We had another super week! Routines and procedures should becoming smoother for your child. Thank you to all that made it to the 2nd Grade Orientation on Thursday. Lots of wonderful questions and answers were shared.
Week of August 17-21
Writing/grammar
We will be working on our foundational writing skills. This week our focus will be on nouns, adjectives, and verbs. We are learning how to incorporate these into our complete sentences as we include our subjects and predicates, and introducing How to Information Writing.
Math
This week we are wrapping up addition strategies and practicing Mental Math Strategies for Subtraction as well as Solving 1-Step Word Problems.
Social Studies
This week we will be complete practice for our upcoming CoGat before we begin learning about rules and laws. How are the rules at home different from school rules? How are rules and laws the same? How are they different?
Reading
This week in reading, we will review previously taught skills (Main Topic and Story Structure), and we will learn new skills (internal and external character traits and Creating Mental Images) using a variety of text and media.
Phonics Pattern examples
Birthdays
Spelling words are not sent home but we will send the pattern they are learning for the week.
Patterns: ng, vowel-ck, & ph.
Review ch, th, sh, wh, and vowell ll, vowel ss, vowel ff, vowel zz. These are called the floss rules.
Dear Parents,
Please be mindful that we are preparing our students this week for our upcoming CoGat assessment. We will officially begin testing on Monday, August 24 and finish on Wednesday, August 26 with makes-ups on the 27th & 28th. Students that miss more than one day of testing will not be permitted to make up the assessment. Please be sure that your child is well rested, has a well balanced breakfast each day, and comes to school prepared to give their best. Testing will take place first thing in the morning during our Social Studies & Science block so please plan to have students arrive on time and plan accordingly for appointments as students will not be called out during the testing administration. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have any specific questions or concerns. As always, thank you for all that you do and your continued support of our classroom and students.
Thanks – Mrs. Skvarca
Teacher’s Corner
No August Birthdays
Don't forget to send your student with a snack every day :)
It tends to get chilly in the classroom. If you child gets cold easily, please send a light jacket they can keep in their bookbag with them. Thanks!
We had an amazing first week of school! Our students are off to a great start learning routines and procedures. Parents, thank you for having your children set for success with their supplies and additional classroom donations.
Ten fact=3+7, 6+4 etc…
Week of August 10-14
Writing/grammar
We will be working on our foundational writing skills. This week our focus will be on nouns, adjectives, and verbs. We are learning how to incorporate these into our complete sentences using our weekly stories.
Math
This week we are practicing strategies (mental math) for adding single-digit numbers. Please practice your Make Ten, and Counting On strategies.
Reading
We will continue learning how to be a good citizen. We will focus on author’s purpose and summarizing. We will also work on monitoring and clarifying for understanding.
Social studies
We are learning about how to be good citizens and rules and laws.
8/10 – IReady Assessments Begin in class. This gives a snapshot of what your child knows, what they retained over the summer, and what lessons they will review in the Iready program on the computer.
8/12 – 6:00-7:00 p.m. Second Grade Parent Orientation
8/24-8/28-2nd Grade CoGaT testing. More information to come…
8/26-Student of the Month Celebration
9/3 – Progress Reports
Thank you for an AMAZING first week!
Please send ALL transportation changes on paper. If you must change it as an emergency, it must be from the office by 3:00. I’m not always at my desk to see emails or Parent Square messages. I can’t send a student home the way they tell me, I must use what I have written down.
Vocabulary
Birthdays
Teacher’s Corner
panicked: suddenly felt afraid
ridiculous: so silly it's hard to believe
prohibited: not allowed
cautiously: to do something very carefully to avoid danger
elected: chosen for a job
local: in the area that you live in
mock: a version that is not real; copy
compliment: a nice thing to say about someone
We’ve had a fabulous first week back! It was an exciting week of getting to know each of your children. This week will continue to practice our SOAR expectations and challenge ourselves academically. Students should be settling into classroom routines and preparing themselves for learning each day. We have a busy week ahead. Our INFORM diagnostic assessment will extend through this week and next, which will be followed closely after by CoGAT. Please be sure to attend our upcoming Parent Orientation on August 13th as we will be sharing very important information for the upcoming school year. As always thank you for your support.
— Mrs. Skvarca
No August Birthdays