tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53441996632013145602024-03-21T04:31:07.306-07:00Mrs. Cook's Second Grade Adventures!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-69782672394910753972017-05-27T07:38:00.002-07:002017-05-27T07:38:55.687-07:00Sweet Summertime! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Summer! A few updates after you dry off from your swim today :]<br />
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Interested in summer tutoring? <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxSuyHM9YtLNcFJqcXJpWmp3TVU/view" target="_blank">Here is a link</a> to available teachers this summer **disclaimer** I'm on it! :]<br />
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French notebook - Madame Gebara asked students KEEP their French notebook, and bring it back with them to third grade next year. <br />
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Red Folders: In red folders is an envelope about something we teachers refer to as "The Summer Slide" along with a summer work packet. I am HAPPY to provide incentives for academic work to get done! <br />
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I am going to Rocky Point for 7 days of uninterrupted beach time, I will not have access to emails or text messages, but I PROMISE to respond when I return on Sunday June 4th! Thank you for your patience with me! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-14665648707119743082017-05-22T07:33:00.001-07:002017-05-22T07:33:45.634-07:00Last week of school!WOW! What a week! Thank you to everyone that came to Muffins with Mom! This is my third year doing the event, and every year I am pleasantly surprised at the amount and joy and love that fills the MPR. You moms ROCK! Thank you for letting us spoil you a little bit on Friday at Muffins with Mom (pictures coming soon). <br />
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The last week of school tends to be an emotional rollercoaster. In my experience it is best for the students to keep it as routine as possible, and our end of year celebration as laid back and relaxing as possible, there is a lot of unknowns coming up in their lives. While summer is exciting it is an anticipated change in routine for them, as well as knowing a new classroom, teacher, and expectations will await them in the fall. This can cause a little anxiety. I have found it best to keep the last day celebration "chill". Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! <br />
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Summer birthdays: If your student has a summer birthday and you'd like to send in a treat and have them celebrate this week, I totally support that! Just send me an email letting me know what day you'd like to do it :]<br />
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This week we will enter into 3rd grade boot camp! We will spend the week discussing what is expected of 3rd graders and sharpening our skills. Monday-Wednesday will be learning as usual, with math and Spalding review. Thursday we will hone in on our skill of team work while completing a few camp related STEM challenges, like building a shelter! On Friday the room will be transformed into a campout! We will enjoy s'mores and a movie! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-11601632548446245992017-05-12T15:11:00.001-07:002017-05-12T15:11:06.385-07:00Announcements: There should be something that looks like this in your child's backpack, please open it and enjoy a few laughs and warm fuzzies Sunday for Mother's Day! These were SO fun to make with your kiddos, they LOVE you! <a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNzl4IaRCvYiPl7VmR_4WAFIiRmaK2lGw5JY2qbRNzwgn03jviyeXRXp6qaEcTEhA?key=WUZtNXJJcTZhbjNJajZUemJ4MmkxSXZ0SGZRcF9n" target="_blank">Here is a link to a video</a> we made for you, please go easy on me, it was my first time, I am not a producer by any means, but the thought (and love) was there! <br />
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Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for everything you do for your children and for me! Here's to hoping you wake up late to a clean home and brunch waiting for you! <br />
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Language arts: Next week will be a busy one! We will take a computerized test to measure our progress in second grade, because of this test, we will have new spelling words on Monday, and review words on Tuesday and Wednesday. In grammar we will review as well! Students will practice classifying sentences, completing contractions, and capitalizing proper nouns! <br />
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Science: We are done with science for the year! We will do some fun, hands on STEM activities this week to celebrate! <br />
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History: In History students will spring forward in history from the Civil War to a time when the United States was booming! We are starting our short unit on immigration! Students will learn where immigrants settled, and describe some contributions made by immigrants. We will also learn how immigrants can become citizens! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-40237589680412660682017-05-05T15:48:00.001-07:002017-05-05T15:48:52.701-07:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Thank you for all the teacher love this week! I am SO spoiled, in what other career do you get to do what you love, have fun ALL DAY LONG, and get spoiled for an ENTIRE WEEK? You all made me feel so special this week, every card full of heart felt messages and secret codes that I had to crack made me teary eyed. I am one lucky girl, please know that I do not take that for granted. I am so lucky to work at a school with so much parent support! </div>
