Last Week's Post (1/23/17)

Hi families!
I hope you all had a nice weekend!  I apologize for not posting this earlier this weekend but wanted to still share with you what we worked on last week.

3, 2, 1 things we did this week...
3 math skills we worked on this past week were identify attributes of different shapes and we worked on an attribute train putting shapes together but the rule was to change one attribute as they chose the next shape.  We also worked on identifying parallel lines and quadrangles (quadrilaterals).
*Ask your child to show you with their fingers how to make parallel lines and intersecting lines.

2 writing skills we worked on focusing on choosing which chapters we wanted to publish (as a good writer always chooses from what's written the best parts to share) and adding introductions.

1 activity we completed in reading workshop was comparing the traditional Three Little Pigs story to James Marshall's version and wrote an opinion piece of writing to convince a friend which to read.
*Ask your child which version they liked better.

Final notes on homework (for now):
Beginning this week, your child will be bringing home a fluorescent green sheet of paper.  This is both their homework reading log and their response sheet.  This single sheet of paper is what homework will look like for the remainder of the year; it replaces the packet format we had been following.  This one homework product should be returned to school on Fridays.

Your child has spent some time in the classroom last week learning and practicing homework expectations with an emphasis on achievement and effort.  These  are two of our school's core values.  We expect to see them represented in students' homework just the same way we seek to see these values represented daily in school across all academic and social domains.

The second grade teaching team expected to see the one homework product done well.  Sentences should be properly constructed and follow conventions (i.e., capitalization and punctuation used properly).  Handwriting should be neat and letters should be properly formed.  Work that is less than a student's best effort or which does not meet these standards will be returned.  We thank you in advance for holding these same high expectations at home.

We appreciate your ongoing partnership and active participation in this process more than we can say in words.
Sincerely,
Second Grade Team


**I am working this week myself, to collect more websites and activities for students to work on at home if they/you wish.