We are barely into fall and the winter chill is already in the
air! It's hard to believe we woke up to snow last week. I hope you
enjoyed the extra time with family and friends over Veteran's Day
weekend. I wanted to provide a quick update about what's been going on in
your child's 2nd grade classroom over the past two weeks.
Last week we were SO lucky to have 2 special events. The
first was a visit from author Salina Yoon. She did a fabulous
presentation for the students, and it was so exciting to meet a real, live
author!! We have several copies of her books in our classroom and the
students can't seem to get enough of them. It's great to see kids get
excited about literature- Salina clearly had a positive influence on our
students.
November 19th
The second special event was our trip to the Concord Youth Theatre
to see Willy Wonka. What a great show! It was neat to see a live
show with kids as actors. The best part of this theatre is that it's small-
we filled the whole theatre with our 3 second grade classes! This means
every seat was close to the stage and we all felt like we had a front row
seat. If your child had a positive experience and you are interested in
seeing other shows at Concord Youth Theatre, you can see what's up and coming
by viewing their website: http://concordyouththeatre.org/
We have been working hard to finish up projects and writing
assignments in preparation for parent-teacher conferences on Monday and
Tuesday. The most exciting project we've been working on is our habitat
dioramas. We will be using the dioramas as a performance assessment to
show what we've learned about Plant and Animal Survival. This project will
take the place of a written assessment that we've done in the past, and we are
thrilled to see how the dioramas demonstrate what the students know!
For writing we have spent the last 2 weeks doing a fun turkey
writing assignment where the children came up with an alternative to eating
turkey for Thanksgiving. The turkey projects will be up for you to see
when you come into the classroom. In addition, each child also wrote a personal
narrative story about a time they had fun. I will be sharing these with
you at conferences as well.
Our math lessons have been focused on subtraction strategies such
as: counting back, counting up, subtracting 0 and 1, and using what we know
about Doubles Facts to help us subtract. The kids also enjoyed playing 2 new
games called Salute and Subtraction Top-It. Ask them about these games, as they
are great games to play at home to practice their math facts! You can find the
directions by logging onto your child’s Everyday Math Account. Their login
information will be added to their Take Home Folders next week. Once you login,
click on the Everyday Math book image to enter the site.
Thank you for all that have signed up for Parent-Teacher
Conferences during the week of November 19th. I look forward to having
the time to discuss your child's transition to second grade.
Please note that next week will be a short week for the
children. There is NO SCHOOL on Monday for
parent/teacher conferences, we will have a half day (afternoon
only) on Tuesday, and Wednesday is also a half day (morning
only). Our all-school Turkey Trot will take place on Wednesday around
10:00. If you are still interested in donating to this Robinson
fundraiser, please click on this link. All
funds go directly to Robinson students by helping to provide exciting
enrichment and technology opportunities.
Upcoming Important Dates:
11/19- No School for Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/20- 2 Hour Delayed opening for Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/21- Early Release (12:20)
11/22 & 11/23- No School for the Thanksgiving Holiday
11/30- Grades Close for Term 1