Helpful Highlights
ZOOM CONFERENCES
Formal conferences will be held via Zoom on September 17th and 18th. These will be half-days for students. Carline will begin at 11:15. Flipside will be available on these days. Teachers will send out a Sign-Up Genius to your email for you to sign up for a time. Be sure to sign up! We are looking forward to meeting virtually with each of you!
SPELLING / CAPITALIZATION POINT DEDUCTIONS
Starting the first week of September, we wanted to let you know that words that are misspelled / not capitalized correctly, when there is a word bank or text provided, will be counted off -1 point, up to 5 points. We encourage the students to check carefully and take pride in their work!
TIMED MATH DRILLS - Math Fact drills began this week. Here are some key things to remember:
1 minute 40 seconds for 25 problems
Practice math fact drill taken on Monday, final one on Friday. If you get a 100 on the Practice, you do not have to take the one on Friday! We do have a Challenge Speed Drill for fun, for those who want to take it. It has 30 problems!
Second grade mastery: +/- facts to 20
HELP CLASS
Help Class is available for students that need extra guidance or reteaching of the material covered in class. Help Class is not a time for a student to complete homework.
Begins after Labor Day.
Teacher may contact the parent requesting the student to stay or parents may request Help Class by contacting the teacher in advance. TIME: 2:30 - 3:00
Miss Davis - Mondays
Mrs. Floresta - Wednesdays
Mrs. Romine - Fridays
Loving Learning
Right now, we are loving learning about:
Bible - Adam: How Sin Began and defining the word, “dominion”
Phonics / Spelling -
Spelling Focus: Three Letter Blends - str, scr, spl, spr, squ, thr, shr
Grammar / Creative Writing - Types of Sentences - Statements, Questions, Exclamations, and Commands.
Reading - We began our first unit of Foundations & Frameworks.
Comprehension Focus: Sequence of Events
Pattern Statement - there is an order to how things happen; but, not everything that happens is important.
Visual Tool: Flow Chart
SPECS Logs: Reader’s Response, Visual Tool, Reflection (Today, I learned…..)
Vocabulary: nibble, cluck, scold, invent, boxcar, telegraph, patrol, clammy
Math - Students will be comparing numbers: identifying even and odd numbers, as well as skip counting patterns.
Science - We will be wrapping up our Plants Unit. We will learn about George Washington Carver and crop rotation. On Tuesday, a study guide will come home for the test on Thursday.
Save the Date
September 7 - Labor Day - No school
September 8 - Pumpkin Book Report Information comes home in blue folders
September 28 - Oct. 2 - Fall Break!!!
