September 8: Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENTS:

September 15: Early Release-dismissal at 12:15

Please have students wear “Be Awesome” Bauer t-shirt

September 22: Walk-a-thon 10:45-11:30 (Raindate September 29)

The second graders are becoming more and more consistent with our daily routines.  I am very proud of their dedication to their learning and each other.  Most morning the students have roughly 10-15 minutes to interact with a tub of manipulatives called their “Good Morning Tub”.  This time first thing in the morning allows students to begin their day interacting with their peers and using their imagination to build new creations and projects.  Please ask your child what they created using their Good Morning Tub this week.

READING:

This week I had the opportunity to read with many of the 2nd graders.  I loved the time I had to read with students one-on-one.  As I complete a reading assessment with each student, I will be able to identify an independent reading level and set individualized reading goals to promote further reading growth.  I will continue to complete reading assessments next week with the rest of the 2nd graders.  

WRITING:

Each Monday we will begin our day with a “weekend report”.  Students will be asked to write about one thing that happened over the weekend.  The event can be happy, exciting, sad, or even disappointing.  Please help your child brainstorm at home some writing ideas from the weekend.

MATH:

Next week we will officially begin our math lessons.  Students will use math mountains to help understand the relationship between addition and subtraction.  We will also learn the strategy of making a ten when we add.  For example, to solve 8+?=12, we know that we can count on from 8 two more to get to ten, and then another two to get to twelve.  Two plus two makes four!

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Our first Social Studies unit begins with a review of families.  We will discuss how our families give us love and provide for our basic needs.  We will then brainstorm ways that families rely on the community to meet their basic needs.  The rest of our Social Studies lessons relate to the study of COMMUNITIES.  We will start by learning why people live in communities and begin to notice characteristics in different communities.  

OTHER NEWS:

We will have library every THURSDAY this year.  Please help your child remember to return their books by Thursday each week.  Thank you!

Please remember to have a pair of gym shoes for your child to keep in his/her locker.  We only had a handful of 2nd graders with a pair of shoes to change into for gym class this week.  Having an extra pair of shoes at school really helps make sure we are ready for all gym activities as well as keeping our gym clean and ready for the next class.  

Thank you to all of the parents that took time to fill out the parent survey that went home last week.  The information you provided is extremely helpful.  If your still have your parent survey at home, please turn it in by the end of this week.  

Have a great weekend!