Dear Families, I’m so excited to remind you that Friday, June 10th (one week away) is our school wide BBQ lunch and DJ reward for our students reaching 1,000 Cheetah Cheers. Way to go Cheetahs! Your student’s lunch time is from 11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m. We would love to see you at CV! Please remember that … [Read more…]
…and to see what we have been up to, check out your student’s SeeSaw account!! If you need your students information again, please let me know! Instead of blog updates, we have been posting all of our learning in our SeeSaw Learning Journals. I hope you enjoyed using Seesaw this Spring. If you’d like to … [Read more…]
TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 22nd is our field trip to the Meydenbauer Theater. Your child must make it to school on time as we are leaving for the theater promptly at 10:45 a.m. Please remember to send your child with TWO SMALL (ONE LARGE) lunches (one to eat before and one to eat when we return), … [Read more…]
Reading: Our focus in reading is shifting towards informational reading skills! We are studying the Iditarod currently. Jan Steves, Iditarod Competitor, visited us back in the fall. We will be tracking her and other competitors over the next couple of weeks! We are reading and learning about all things Iditarod the next few weeks too. … [Read more…]
Reading: We continue to study story elements, focusing on Beginning, Middle, and End (BME). We are relating the BME to a roller coaster! Writing: Students continue to work hard on opinion writing. We have learned how to form an opinion about a character in a book. We are finding evidence in the book to write … [Read more…]
Happy 2016!! Reading: We continue to study Character Traits in the new year. We are using the character traits to help us think deeper about the problems and solutions in stories we read. This is also helping us make connections and inferences while we read. Writing: Students have begun to work on their opinion writing. … [Read more…]
First of all…THANK YOU so much to everyone who donated to our Donor’s Choose Project! Our project funded and we received our project components already. YAY!! Reading: In December, we have been studying Character Traits. We have discussed the “inside” and “outside” traits of characters. We will continue to use this study a bit after … [Read more…]
Hello Room 24 Families! I am sending this message to ask a HUGE favor! I have worked really hard to get devices in our classroom, and I am close to getting two more iPads for student use. This will bring our total to 6 devices in our classroom for daily use, including iPads I have … [Read more…]
It was so great getting to meet with each family at conferences! I truly love getting to share your children with you. I hope everyone has a restful few days off-here are the pictures of our collections for you!: Second Grade Collection Projects
Reading: Our new literacy unit will introduce students to an ancient civilization whose contributions can be seen in many areas of our lives today. Students will learn about the gods and goddesses of the ancient Greeks, the city-states of Sparta and Athens, and the philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They will learn about the first … [Read more…]