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This past week we have worked on our literacy stations/Daily 5 Café. The children are building stamina in each station and learning what to do. Once all stations have been introduced and practiced, I would like 2-3 parent volunteers to come in and help with reading. I am working one-on-one and starting small groups next week. Stations and rotations should be in full swing in two weeks. They are doing a great job!!
Again, please be sure to sign not only the homework sheet but also the baggie gook response sheet. Be sure to put the number of minutes read as well.
In reading, we will continue setting routines for Daily 5 (our structure for literacy). Students will continue practicing procedures for ‘work on writing’. Students will also learn procedures for ‘word work’. We will continue working on building our stamina when we read and write. Our goal is 20 minutes. Our focus lessons will be on answering questions before, during and after we read. We will also discuss the structure of a story including the beginning, middle and end. We also will answer questions in complete sentences to a fiction text.
In social studies this week the children will finish up citizenship– being a responsible citizen where I work, live and play. We will focus on citizens follow rules and laws; being a good citizen by communicating fairly; by solving problems with other; and good citizens show respect and treat others fairly. We will have a quiz at the end of this week.
Letterland starts this week and our rule is: open and closed syllables—vowels saying the short or long sound: vowels e & o.
FYI: class work will be marked with a check, star, smiley face, plus, minus, needs practice, or a “P” .

This Week At A Glance

This week at school we will be focusing on understanding the purpose of Government.
MATH- In math this week, we will we will continue working with addition, subtraction and mental math strategies. We will add with teen numbers, use math mountains, equation charts and practice equation equality.
LANGUAGE ARTS - This week we will continue to use a variety of literature to review skills and writing—Does what you write make sense? Writing complete sentences—capitals, punctuation, and super sentences ( adding detail). We will begin to develop paragraphs—using a paragraph plan. The children will learn about topic sentences, details, and a closing sentence by writing about their family.

Smith’s 2nd Grade News

Volume 1, Issue 3

August 14, 2017

Reminders:
Rylen Hooks will be featured in our Marvelous Me Museum this week!!
Picture Day is Thursday, August 31st
Early Release is Friday, August 18 @11:45
Interims go out the week of: August 28th.
Please be sure to visit our class website!! Don’t forget, if you have not done so already...please visit the school website to update your contact information.
BYOD— We will begin next Tuesday, August 22nd!!

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