A Great STart!!

We have had an amazing start to the new school year!  The kids in room 403 have been really hard at work!  Let's take a peek at just a few things we worked on last week!

We began learning about ABC order.  The kids worked in partner groups to complete ABC order activities such as this one...

We also worked on sentences last week.  We learned that a sentence must be a complete thought and that it must begin with a capital letter and must end in an ending mark such as a period.

We also learned about character traits and setting last week! 



I couldn't wait to introduce the kids to one of my favorite characters...Molly Lou Melon!  She's absolutely awesome!  And just like I thought, the kids found her GREAT just like I do!  I read two books about Molly Lou Melon...

    

 



We then completed a character trait graphic organizer where the students had to think about words that describe Molly Lou Melon and then provide evidence from the text.  Then we made Molly Lou bags full of these character traits inside!



 

Look at these Molly Lou Melon characters that our children drew!  I have some AMAZING artists in my room!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In math, we learned about doubles and adding in any order.  These activities were placed in the students' math journals...

 

 



 

Here is a Doubles Dude that we made last week.  We wrote our doubles facts on our dudes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



In Social Studies, we are learning about urban and rural communities.  We completed these graphic organizers and activities for our Social Studies journals.

 

 

 

 

 

*These activities were found on teacher blogs on the internet and the teachers pay teachers website.

 

 

Let's look ahead to this week...

 

      Reading/Language Arts - long vowel CVCe patterns, subjects
      in sentences, main idea and details

 

      Math - topic 2 addition strategies
      Our math topic 2 assessment is scheduled for Thursday!

 

     Social Studies - urban and rural communities

     We will finish this unit at the end of the week.

 

Remember:  Homework is NOT to be returned to me.  The packet of information I am sending home this week is a study guide to what we are learning this week.  Please only work a little each night with your child.  This is NOT to be completed in one night.  In order for your child to be successful in second grade, it is important that your child work on their homework every night.   I am asking that you allow your child to read to you each night, especially if your child brings home a bag of books from my room. 

 

Please don't forget about the YMCA Water Safety field trip this Tuesday and Wednesday.  Parents are welcome to come!  We will be at the McQueen Smith YMCA at 11:30 these two days. 

Girls:  You may wear your swimsuit underneath your clothes. This will help with time before going to the YMCA. 
Boys:  You may wear your swim shorts to school.  Please remember to pack dry pants to wear back to school.

 

Please remember to pack dry under garments, a towel, and a plastic bag (Wal-Mart or grocery bag) for your child on these two days.  Goggles and swim caps may be brought also.

 

If want your child to attend this field trip and you haven't sent in the money and permission slips, you may do so on Tuesday morning.  You must have all three of the permission slips filled out and signed in order for your child to attend this trip.  If you do not have the permission slips that were sent home, please email me at stephanie.rowell@acboe.net,  and I will meet you in the front office with new ones Tuesday morning.  If I do not have all three permission slips, your child will not be able to go.

 

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!  I am so excited to see your sweet children Tuesday morning!