We had a lovely time at the creek field trip last week. Thank you to all our parent volunteers for joining us on our hike! We will be taking another field trip on October 9th to see our play choreographer, Micha Scott dance in Watsonville. There is a field trip permission slip on your Monday packet. Thank you in advance for turning in the form on Friday with $2 in cash. Lastly, the Scholastic Book order is due this Friday if you are interesting in ordering books. The books can be purchased online with the order code NGD4HM. Please see information below for this week in learning. Have a wonderful week!
Reading: This week we will be continuing our first unit of study in reading called Reading Growth Spurt. Students are learning that 2nd grade is one of the greatest years for reading growth. We will be learning reading strategies to support comprehension, accuracy and fluency this week. Examples of our strategies are stopping to think while reading, jotting down our thoughts on post its and word attack skills.
Writing: We will continue to write narrative stories. We are working on revising or making finished stories stronger. Some of our revising lessons include writing with intention, investigating Owl Moon for “craft moves” and emulating the moves in our writing and
Science: We will continue our 2nd investigation of Pebbles Sand and Silt. In our lesson this week, we will learn how to sort earth materials by weight. We will also explore an earth material smaller than sand.
Math: We will begin our 2nd module of math entitled addition and subtraction of length units. This week students will be using centimeter cubes to measure objects and create a centimeter ruler. To learn more about our math learning, feel free to read the newsletter below.
10/2/15: Jog-a-thon 10:45-11:15
10/9/15: Class Field Trip to Mello Center
10/30/15: Halloween Parade