We had a great week in second grade! We are coming to the end of our LEAD 21 Literacy unit 1. We have continued to discuss the roles we have at home, school, and in our community and have also been discussing the roles we want to have in our future! The second graders are working on stories about what they want to be when they grow up on the My Story app on their ipads! Some of the future roles they want to be are: vets, teachers, construction workers, teacher associates, truck drivers, coaches, football players, astronauts, dirt bike racers, professors, tow truck drivers, and engineers. It looks like a great list to me! We have also been focusing on reviewing skills in literacy such as: contractions, long vowels, silent letters in words, word endings, and grammar skills such as commas and exclamation points.
We had a great lesson last week on learning about the Writing Process! We used play-doh to help us understand the writing process. Students were given 2 minutes to brainstorm an idea for what to create with their play-doh (Prewriting). Next they spent 10 minutes making something with their jar of play-doh (First Draft). Then they were given 2 minutes to add something to their object (Editing). From there, they were given 2 minutes to remove something from their object (Editing). Next they had 2 more minutes to change something (Revising). Next, they shared the final product with their peers. (Publishing). When they shared the students were able to write comments about what they liked or give suggestions on what might make their creation better. The second graders did a great job with this activity! Here are some pictures to enjoy!
In math we have been working on time review, money review, and number problems with two rules. The second graders took their unit 2 math test and did very well on it! I will be sharing the math tests with you at conferences in November.
We have had more butterflies and moths hatch this week! Very Exciting!
The Food and Fitness kids from the high school came and taught the second graders all about melons this week! Our Food and Fitness crew are: Michael Millage, Kim Weigel, Katie Huhe, Amber Mast, and Emily Jurgensen.
Tomorrow begins Character Counts week! The kids are free to dress up according to the days listed on the letter! There is also a food challenge going on as well! Please have your child bring non-perishable food items to school this week!
Our SPELLING list for next week is the soft g sounds along with a couple of review words and names of months.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT WEEK IN 2A!
Mrs. Tuchek
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