October 5: Hearing Testing
October 13: Early Release Day (students dismissed at 12:15)
October 17: Marco's Pizza Night (Don't forget to mention Bauer when ordering.)
October 26: Picture Retake Day/BPC Skating Party (details coming soon)
October 31: Classroom Halloween Party 9:30-10:30
Thankfully the weather was able to cool off mid-week and our classroom become much cooler! We had many new things starting this week including- Super Switch (Reading Intervention Time) and Scholastic Reading Counts. Please check out the details below!
This week we will officially begin our reading homework! I hope you had a chance to check out your child's book bag this weekend. You will find a parent letter fully explaining the reading expectations for 2nd grade in the bag. Your child's reading homework will be connected to an online program called Scholastic Reading Counts (SRC). 2nd graders are typically quite motivated by this program and the incentives they can earn at library. All you will need to do at home is help your child read 5 nights a week for 20 minutes each night. Once students finish a book, they can sign up to take an SRC quiz at school. We will spend a great deal of time this week becoming familiar with taking a quiz on the computer or iPad. To make this program successful it is very important for students to have their SRC book bag at school everyday (even if they aren't ready for a quiz). Many students like to read their SRC books in class! Also, students will hand in their weekly reading logs on Fridays. Please help your child fill out the chart, sign the bottom, and return it to school on Friday. Thank you!!!
In your child's Friday folder, you will see a BOOk-IT calendar for the month of October. You may use the time your child reads for SRC to count also for the BOOK-IT program. At the end of the month, please sign the calendar and return it to school. I will then send the calendar back home with a Pizza Hut certificate for a free personal pan pizza for your child. The coupon is good for pick up only and the child must be present, as well as one coupon per child a day. Happy reading!
At Bauer, we strive to meet the needs of every child and their unique strengths and struggles. One way we do this is through our SUPER SWITCH groups. This is a targeted reading intervention time. All students participate in a smaller group that targets a specific reading skill for an extra dose of support or enrichment of that skill. Daily interventions allow students to receive an extra boost in a small-group setting.
WRITING:
Students are on a roll drafting their small moment stories. Next week we will work on adding details to describe the character's actions, thoughts, and feelings. We will also revise our leads and endings. Our goal will be to write a lead that grabs the reader's attention and makes them want to read more as well as writing an ending the wraps up our stories with a wish, a hope, or a feeling.
MATH:
This week we spent a lot of time practicing our double facts. Please continue to practice these facts at home too! We are learning that when we know the doubles facts it helps us know many other related facts. Please ask your child how they can use a doubles fact to solve 6+7.
Next week the majority of our time will be focused on solving word problems. We will make a problem solving book that will teach us important steps to follow to obtain an accurate solution. We will work hard to fully understand each word problem before trying to solve.
GROWTH MINDSET:
Children's belief systems fuel their performance and academic success within the classroom. As teachers and parents we have the power within our classrooms and homes to feed and encourage a growth mindset. If a child possesses a growth mindset, they can look at a classroom task with a "go-getter" attitude and are able to bounce back from challenges with an optimistic point of view. When they fail at something they understand that they can use that experience to learn new ways to achieve growth towards a goal.
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