It’s been another fantastic week in Second Grade. I have noticed that many of the second graders are making their way into school on their own and I am excited to see them build their independence. They are ready to take care of morning routines on their own. Just a reminder from last week’s blog post, I would appreciate not having parents unpacking their child in the morning. It is their job to bring the necessary items into the room, unpack their homework and snack and then proceed with their Morning Work. If I have to ask you to leave, it is not because you are not welcome in our room, it is because they need to be prepared for the morning on their own and are old enough to do so. Similar discussions are happening in both Kindergarten and First Grade at Dublin.
Reader’s Workshop:
This week in Workshop we spent time working with Non-Fiction Reading Strategies. We brainstormed a giant list of questions we can ask when approaching new nonfiction as well as strategies we can use when reading a nonfiction text as they are all so very different! Next we took two days to zoom in on different “Table of Contents”. We compared several different examples from familiar texts as well as examples from our own texts. We found each Table of Contents to be unique to the book. We did a journal entry about how a Table of Contents can help us as a reader. Next we just began looking at the Glossary in nonfiction text and will also spend time zooming in on the features of a Glossary and its different uses.
Writer’s Workshop:
Our Writer’s have been busy, busy, BUSY this week in Workshop! We began the week finishing up our rough drafts of our magazine feature articles. Each child was given extra time on Monday to work on their “good lead” as this has been a central focus of writing this year in second grade. Then for the next three days we took a step away from our research reports to do a writing assessment called the Developmental Writing Assessment. The DWA asks each child to compose a piece through the Writing Process in its’ entirety. Our children were given the prompt: A Time I Got Hurt. First our Writers’ had to pick an example to share (a small moment in time) and then they had a time slot to fill in a story board with detailed illustrations and labels for the beginning-middle-end of their piece. Next they had another time slot to compose a draft of their story. On the third day we spent time using an Editing and Revising Checklist to fine tune our pieces. As we do the DWA in both September and in May, we are excited to see the growth our children have made as writers this year! These pieces are scored.
Math Workshop:
Multiplication is the name of the game! This week we have spent a considerate amount of time working on Multiplication Strategies. We completed a products table for all numbers, 0-10 multiplied by 0-10 and talked for a great while about the patterns we see in the Products Table. Next we cut out fact triangles to use to practice memorizing our multiplication and division facts. (Yes, we actually do this in second grade!) Students played games with a partner with the fact triangles and had a chance make a set at home this week in their Homelinks. Please make sure you have actually done this and your child is practicing with them. More will be coming home next week! As the week moved on we also took a look at the division problems we can solve easily using multiplication. To end the week we practiced all four multiplications strategies we have learned in anticipation for a Unit 11 Test.
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| These are the FOUR strategies we have been reviewing for multiplication. Four students demonstrated the: repeated addition, arrays, equal groups and number line strategies. |
Word Study:
In Word Study this week we took a look at beginning and ending consonant clusters as we played a Dominoes game. Later into the week we worked on recognizing words with the –ou, -ow and –aw vowel sounds. To review this concept we played games of “Crazy Eights”. Last we took a look at the sound of “a” in words that have an a-e pattern, -ay or –ai and completed a blind sort.
Social Studies:
This week in Social Studies we did all sorts of things! We continued working on our Career Choices and even completed our first resumes. It was pretty neat to see the list of credentials the kids came up with for their qualifications for different jobs! We also spent time preparing for and hosting our Market Day! Market Day was a great way for us to review major Social Studies Vocab (goods, services, producers, consumers, opportunity cost, scarcity and resources). After setting up our shops our kids spent time being the business owner, being the consumers and learning how to barter and trade! Did I mention, it was also a great way for them to practice counting coins and making change? In addition to Market Day this week, we did a special treat! We made a sandwich using bread and butter… We used this example to discuss once more, all of the economics vocabulary from above. We also added on human resources, natural resources and capital resources!
Important Dates/News:
Tuesday, May 8th: PTA Meeting @ 7:00pm
Friday, May 11th: Mom’s and Muffins @ 8:30am, Dublin Spring Clean-Up 4-6pm
Friday, May 18th : Field Day
Monday, May 14th: Items that are due:
-MVP person selection form
-2 different pictures of your child and their MVP (no computer printed copies please)
-A digital copy of those photographs emailed to my school email.
-$5.00 to cover the cost of the project and celebration
-Please also note that the MVP Celebration is strictly for 2nd graders and their MVP. Please make other arrangements for any younger siblings during this special event.
Friday, May 18th : Field Day
Thursday, May 24th: MVP Celebration @ 2:30-3:30 pm in Old Gym
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