Second Grade News

Mrs. Humphrey

Wow, what a great week in second grade! I am truly enjoying your children. I love how nicely they are settling into grade 2.

We have had a great time learning chants and greetings during our morning meeting. It is so fun to hear them throughout the day. It has been a great way to start our day on a positive note.

During reading we have done lots of work with setting, characters, and problems. Thank you so much for reading with your children at home! It honestly is a key part of helping your children develop the love of reading. 

We read the book, Creepy Carrots, and made our own creepy carrots. We put the events of the story in order and we drew pictures of first, next, then, and last. My favorite part of this activity was reading their creative writing piece that went with their carrot.

On Tuesday, we read the book, Spider and the Fly. This is one of my favorite books. It has wonderful vocabulary and illustrations. The kids loved it. We made spider webs from yarn and popsicle sticks. Their favorite was painting spider webs and making their own spiders. 

We have had a very busy week of fun and learning!

Have a wonderful LONG weekend!

Holly

Look what is happening in second grade:

Second graders did a writing activity. They wrote for 10 minutes, illustrated for 5, and wrote again for 5 minutes...they loved it! It was so fun to listen to them share with their peers.

Second graders read the book, "Sticks". It is about a popsicle that melts and now the stick has to find a new purpose. They kids then took stick and made very cool creations. They had a great time sharing the book and their creations with kindergarten!

                                                       Fun with math centers!

 We read the book, "My Mouth is a Volcano", and then tried making volcanoes with mints, soda, baking soda, and vinegar.

                                      Our caterpillars arrived! 

Second Grade News

Mrs. Humphrey

Well, I think fall has arrived. What a beautiful weekend with wonderful temperatures! I hope you all enjoyed the outside.

We had a great week last week. Our class earned free time and popcorn on Friday. It always makes me smile when I see them make creative choices. We may have some future engineers!

This week we will start Unit 2 in math. They did a great job on their first test!

 On Friday, we are going to do a math project with base ten blocks and place value.

We will continue our reading workshop. This week we will add mini-lessons about characterization, visualization, and predictions. We continue to work on our stamina.

In writing we have been writing in journals. I usually give them a prompt and we write for 10 minutes, draw for 5, and then write for 5 more minutes.

 They LOVE it!

We will also do a reading and writing project with the book, Creepy Carrots.

On Monday, they will come home with a new spelling list. We will have a spelling test and dictation on Friday.

I am excited to start our first science unit called Water Works! Science is my favorite and this unit is a blast!

THANK YOU so much for taking time to do homework with your child! Reading at home is a huge part of their growth!

Have a wonderful week!

CAN YOU HELP US?

Second graders are very creative. I am finding that any free time they have is used for creating….it is awesome.

If you have any of the following we would love to take it off your hands:

paper towel rolls

tissue paper

LOTS of tape

pom poms(big and small)

cotton balls

paper (white and colored)

yarn

string

empty yogurt containers (or small containers)

buttons

scrapbook paper

pipe cleaners

Lots of popsicle sticks..any size and color