teacher Workday (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 3/8: Teacher Workday (NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS) 4/1-4/5: Spring Break! Math: 2.2- This week we finished our work using different strategies to solve 3 digit addition and subtraction problems. We will review graphing and have a quiz on Thursday! 3.1-This week we continued working on fractions and next week we will continue to review. This week we will work on perimeter and will have a quiz Thursday! Reading: Our unit will be focused on non-fiction books in a book club. We have topics that we focus on (ocean life, animals, important people, important events, etc.) and we get to read a variety of books across different reading levels. This unit lets the students practice finding their correct reading level. I have the students practice the five finger rule. The students open the book and reading 2-3 pages. The students raise a finger for every word they don't know. If the students raise more than 5 fingers, that book is too hard. Phonics: Quiz Friday Came Cave Club Class Clap Cut Camp Cut Camp Carpet Candy Crash Writing: We are starting a new unit over science lab reports. This is one of our fun units, but it does have the students creating a project, experimenting with different objects, and filling out a lab report. We will be spending around 3 days working together on a project/experiment. Then the students will get to a form of the experiment themselves. Social Studies: We will be finishing up Jackie Robinson and we will starting Jimmy Carter this week. Students will culminate their second grade social studies year by using President Jimmy Carter as an example of how our state has changed over time. They will discuss his various political and personal roles using the themes of distribution of power and individuals, groups, and institutions. The ideas of location and time, change, and continuity will help students explore the differences in President Carter’s life and their own lives, and the changes that have occurred within President Carter’s lifetime.
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Our Valentine's Day STEAM day was such a big help! Thank you so much for our volunteers who came to help. We got to enjoy so many stations and rotations around the school AND enjoy exchanging Valentine's AND eat some (2 pieces) of candy!
Reminder: NO SCHOOL FRIDAY OR MONDAY! Reading: This week we continued working with same book partners. Students took notes about important events and how the character changed. We also really focused on reading fluently. Writing: Students will bring home poetry books they made at the end of next week. I know you will be so impressed! Social Studies: We will continue to talk about historical figures who contributed to society .Math: 2.2- Quiz Thursday over adding and subtracting three digit numbers 3.1 Quiz of partitioning shapes into equal parts. We will review on Tuesday and Wednesday. Have a great long weekend! Mrs, Flaherty Valentine's Day
On Thursday, February 14th, our class will be doing a Valentine Exchange. If your child would like to participate I am asking a few things to help the activity run smoothly. * Please prepare your child’s Valentine Cards at home so they are ready to pass out during our exchange. * Please bring enough Valentine Cards for each person in the class. We have 23 students,. Important Dates: February 13th: Balance Night February 14th: Valentines Day/STEAM Day February 15th: NO SCHOOL February 18th: NO SCHOOL Reading: We started our series book clubs. This is where I partner up students on similar or same reading levels and have them read books independently. Then we meet up in our groups and talk about the book and what is going on. We focus on sequencing, pacing, fluency, comprehension, expression, character and plot development, AND the authors intent. As you can tell, it is A LOT of work and they are doing so well! Social Studies: We will be starting our history unit. This unit is focusing on Famous People native to Georgia and talking about the character traits they show. We will focus on: Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Juliette Gordon Low, and Jimmy Carter. We will spend about 1 week on each person! At the end, we will have a big test over each person and the character traits that they showed. Stay tuned for a date and study guide to come home. Phonics: We will focusing on y as a vowel. We will be focused on the open syllable and closed syllable varieties. This is one of our harder skills. We will be using a lot of visuals and videos to reinforce this skill. Math 2.2- We will continue to work on adding and subtracting three digit numbers. I have introduce several strategies to do this. Please ask your student different ways to solve the problem. 3.1 This week I introduced partitioning geometric shapes. We will continue this work next week. Have a great week! Mrs. Flaherty Hello,
Hope you all had a great week! Valentine's Day- I will send home a class list this week. If your child would like to bring something in for the class we will do an exchange on the morning of Feb. 14! Reading: We have been working on similar books and thinking about the characters and the major events within the books. We also did some work with finding the mood of our stories. Students also worked with same-book partners this week. Writing: We are still working on writing poetry. We have been practicing using literary language and structure in our poem. We will continue this work next week. Phonic: This week we will work on the OO sound in words. There will not be a quiz at the end of the week. Math 2.2- This week will we work on three digit subtraction. We will continue to work on place value as well, 3.1- This week I will introduce partitioning parts of a shape. Please keep encouraging nightly reading at home. I LOVE hearing about the amazing stories being read at home. Have a great week! Mrs. Flaherty Science:
We will be continuing our conversation about shadows. We will also continue to look at moon phases, Reading: This week in reading we talked about understanding literacy language. We also thought about what special meaning the author does the author want me to get?. Writing: This week we started we continued our poetry unit! Our big focused was on line breaks and making meaning of objects. We will continue next week! Grammar: We will be starting Antonyms, Synonyms, and Homonyms. A reminder (since it's been a while) of what each is is written below. -Antonyms: opposite meaning -Synonyms: same and similar meaning -Homonyms: spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings Phonics- OR words Quiz Friday torch short storm forty fork orbit hornet north forget order MATH QUIZ Thursday both levels ADV- QUIZ ON PLACE VALUE- we practice place value all week and I introduced adding 2 three digit numbers ACC- QUIZ ON SHAPES! Student will need to be able to sort shapes by attributes and identity. Student will need to know what makes a shape a quadrilateral. Have a great weekend! Mrs. Flaherty Upcoming Dates:
