Welcome back to a new school year in 2nd grade! Thank you for taking the time to read our blog to learn more about our week in 2nd grade! On here I will be communicating with you about our classroom news, events, pictures and much more.
Today your child brought home his/her Friday folder for the first time. You will find many items in your child's Friday folder. The front pocket contains all the papers from our classroom. Please look for the short parent survey in the classroom news side. If you could fill it out and return to school next week, I would greatly appreciate it. I am excited to learn more about each 2nd grader! Also, don't miss all of the items in the back of your child's Friday folder that came from the office. Please have students return their Friday folder to school on Monday.
READING:
We have developed many new routines for the classroom this week. It has been fun getting to know each 2nd grader and building our community together. Next week we will begin to practice our daily routine for reading workshop. Our focus will be on picking good fit books. We will also spend time exploring a variety of different books to get a taste of the type of books we may want to read this year. In class, we will be doing a “book tasting” and playing musical chairs with 27 different books. We are excited to start reading!!! We will also go to library starting next week. Our library day is THURSDAYS!
WRITING:
Next week we will start by having students complete a narrative writing piece. This writing sample will be an indication of the strategies they already use in their writing and the areas that we will continue to work on this year. We will begin the year by writing small moments...students will write a true story about something that has happened to them.
MATH:
Next week we will begin our first unit of study : Addition and Subtraction Within 20. Students will become fluent in single-digit addition and related subtraction problems. We will begin by reviewing math mountains from first grade. We will then practice strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems, such counting on and making a ten.
WORD STUDY:
Please check out the blog for your child’s September spelling words. We will practice these words in class; however, please study them at home, too. They will be assessed in the classroom shortly!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Friday, September 16:
Early Release: Students dismissed at 12:15
We will NOT be eating lunch at school on this day; however, sack lunches will be provided for all students that order one in the morning. Sack lunches will be sent home with the students before dismissal.
Wednesday, September 21:
Picture Day
Friday, September 23:
Walk-a-thon
Monday, September 26:
Hearing Testing
OTHER NEWS:
- Just as a reminder...we are a peanut free classroom. Please make sure all snacks and birthday treats are peanut and tree nut free. Thank you!
- From the office...
One of the biggest changes this school year will be our Safe and Secure Entrance procedures. Any visitor coming after 9:00 a.m. will need to be “buzzed” into the office by Mrs. Opple. If she is not immediately at her desk, the visitor will need to wait a moment until she returns.
The end of the day will also look very different. Students riding the bus will exit our front door. All students being picked up will exit the South door and wait with a classroom teacher until the adult picking the student up comes to walk them to their vehicle. Parents will not enter the building at the end of the day to wait for students. We are instituting this procedure to ensure the safety of our students in the parking lot. There will be several classroom teachers present with students as they wait. If you, or a care giver, pick up a student, please use extreme caution as you drive in the parking lot.
For parents that plan on volunteering, please remember to complete the online background check...
You can also find a this information on the Hudsonville website. Thanks!
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