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DIBELS - This week Mrs. Smith and I got to sit down and hear each student read to us individually. Their scores are then compared to how they read at the beginning of the year, and man, am I blown away at the growth! Stay tuned for an email about your child's specific growth! </div>
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Mothers Day - You're invited to Muffins with Mom! We would love to see you, spoil you, and spend some time with you on Friday, May 19th at 8:15! <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-rsvp" target="_blank">Please sign up here</a> if you're able to come! </div>
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L (Mon) - Lunch with the teacher day! On Monday students will eat with me! </div>
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M (Tues) - Movie Day! Students will watch a few scenes from Sarah, Plain and Tall</div>
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N (Wed) - Nickel Day - <u>Students need to bring a nickel to school</u>, we will sort and graph them by year! </div>
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O (Thurs) - Outside day! We will do our math lesson (first thing in morning, keep for fingers crossed for weather under 90 degrees before 9AM) outside today!</div>
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P (Fri) - Popcorn day! We will eat popcorn and do a fun popcorn craft! </div>
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Language arts: Students will finish publishing a super secret project in grammar! In literature we will read chapters 9 and 10 in <u>Little House in the Big Woods.</u> We will journey with the Ingalls family as summertime comes. We will learn how they collect honey and make cheese!<br />
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Math: We will review again next week, spending time on money, fractions, time, and graphs! Scholars have done such great work this year! These review weeks are so encouraging because we see so much growth! <br />
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Science: We will learn about cells, and make our very own cell on a sugar cookie! <br />
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History: We will review important topics from our civil war unit. We will discuss the importance of Harriet B. Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, and Generals Lee and Grant! We will then introduce an exciting unit on early immigration in the U.S.! I encourage you to share with your children family stories about coming to the "melting pot"! Every year, this topic in history provides for some interesting conversation! :]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-32216578561501251132017-04-28T16:03:00.001-07:002017-04-28T16:03:21.571-07:00Announcements:<br />
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You're invited to Muffins with Mom! Muffins with Mom will take place on Friday, May 19th in the MPR. Students will be brought down around 8:15, and we would love if you joined us for some quality time, muffins, coffee and tea with your child! An invitation went home in red folders today! </div>
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A-Z countdown: This teacher goofed this week! Monday we will combine F and G! </div>
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Monday - F & G - Reading by Flashlight and Games! <u>Please send your student in with their favorite book and a flashlight!</u> </div>
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Tuesday - H - How to Day - We will watch a fun video on how things we use every day are made!</div>
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Wednesday - I - Ice Cream Day! I'd love if you could <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-icecream" target="_blank">donate ice cream sandwiches or ice cream c</a>ups to our classroom for this day!</div>
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Thursday - J - Joke Day! Students will bring in their favorite joke, and we will spend some time sharing them and giggling!</div>
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Friday - K - Kindness Day ! We will do an act of kindness :]</div>
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Language arts: Next week in grammar we will work on a top secret project! We will brainstorm and go through the writing process to write a paragraph sure to make your heart feel all warm and fuzzy! We will continue memorizing the poem Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield. Students are doing a wonderful job reciting stanzas 1-3 with expression and inflection, while standing up straight and proud! We will read a story title Narcissus and differentiate between listening to another person, and hearing what we want to hear. We will identify situations in which someone is not listening, and examine our own abilities to listen to others. Ask your child what our class came up with to the questions 'what does it mean to be a good listener?'. In literature we will continue to explore how the Ingall's family makes maple sugar, and even sample some of the real stuff! We will read chapters 8 and 9 and identify what different animal tracks look like! </div>