January 21: NO SCHOOL January 25-26: School Play (Friday 7:30, Saturday 7:00) February: RFF Day (No school for students) Announcements: *There will be a Lunar Eclipse on Sunday night. Click here to this link to see the exact time that the eclipse starts and ends! (https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@614427) This relates to our current science unit! Ask you child what we have been doing! *All yearbook purchases are due by 1/27, so don't miss out! Simply go to Balfour.com and search for New Prospect to place your order. Science: We will be continuing our conversation about shadows. We will also continue to look at moon phases, Reading: We have been REALLY focused on our stamina, expression, and fluency within our reading. We want to make sure our reading matches our fluency just right. If the author meant that line to be scary, then we read it in a scary voice. We have also learned about scanning ahead for punctuation. That way we are more prepared to read with fluent and expressive voices. Please continue to encourage nightly reading at home! Writing: This week we started our poetry unit! This unit is a lot of fun because we get to think differently as a writers. We've focused on starting with an emotion, pulling out memories, and listening for the music in our poems. Stay tuned for some amazing poems! I am already so impressed! Grammar: We will be starting Antonyms, Synonyms, and Homonyms. A reminder (since it's been a while) of what each is is written below. -Antonyms: opposite meaning -Synonyms: same and similar meaning -Homonyms: spelled and pronounced the same, but have different meanings Phonics- review past skills MATH ADV- This week our focus was on place value. Next week will add and subtract three digit numbers. ACC- This week we finished our unit and will start a new unit next week. WE will begin by sort shapes and identifying them. Thank you! Have a great week! Mrs. Flaherty Upcoming Dates:
January 11- PBIS pep rally 1:30pm in the gym January 14- Club and New Student Pictures February 14- STEAM DAY (more information coming) Science: We learned this week about stars and the sun! Ask your students what type of star the sun is (answer: yellow dwarf)! This upcoming week is will talk about shadows. Stay tuned for some cool fun facts that your students will be learning. Grammar: We will be focused on comparing the differences between adjectives and adverbs. Phonics: We will be focusing on words with -igh in them. Test Friday night high sight brighten fight light right flight tight January Writing: We will be starting a unit where we focus on poetry. This is one of our harder units for the students. We focus introducing the students to the sounds and feelings of poetry by having them read poems aloud in groups, with partners, and alone. We will be focusing within this whole unit on topics, structure, metaphors, literary language, and line breaks. Reading: We are starting our brand new unit working on comprehension, fluency, and expression! Below is a brief explanation of what each term means. Comprehension: How well you can understand the text and can answer questions Fluency: How well you can read the text at a just right pace Expression: How well you read the book like the author meant it to be read. Math 2.2 Next week we will continue to work on standard 3NBT 1 and 3NBT2. Students are practicing rounding and adding three digit numbers. 3.1 Assessment over area will be on Thursday Jan.17! We will review all week! Thank you for the donations last week! Have a great weekend! Mrs.Flaherty Happy New Year!
Welcome back! I am so excited to start the second semester. We have so many great things planned. With the school year being half over our class is in need of a few things listed below: Glue sticks Kids scissors- ask your student if they have a pair, Kleenex Disinfecting wipes- I am wiping down tables, door knobs twice a day to prevent the flu etc. Tissues Hand soap Any of these items sent in would be a great help! Writing: Monday through Thursday this week we will be working on Georgia Performance tasks. This is prompt the state gives the school to help prepare them for state testing next year. On Friday, we will take our poetry pre-assessment. Reading We will be completing the same Georgia task practice in reading as well. Math 2.2 Standard: NBT 3, and NBT 2 This week we will work on place value and rounding numbers. 3.1 Standard: MD5 and MD 6 This week will continue to work on area of a rectangle and various ways to find the area, Science This week we will kick off our awesome astronomy unit! No homework this week! Thank you, Mrs. Flaherty Happy Holidays!
I am so excited for the fun planned next week! I have planned fun educational activities throughout the week. I would also like to say thank you for making the first half of the year AMAZING! I truly enjoy working with each student! I have seen so much academic growth and am so proud of every student! I hope you have a wonderful break! THIS WEEKS PLANS:Monday: Writing- *Special parent surprise gift* Writing due today! Reading- Test today! Social Studies- Drugs Tuesday: Writing- *Special parent surprise gift* How to make a Grinch smile writing and craft Reading- How to make a Grinch smile writing and craft Grammar- Parts of Speech Math- ADV and ACC TEST Social Studies- Tobacco and Alcohol Wednesday: Thursday folders go home today! Writing/Reading- *Special parent surprise gift* Reading other 2nd graders writing Grammar- Parts of Speech Social Studies- Fun holiday crafts! Thursday: PJ's day! Reading and writing event: In the morning we will watch the Polar Express movie and complete a book comparison and drink chocolate milk. We will do fun activities as well! If you have the DVD please send it in. I also need marshmallows, cups, and chocolate milk donations. Please email me if you can help! Thank you! Hello,
Just two weeks left of school until Winter Break! We are going to make them an amazing two weeks with lots of learning and fun! Writing: This week we really focused on making sure our introduction hooks the readers. We worked with partners and I did conferencing with each student. Next week we will revise our drafts and work on publishing them! Reading: Our focus this week was studying how a character changes in a story and what event makes the character change, I met with each student and in groups for character analyze discussions. Another focus was determining what the life lesson is in the book. Some books it can be really clear and other books students have to dig deeper to find the lesson. Grammar: Next week we will review adverbs. Students will practice using them and identifying them in a sentence. Social studies: We had so much fun working on our personal finance unit this week. Student had 100 to budget a dinner for 20 people. Ask your student about it! Math: 2.2: We will continue to review arrays, graphing, odd and even numbers. Test will be on Dec. 17th 3.1 Next week we will continue practicing two step word problems and area. Test on Dec 17 will be on story problems. Phonics: we will review the skills from the past two weeks. No new words or quiz this week! Thank you, Mrs. Flaherty |
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