- Watch the WHOLE video
- Pause where I ask you to and practice on a lined sheet of paper. (If you need more, we have a whole drawer in our classroom for your use to take home!) Bring this practice paper into class by Thursday!
- Comment on THIS blogpost with your cursive thoughts for the week by Wednesday Night
Don't forget to:
23 Comments
MATH
We're jumping into multiplication readiness next week! We'll be working on learning how multiplication is simply making equal groups and using repeated addition. READING We are reviewing text features next week! This is a great skill to practice at home when reading nonfiction texts, magazines, newspapers, articles, posters, and more. See if you can help your child spot photographs, captions, headings, subheadings, bolded words, diagrams, and more. WRITING We're working on our opinion and persuasive unit! Students have chosen their topics and will begin drafting next week. SCIENCE Students have started a new Science investigation! They'll be focused on pebbles, sand, and silt and have the opportunity to be learning from Mrs. Cusack over the next few weeks for science! NEXT + THE FOLLOWING WEEK: Phonics Focus: vowel team --> ee, ea, & ey words Sight Words: small, start Grammar Focus: Review! Comprehension Strategy: Nonfiction Text Features IMPORTANT NOTES: > January HW Bingo is due Jan. 31st! > Next Week is KINDNESS WEEK at RES! We will be collecting new stuffed animals to donate to kids at the Children's Hospital if you're interested in participating. > Mrs. Knapp's Maternity Leave will begin Friday, Feb. 1st (unless baby Knapp decides to make his/her appearance early!) and Mrs. Stoller will be taking my place for the next 12 weeks.
Don't forget to:
MATH
We're finishing up a two-week problem solving unit before we jump into our multiplication unit. Students are spending the next week analyzing word problems which are very tricky for second grade. READING We are going to be working on Nonfiction text features over the next 2 weeks! This is a great skill to practice at home when reading nonfiction texts, magazines, newspapers, articles, posters, and more. See if you can help your child spot photographs, captions, headings, subheadings, bolded words, diagrams, and more. WRITING We're working on our opinion and persuasive unit! Students chose something to write a review about, so this week we are choosing topics and planning/organizing our writing. NEXT + THE FOLLOWING WEEK: Phonics Focus: vowel team --> ai & ay Sight Words: show, six Grammar Focus: Adverbs Comprehension Strategy: Nonfiction Text Features IMPORTANT NOTES: > January HW Bingo is due Jan. 31st! > Hult Center visit will be Thursday, January 24th from 9:00-10:30am > NO SCHOOL MONDAY for MLK Jr. Day
It's time to begin CURSIVE! How exciting!
After reading this, please take a minute to sit down and flip through the packet I sent home with your child yesterday detailing how this will work! We're doing a "flipped classroom" approach, meaning students will watch the instructional videos at home each week and practice, then do extra practice in the classroom. The purpose behind this is to not only increase their technology skills, encourage responsibility and time-management, but to also have MORE time to practice at home that they wouldn't have time for in the classroom. The videos are normally 10-18 minutes long and students need time to pause and practice, so please allow 30 minutes (minimum) per week for this at home. You can break it up by doing one or two letters a night, or do it all in one. Whatever you choose, it must be completed and practice pages must be returned by THURSDAY of each week. The weekly cursive blogpost will be sent out on Fridays, so they will have six days to complete the checklist below. Each week your child will: 1. Watch the entire cursive instructional video 2. Practice on paper WHILE watching/pausing the video, then bring in that practice paper by Thursday. This MUST be done on the lined paper I send home. 3. Leave a comment on our weekly cursive blogpost. (Comment can be: their favorite letter, toughest letter, a question, etc.) Students who complete that checklist above ON TIME each week will get to participate in an ICE CREAM PARTY! *I've included in your information packet writing paper you can copy/use at home. I will have some available at school as well for your child to take home on Fridays, too. *If your child does not have internet access at home, please let me know as soon as possible so we can arrange an accomodation. Here is week ONE! Get your pencil and paper ready! Don't forget to have your child leave a comment below when they're finished! MATH
We're kicking off quarter three with a two-week problem solving unit before we jump into our multiplication unit. Students are spending the next two weeks analyzing word problems which is very tricky for second grade. READING We are going to be working on Nonfiction text features over the next 3 weeks! This is a great skill to practice at home when reading nonfiction texts, magazines, newspapers, articles, posters, and more. See if you can help your child spot photographs, captions, headings, subheadings, bolded words, diagrams, and more. *We started a new chapter book read aloud! We're entering into the magical land of Narnia through the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. We're on chapter 4 and students are totally captivated already. "Just one more chapter!!" WRITING We're starting a new writing unit: opinion and persuasive. NEXT + THE FOLLOWING WEEK: Phonics Focus: Open syllable (CV, monosyllabic) + compound words Sight Words: seven, shall Grammar Focus: Abbreviations Comprehension Strategy: Nonfiction Text Features IMPORTANT NOTES: > January HW Bingo is due Jan. 31st! > Report cards go home today (1/11), so please sign the envelope and return it with your child next week. You will keep all paperwork that is inside. |
2K's Current Read Aloud:
Archives
May 2019
Categories |