Newsletter: January 20

UPCOMING EVENTS:

February 3: Early Release-Dismissal at 12:15

                      Students should be at 25% of their SRC goal

February 6: No School-Winter Break

February 14: Valentine's Day Party

March 3: Students should be at 50% of their SRC goal

March 31: Students should be at 75% of their SRC goal

May 5: Students should be at 100% of their SRC goal

READING:

Thank you for consistently filling out your child’s SRC home reading log.  It is extremely helpful to see how often they are reading at home.  Also, thanks for completing a word study activity with your child using their word sort cards.  The second graders were very excited to tell me what activity they did at home.  I heard that a few of you were able to sort a bit faster than your child.  I can tell they loved the competition!

Next week we will continue to read books within a series.  It will be our goal to stop periodically throughout our reading to jot down our thinking about the book.  Students will learn important places to stop and think while reading.  We will jot down places where the character learned an important lesson, places where the character acted in a way we didn’t expect, places where something was repeated, and places that created a picture in our minds.

WRITING:

Next week we will wrap up our realistic fiction writing.  We will make sure we have an ending that wraps up the story with a lesson, a hope, a feeling, or a wish.  We will also spend time editing and revising our stories in preparation for a small writing celebration with the other 2nd grade classroom on Friday. 

MATH:

Please continue to have your child practice Xtramath at home.  This week another student completed all of her addition facts.  Congratulations, Kylee!  Keep up the great work!!!

Today you will find a very important family letter in your child’s Friday folder.  This family letter explains the two strategies we will use to subtract 2-digit numbers.  You will learn all about the Expanded Method and the Ungroup First Method.  You will most likely recognize the Ungroup First Method.  It looks a lot like the traditional method of borrowing.  However, in class we call this process ungrouping.  We spent many days making sure students knew what it meant to ungroup.  Ask your child to explain it at home.  They should know that to ungroup means to break apart a group in order to subtract.  We will spend the next few days practicing 2-digit subtraction in class.  We will often refer to three basic rules to help us solve each problem.  Your child will know these rules very well.  We even have motions to match!

More on the TOP

No need to STOP!

More on the FLOOR

Go next DOOR

and get 10 more!

(ungroup)

Numbers the same

Zero is your game!