Even with a snow day, we still accomplished a lot this week! We are wrapping up our magnet unit by finishing our experiments,magnet posters, and our read aloud book, Magic School Bus: Amazing Magnetism.
During literacy time, we started our new reading books. We had been working on non-fiction, informational texts and learning about text features. Now, we are switching over to reading longer fictional texts and practicing using a variety of comprehension strategies.
In second grade math, we started a new data unit, which focuses on data collection, representation, and analysis. We also have been reviewing and practicing our base ten and "keeping it whole" strategies for addition. Students were excited to try the "standard algorithm" for addition, which I introduced last week. (This is the method that many parents are most familiar with from our own math work in elementary school.) In this method, students line up the tens and ones and add each column. We talked about what to do with numbers that are greater than nine by moving the ten over to the tens column. Students may use this algorithm on their daily work and homework, but also need to continue using other strategies. We will learn the algorithm for subtraction soon.
On Monday, March 17th, Amy (Cyrus' mom) will join us for a yoga lesson. Students are welcome to bring mats from home for this time.
Just a reminder that March Homework Packets are due back on Thursday, April 3rd. Please help your child do their best work throughout the month and return the packet on time.
Friday, April 4th is a Parent/Teacher Conference Day. Students do not have school on that Friday. I will send a conference sign up form home soon.
Have a great weekend and enjoy all of the snow!!!
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