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History: Students will compare Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, and how the war ended for each of these men. You can ask your history buff to explain how General Sherman and his men helped lead the Union to Victory (but please wait until the end of the week, because believe it or not, some students can't figure out how the war ended and are sitting on pins and needles each history lesson!). </div>
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Science: Next week we will conclude our Biography unit through learning about an African-American doctor who performed the first successful open heart surgery! Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was a surgeon who helped set up a teaching hospital in Chicago. It was the first hospital in Chicago to have African-American doctors and nurses on its staff. ALL patients were treated well there. We have truly enjoyed learning about these important people in Science and discussing the virtues they each possess. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-15876441599664617552017-04-21T14:55:00.002-07:002017-04-21T14:55:46.570-07:00Week 34!Announcements:<br />
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A-Z Countdown: Can you BELIEVE that we are inside the last 26 days of school?!? I created a fun countdown for each letter of the alphabet so we can really soak in these last days as a classroom family. Today for A we did a small art project, ask your student about it tonight! Next week we have letters B-F and we need your help! Please keep these a secret from your child, as I'd like each day to be a joyful surprise. Some will be given away because students need to bring something from home, but some will be an exciting adventure! <br />
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<b>Monday - <u>B</u>ook Day!</b> Students will need to bring a book from home and take turns reading it aloud to their friends<br />
<b>Tuesday - <u>C</u>ompliment Day</b> - I have a fun compliment activity planned!<br />
<b>Wednesday - <u>D</u>onut day</b> - We will enjoy a donut hole at the end of the day. <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-disfor" target="_blank">Please sign up here</a> to donate donuts to the class. <br />
<b>Thursday - <u>E</u>xercise Day</b> - We will spend a some class time doing fun exercise videos on Go Noodle!<br />
<b>Friday - <u>F</u>lashlight Friday</b> - Students will need to bring in a flashlight and their favorite book, we will spend some time in the dark, reading by flashlight! <br />
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Here is a look at our learning for next week:<br />
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Language arts: In language arts next week, students will be introduced to a new type of paragraph! PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPHS! They will be introduced through a model letter that someone wrote to Mrs. Smith, trying to convince us to get a class pet! Students will then start their brainstorming and prewriting on a topic they'd like to persuade their parents or teachers on. We will continue memorizing and reciting the poem <i>Harriet Tubman, </i>ask your scholar what the first two stanzas sound like! In Literature we will read the sixth and seventh chapter of <u>Little House in the Big Woods. </u>After Wednesday ask your literature guru what Laura did that allowed her to get away quickly from the bear!<br />
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Math: Next week in math we will introduce students to geometry! We will talk about vertices, angles, and sides! At the end of the week we will make 3-D shapes out of paper! <br />
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History: The students will learn about Abraham Lincoln's background and feelings about slavery. They should be able to identify the early battles of the Civil War and the division of the North and South over slavery. They should also be able to explain why the South wanted to secede from the Union.<br />
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Science: Next week we will learn about a special woman, a nurse, named Florence Nightingale. She was also know as <i>The Lady with the Lamp.</i> Florence always believed that her life had a special purpose and that she was meant to help others. Ask your scholar how she accomplished this! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-9512727328948900672017-04-18T07:21:00.000-07:002017-04-18T07:21:03.280-07:004 day week! I hope you all had a great long weekend! Coach Cook and I are slowly making Chief bionic, so he went in for knee surgery on Friday. The weekend was spent loving on our recovering pup, and trying to take cute videos of him in the cone of shame. We spent some much needed time with family, and are rested and refreshed to tackle this week!<br />
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Here is a look at our learning this week:<br />
