2nd Grade Update

Hi Families,

     We have two new friends in our class.  I want to welcome Isaac and David and their families.  We are so excited that you are part of our community now and you both have so much to add to the class.
    

Reading The Cat in the Hat dressed as Sally

     Last week was Dr. Seuss's birthday.  In his honor we spent Wednesday reading and rhyming.  The students came to school dressed in PJs or as their favorite Dr. Seuss character.  We discussed rhyming words as we read many of his classics such as, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Oh, the Places You Will Go, and The Cat in the Hat.  The students completed setting and character analyses based on their favorite Dr. Seuss book and also had fun doing crossword puzzles and word searches.  If you or your child would like to learn more about Theodor Geisel, the library at UCSD is named after him and has a whole room dedicated to his literature.  There are also gardens that have his statue which would be a fun place for a picnic.                                                           

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

   

Thing 1 and Thing 2












       This week's word are words that have the prefixes un- and re-.  We have been discussing how prefixes change the meanings of the words they come before.  Un- means not and re- means again.
redo, reread, retold, repair, rewind, undo, unruly, untold, unlock, unknown
    
     As many of you know Tiny passed away this week.  When I returned to school after the weekend his tail was bent and he was not able to swim properly.  The students had a long discussion on Monday about what may have happened.  Then on Monday at pick-up time he finally could survive no longer.  On Tuesday morning we buried him and said our goodbyes.  The students had another discussion about Tiny but this time about the frog life cycle and how dying, although it is sad, is a part of the life cycle.
     This week in math we just finished our TIME unit.  Please talk to your students at home about time and let me know if you feel they still need more work.  I told the class that they can come to me and we can form a math club before or after school, or during free time if they ever feel like they need more help in a math area.  We will be moving on to plane shapes tomorrow and from there move into solid figures such as cones, cylinders, pyramids, etc.
     In LA the students are working on prefixes and suffixes.  Each reading group also started a new book this week.  Ask your student if they are reading Space Brat, Cam Jansen, or Mouse Tales.  The students have also been taking more ownership of Morning Meeting.  It has been fun to watch the students gain the courage to write the morning message and lead the class in finding the mistakes.