Welcome to 2nd Grade
Dear
Parents,
I hope this message finds you
well. I know October is a busy month and I thought it was necessary to
touch base with you about what is going on in our classroom. The second
graders have been busy writing ghost stories, pumpkin poems, learning
about bats, and reading stories that consist of fables and silly
stories. We have also been reviewing long and short vowel sounds, as
you have seen from our spelling word lists. I have also been sending
home our Daily Oral Language packets. These packets are guiding our
studies on sentence structure and basic phonemic skills.
Our math curriculum has been
reviewing the students’ addition and subtraction skills. It is
important that these skills are reviewed constantly at home. I will
continue to send home the children’s mental math t ests and their
dragon awards, as this is important for them to show you and be proud
of. We have begun our studies of place value and rounding this week. I
have copied some math websites below that I have found to be useful for
reinforcing the skills in which we are studying in class.
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It is also important that I note: THERE IS NOT A 1ST COMMUNION MEETING
NEXT WEEK. This was not supposed to appear on the calendar. There will
be a meeting in January and it will be heavily advertised. I understand
that ample notice is necessary so that babysitters can be scheduled.
Also, we are finishing up our reading level and fluency testing this
week. As we will begin our literature circles when we return from
winter break. I am looking forward to meeting with each of you during
parent- teacher conferences to further discuss the success of each of
your children.
It is important for you to
know that we have been busy learning so many wonderful things in the
past months and that each student is performing at such an amazing
level. We have been blessed with a wonderful class that truly cares
about each others successes. It is a true joy to teach your children
each day.
Thank You,
Ms. Freitas