Language arts: We will NOT introduce any new words in Spalding this week. Instead we will test on the words from last week, and review and practice several misspelled words! In literature we will continue to work on editing our paragraph describing how Pa makes bullets. We will read chapters 4 and 5 of <u>Little House in the Big Woods</u>. We will compare and contrast Christmas in the Ingalls house with an important holiday in our own homes. In Grammar students will review and classify all parts of speech learned, including sentences containing conjunctions and compound parts. Students will practice identifying the central narrative in a passage, in the story <u>The Magic of Oz</u> by Frank L. Baum.<br />
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Math: We will begin a new unit on GRAPHING! We will begin by making a tally chart and a simple picture graph. By the end of the week we will be interpreting picture and bar graphs, as well as identifying the range and mode in picture and bar graphs!<br />
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Science: We will be starting a new unit on biographies through reading and learning about a man named Elijah McCoy, an African-American inventor. Do you know the saying "That's the Real McCoy" and where it came from? Ask your scholar about Elijah's important contributions!<br />
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History: We are moving on to the Civil War unit. Students will learn about disagreements between the North and the South that resulted in war. Ask your scholar about the Underground Railroad.<br />
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We had SO much fun on our field trip! Thank you to ALL the amazing chaperones that came along and put up with the heat and dirt! We couldn't do it without you! </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-54053682760681939162017-04-10T07:29:00.000-07:002017-04-10T07:29:11.320-07:00Week 32!Next week we will be entering week 32 of second grade! I can't even believe it! We have a short week ahead of us - with a field trip Thursday and no school on Friday! <br />
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Field trip information: The permission slip is due today along with $10. On Thursday please send your student with a sack lunch and a water bottle, both labeled with their name. Students need to be in uniform but can wear hats, and should wear sunscreen as well. We will be leaving the school at 9AM. <br />
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Here is a look at our learning this week:<br />
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Language arts: This week students will work on identifying the central narrative thread in a passage from a story called <u>The Real Princess.</u> In Spalding students will have the choice to write their words in cursive or manuscript for homework. Students can also choose to switch it up and do some words in cursive and some in manuscript. I really appreciate you help and partnership in monitoring correct letter formation at home! In grammar next week students will review classifying sentences and all parts of speech we have learned! On Tuesday students will be introduced to a new part of speech, our SEVENTH part of speech: CONJUNCTIONS! On Wednesday students will review conjunctions and classify sentences containing conjunctions and compound parts!<br />
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Math: In math this week we will wrap up our unit on capacity! We will compare different units of measurement, including a cup, pint, quart, half gallon, and gallon! We will discuss different scenarios in which using a specific unit would be necessary. Would you put cups of water into a pool to fill it up? Why or why not? We will work hard to solve word problems involving capacity, and comparing capacity. We will review concepts learned in units 1-12, focusing on subtracting money and multiplication, and then on Thursday we will assess our knowledge of units 1-12. <br />
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History: This week, we will learning about the hardships encountered on the journey west and get a little taste of pioneering on our class field trip!<br />
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Next week your scholars will be making magnetic slime! In order for each student to make their own slime we need a few items. <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4fafa628a1f49-magnetic" target="_blank">Please sign up HERE</a> to make all your scientists dreams come true! Please send in the materials by <b>Thursday, April 6</b>. We really appreciate your help and contributions for this fun activity! </div>
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Mrs. Smith is teaching Summer Academy at Arete this year! She is so excited and would love to see your scholars there. See the classes and course descriptions below. <a href="http://www.greatheartsamerica.org/summeracademy/" target="_blank">Sign up</a> by tomorrow, April 1 for a 10% early bird discount! </div>
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<b><u>Farm to Table Week 1: June 5-9 9:00AM - 1:00 PM</u></b></div>
