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Classroom Update
December 17th
Happy December! I hope you are all surviving and enjoying this
busy and exciting time of the year! The energy is certainly felt in 2nd grade!
:)
In second grade we have been very busy. We enjoyed an all school
assembly last Wednesday where our class stood in front of the whole school and
ran the greeting. Everyone did an awesome job! During this community meeting
the children were reminded how important each and every one of them is to the Robinson
School community. The whole school enjoyed a beautiful read aloud by Mrs. Rivet
titled Your Here For A Reason by Nancy Tillman. At the end of the meeting the
kindergarten shared with us how many hats and mittens have been donated. Then
they challenged the whole school to bring in even more. I am proud to say as a whole
school met that challenge in just two days!!
We have been enjoying our new social studies unit on Mapping
Skills. The children have learned about the cardinal directions, map key, and
how to "read" various maps. They have also created maps of Robinson
School, including symbols, map keys, and a compass rose. Classes walked around
Robinson and tested out their maps. We were lucky enough to have Mr. Middlemiss
join us as we used our maps to navigate our way through Robinson! We are also beginning to learn about the
names and location of the 7 continents and the 5 major oceans. These are skills
that will lead us into our next social studies unit, Cultures and Migration.
We are looking forward to starting our next science unit, Earth’s
Surface. The children will explore the earth’s surface and how it changes. Students
will be engineers while they build and test ways to protect a road from a
landslide. They will also create a 3D clay model of land and water on earth.
This is a fun and engaging unit for the children.
In math the children have been learning about telling time on an
analog clock. This can be a difficult concept for some, so we encourage you to
reinforce this concept at home. This is an area that we will continue to review
throughout the year. At this point, the expectation is that the children can
tell time to the hour and half hour. The expectation for the END of the year is
that they tell time in 5 minute intervals. We have also worked with place
value. The children have built various numbers with base ten blocks. The
children have also explored the value of each digit in a 3-digit number along
with comparing which number is largest by looking at the value of each digit.
During reading, we have spent some time enjoying holiday books. We
have also been learning about making inferences and visualizing while reading
fictional texts. The children have learned that when a reader makes inferences
they use the words from the book along with their own background knowledge to
make inferences about the story. While visualizing the students learned to make
a picture in their minds about what they have read. These are skills that the
children will continue to practice as they begin to read longer texts.
During writing we have been learning about character traits.
Discussing character traits led us to a fun writing activity. We received a
letter from Santa explaining that he was looking for some friends to help the
elves at the North Pole. The children brainstormed the character traits that
they felt Santa would be looking for and the reasons why those character traits
would be important to Santa. Next, we wrote letters to Santa explaining which
character traits would make them an excellent helper at the North Pole. After
the writing the children created their own elves (with real photos of their faces).
I hope you enjoyed them! After winter break we will begin our next writing unit
on opinion writing.
Have a wonderful holiday break!
Upcoming Dates:
December
19th- Winter Party
December
20- Pajama Day Spirit Day and Whole School Dance Party
December
21-January 1st- Winter Vacation
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