Week Ending February 15


                                                                  

                         in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED
Weekly Update
for the Week Ending
Friday, February 15 
                                                                                                                        
Dear Room 15 Families,
                 
What a week that was!

Chinatown, a presentation about Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day all in the same week?!?!?!

Actually, spring in second grade is FULL of busy-ness and fun, so it’s best we all buckle up!

Here is a link to a “parent handbook” for our current math module: Parent Handbook I hope it will give you a clearer sense of what we are up to in math.

•REVISION INQUIRY: We would really love to have you come in and share your experience about how you use mistakes in your life.       More info here

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What We Did:
Reading
•We took a closer look at several features that are common in non-fiction texts.  Many of these will be included in our scrapbooks that we started this week.

•We are reading non-fiction texts for this current round of reading assessments.
Writing
•Most of us have completed our grandparent biographies.
•We started work on our scrapbooks that will serve to hold memories and learnings from our study of migration and family history.
Math
•We learned how to solve double-digit addition problems presented in vertical (“stacking”) orientation.  We did this by using a place value chart to model the problem step-by-step and deciding to bundle (carry) when necessary.
Science/Social Studies
•We continued working on our scrapbook for the migration study.
•We were invited to hear another migration story from a parent in Ms. Curtis’ class.
Other stuff
•We delivered Valentine’s Day cards to each other.
•We continued to progress on our name collages.
•We enjoyed a beautiful day in Chinatown.

What’s Coming Up:

•We will work on three more pages in our scrapbook.

•We will practice solving addition problems presented in vertical format.

•We will begin our family tree representation.

•We will work on the February section of our second grade timeline.   
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CONGRATULATIONS
These students scored as well or better on the
Weekly Math Review
(made up of mixed computation problems) as compared with the previous week.
•Alena            •Connor          •Eito          •Ella         •Harper           •Kaela    •Max       •Nico       •Noah     •Oliver    •Tatum             •Tommy           •William
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These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS
last week.
We did not have Homework Plus last week.
[ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
Noah (X2)         Ella (X2)  Max (X2)    Jackson (X2) Nico (X2)       Mia (X2)            Tatum (X2)   Oliver (X2)    Tommy (X2)              
Alena         Eito           
ALL homework, including Homework Plus, should be returned inside the yellow homework folder and should be completed in PENCIL.

in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED







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