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Our journey from "Farm to Table" gives campers a chance to learn what it means to grow, harvest, raise and preserve food. We will be looking at the lost skills of farming through art history and passed-down family recipes. Experiments with photosynthesis, anatomy, and decomposition will help campers see nature at work. By the end of the week we will have a real farmer's market where each student will sell good they have made. Additionally we will host a local farmer with produce for families to browse and show, while discussing the importance of healthy choices for mind, body, and soul! </div>
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<b><u>Inventions and Discoveries Week 2: June 12-16 9:00AM-1:00PM</u></b></div>
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Albert Einstein said, "Play is the highest form of research." We will learn to "play" with the past as we learn about foundational discoveries affecting our lives today - from paper and plastic, catapults and castles, to light bulb and robotics, we will explore how discoveries and inventions are like a snowball effect, as one idea is a platform for another. Scholars will learn how it can take centuries of ideas before inventions come to fruition. On Friday, we will host a science fair, displaying the different inventions campers "played with and came up with on their own! </div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxSuyHM9YtLNS3E5NlFvYWRKaVU/view" target="_blank">Fine Arts and French Night</a> is coming this Friday, April 7th! <br />
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Check out how much fun we had this week:<br />
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Here is a glimpse at our upcoming week:<br />
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Language arts: We will we working through the writing process next week! Students will start with prewriting on Monday, brainstorming a list of their favorite activities. Tuesday will be spent writing a rough draft, Wednesday and Thursday will be spent revising and editing their drafts (first on their own, then with a peer). On Friday students will write their final papers. Mrs. Smith and I will be emphasizing that final papers should be students BEST work! This includes neat handwriting, proper formatting, and being proud of what they are turning in! We will read a story called <u>About Lying</u> and have a discussion about how lying leads to greater problems that one might initially realize. In literature we will be reading <u>Little House in the Big Woods</u> please send in a copy of this book with you child if you have not already! We will discuss the setting and how it relates to us in Arizona, and outline the 5 main characters in the story. After reading we will discuss how Laura's house and our homes differ, and learn the steps of food preservation! Ask your literature master what the vocab word 'headcheese' means! <br />
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Math: In math next week we will look at capacity! We will compare the capacity of contains to begin with, and then learn about the unit Liter. We will compare the capacity of containers in liters to units we are familiar with (cups, gallons, etc.) We will solve word problems involving capacity, and make a fun visual to see how all units compare! Make sure you ask your capacity captain about their new best friend, Gallon Bot! <br />
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History: Students will learn about mining in town and how they turned into ghost towns after the mines ran dry. Ask your scholar to explain the importance of Sequoyah, the Trail of Tears, Buffalo and the overall impact settlers had on the lives of Native Americans. <br />
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Science: Next week we will assess our understanding of magnets! Can you help our class by donating supplies to make magnetic slime? <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4fafa628a1f49-magnetic" target="_blank">Please see the sign up link</a>! <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-41275848399615022022017-03-26T21:17:00.001-07:002017-03-26T21:17:20.395-07:00Week 30!Hello families!<br />
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I hope this blog post finds you rested and relaxed after a great weekend! Mine was one of those nonstop weekends that has me looking forward to my routine of the work week! We celebrated my husband's birthday this weekend with families on both sides and some great friends (read: I cleaned the house, had people over, cleaned up the house and repeated 3 times!)! <br />
This upcoming week will be an exciting one, I will be at a professional development on Monday and Tuesday with the Arizona Department of Education on teaching reading effectively. Mrs. Smith will have the reins, and I will be back on Wednesday. I will have limited access to email at the conference, so I appreciate your patience with my communication, and if you need to get a message directly to your child I suggest calling the office those two days!<br />
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Announcements:<br />
Field trip: We will be going to the Pioneer Living History Museum on Thursday, April 13! This is an amazing trip that I am greatly looking forward to! It will be an all day event, if you'd like to volunteer please send me an email so I can start generating a list. The field trip cost will be $20, and a permission slip will go home shortly. I will send an email the day the permission slip goes home! <br />
