Second Grade with Mrs. Tuchek

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Hello Everyone!
We had a great week in 2A! Last Tuesday, we had the experience of going to the play, "Lily and the Purple Plastic Purse," at Luther College Center for Faith and Life. The play was wonderful! We had already done an author study last fall on Kevin Henkes, who is the author of many great stories including Lily. The students knew all of the stories that they acted out in the play and were perfectly behaved the entire time! I was very proud of them!

Here's a picture of all of them waiting patiently for the play to begin!

Here's a picture of the set for the play. They would not allow pictures after the play began.

Last week we had our Luther student, Mr. Kennedy teaching us about states of matter. The students enjoyed learning about solids, liquids, and gases through Mr. Kennedy's experiments and smart board activities.

In literacy, we worked on making connections, antonyms, comparing and contrasting, and vocabulary. We also took our MAPS reading tests on the ipads. WOW!!!! I AM SO PROUD OF ALL OF THE SECOND GRADERS! THEY ALL MADE PROGRESS AND RECEIVED MUCH HIGHER SCORES THAN IN THE FALL! YEA!!!

Give your child a hug and keep ENCOURAGING them to READ!

We spent a lot of time with beginning multiplication in math last week and will do beginning division and a math review this week. Our unit 6 test will be towards the end of the week!

On Friday, we had to say good-bye to Mr. Kennedy! The kids had really warmed up to him and are going to really miss having him in our classroom! They sent him off with many great hugs and well wishes! 2A wishes him the best in his teaching career!

I am looking forward to another great week of learning in 2A!

Mrs. Tuchek

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READING STRATEGIES and SKILLS

Check for Understanding: This is a comprehension strategy that teaches children to stop frequently and check, or monitor, whether they understand what they are reading. This typically is a quick summary of what they've read, starting with "who" and "what."

Back Up and Reread: Going back and rereading again to understand the meaning of the selection

Cross Checking: Do the pictures and/or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense?

Tune into Interesting Words: Using new vocabulary in speaking and writing

Determine Important Information: Determining important information is finding important ideas. Readers think about which information is important and which is interesting but unimportant.

Determine Author's Purpose: The author's purpose is the reason for writing. Is the writer writing to entertain, persuade, or inform?

Making Inferences: Authors do not write everything. Readers must also use what they know to figure things out. Making inferences helps readers understand the meaning of a selection.

Recall and Retell: When readers recall, they think about what they have read. When they retell, they tell the information in their own words.

Picture Clues: Using picture clues when we read is a vocabulary strategy. When you do not know the meaning of a word, you can look at photographs or illustrations for clues about the word.

Making Predictions: Making a prediction means making a good guess about text. Readers use what they have read and know to make predictions about what they will read.

Identifying Descriptive Language: Descriptive language helps readers imagine the ideas and details in a text. It helps readers understand how something looks, sounds, feels, smells, or tastes.

Identify Details and Facts: Details and facts are bits of information that tell about important ideas.