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Book Reports: You child should've received a new book report in their Friday Folder. Some students got biography books, and some got a literature book. I didn't have enough of the same genre to go around students either got a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwyQgKwQJYivaUdRbE1fZFdwamM/view" target="_blank">biography book</a> report or a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwyQgKwQJYivOUR4NGUyc2l4bE0/view" target="_blank">literature cube book report</a>. Please let me know if you have any questions on them! I am happy to help.<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxSuyHM9YtLNS3E5NlFvYWRKaVU/view" target="_blank">Fine Arts and French night</a> is coming up on April 7th! The students have been practicing a song for a video for the French portion and its ADORABLE (or should I say mignon?)!<br />
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AzMerit testing starts this week for our 3rd through 5th grade students, while this doesn't directly impact your second grader, they will be taking it next year and we are prepping them through computer use and practice! If you come to volunteer please keep in mind students are testing and don't throw too big of a party in the hallway :]<br />
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We will start reading Little House in the Big Woods next week! If you don't already have it, please <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Little-House-Woods-Ingalls-Wilder/dp/0060581808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490587661&sr=8-1&keywords=little+house+in+the+big+woods" target="_blank">order it here</a>. <br />
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Here is a look at our week:<br />
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Language arts: We will start a new unit on dictionary skills! We will become dictionary daredevils, alphabetical order aficionados, and guide word wonders! If you find yourself with nothing to talk about in the car help your child visualize the alphabet by asking what would come first in a dictionary; the word dog or the word iguana and WHY. In literature we have finished up Sarah, Plain and Tall, ask your scholar about the ending :]. This week we will spend some time in fairy tales and tall tales and explore the lives of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, and Casey Jones!<br />
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Math: Next week in math we will continue working with time! Please continue conversations with your time master. Next week we will relate time to events of our daily life. We will find the duration of a time interval in minutes and house, as well as attacking word problems with elapsed time. We will review and take a Unit 1-11 cumulative test on Friday. The homework Thursday night will provide great practice for Friday's test! <br />
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History: We are continuing on our journey west, learning about The Pony Express and following the cowboys, farmers, and miners on their adventures and challenges that come with moving to new lands. Can your history buff tell you about Daniel Boon? Robert Fulton? Jedidiah Smith? Or my person favorite Levi Strauss?<br />
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Science: Have you noticed all the magnets disappearing from your refrigerator? Students are LOVING our new unit on magnets. This week we will continue experimenting with magnetic poles and magnetic fields. We will also investigate and discover how a compass is a magnet! <br />
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XOXO,<br />
Mrs. Cook<br />
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I hope you have a great spring break ahead of you! I will spend mine snuggling with Chief, prepping some fun units for fourth quarter, and writing to you about each of your incredible kiddos!</div>
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Thank you all for the birthday love. You showered me with kindness and love, in the form of flowers, sweets notes, Cheetos, things that made my teacher heart sing (stamps, scented markers, post-its), and the perfect accessories for my blue kitchen! This is what my desk has looked like all week, these flowers have brought me so much joy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If practicing fractions with M&M's is wrong I don't want to be right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teamed up with 5th grade to have a great discussion on criticism!</td></tr>
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Math: We will hit the ground running after spring break with a new unit on TIME! We will do a review of concepts learned in first grade, and then dive into minutes before and after the hour. We appreciate your partnership in talking to your kiddos about what time they get up, what time you leave for school, what time you eat dinner, etc. That will greatly help us when we tackle our chapter on elapsed time!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-89264835908539673962017-03-03T14:48:00.003-08:002017-03-03T14:48:44.831-08:00Weekly RecapAaaaccchhhhooo! Our classroom is in need of some more tissues and Lysol wipes! We have been battling so many germs in school, and doing our best to wipe our desks, pencils, and supplies as much as possible. Mrs. Smith and I would really appreciate donations of tissues and Lysol wipes, we are totally out! <br />
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We had such a fun week! Here are some cute pictures of our week:<br />
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Language arts: In language arts next week students will take a break from diagramming and building sentences in isolation, to building wonderful sentences that fit into a paragraph! Students will be writing about their favorite animals, using supportive details as to WHY those are their favorite animals. Feel free to brainstorm this weekend. We are all loving <u>Sarah, Plain and Tall.</u> We had a blast making a book cover for ourselves, ask your child what adjectives they used on their book cover to describe themselves. Our class voted on the title <u>Mrs. Cook, Slow and Awsome</u> for my book title, which was quickly defended that I'm a slow runner...not slow at doing tasks ;]. This week we will look up vocab words, and answer comprehension questions for chapters 4-6. We will also write an article for a pretend newspaper describing a friend that we'd like to have in our lives, much like that article Pa wrote for Sarah!</div>
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Math: Next week we will continue to explore the world of fractions! We will make pizza and discuss fractions through looking at pizza toppings, and pizza slices. We will understand that fractions are a part of a whole, and that fractions are EQUAL parts. We will use M&M's to make fractions come alive as well! </div>
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History: Monday, students will wrap up the War of 1812 by learning about Dolley Madison, Old Ironsides, and the Star Spangled Banner. Please ask your historian to tell you about these important historical elements. Next, we will head west!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-91197156746429130072017-02-26T14:23:00.001-08:002017-02-26T14:23:45.276-08:00Welcome March!Next week we welcome March, my very favorite month of the year! <br />
We had a great last week of February! We loved wearing our spirt shirts today!<br />
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Language arts: We will be starting a new literature book this week; <u>Sarah, Plain and Tall</u>. We will dive into new vocabulary, like what is a hearthstone, and what it means to be feisty. We will also discuss why Sarah feels like a move is necessary, and why Pa places an advertisement in the newspaper! Be sure to ask your literature experts for answers to these questions. In spelling we are still working hard on our beautiful cursive, and are tackling some challenging spelling words this week! In grammar, we will continue to classify sentences and even start making our own sentences when given a list of parts of speech. <br />
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Math: Next week we are working on making change! We will be working hard on picking different menu items and paying for them, while doing mental math in our heads to make change! We will continue to work on attacking word problems, focusing on multistep word problems, for example if I buy 4 pens that cost $1.40 each, and give the cashier $10.00 how much change will I receive? If students get step 1 incorrect, it sets them up to do poorly on step 2! <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-47973037996634098282017-02-20T20:16:00.001-08:002017-02-20T20:16:37.830-08:00Week 25!I hope you had a great 3-day weekend with your families! I spent mine doing boring housework, including painting the garage (insert eye roll here) - glamorous I know..<br />
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We had so much fun this past week! We learned CURSIVE and the kiddos were PUMPED! They did an amazing job! We also had a blast during Great Hearts Day, and worked together so well!<br />
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Language arts: In ELA this week we will read a tall tale and discuss the components of a tall tale, and how that differs from a fairy tale. We will continue to diagram sentences in grammar, we are doing SUCH a great job with this, and can diagram sentences with TWO prepositions! We have finished up Cricket in Times Square and will be starting our next book; <u>Sarah Plain and Tall</u> next week!</div>
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Math: We are learning about MONEY! Coins, dollars, change, oh my! We will work on reviewing coin value, adding two prices together, as well as attacking word problems. When purchasing something talk to your child about the cost, and ask what the cost would be if the item were 10 cents, or 2 dollars more. Mental math is still a strategy we are working to strengthen!</div>
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Science: We are moving from learning about how our human body work as a machine to learning about simple machines! Can your scholar identify simple machines at home or around their community? We are excited to embark on this hands-on unit!</div>
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History: We will continue looking at The Constitution, paying close attention to The Bill of Rights this week. We are working to memorize The Preamble, how much an you history buff recite (sing) to you? </div>
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We celebrated the end of our Greek Unit by making Laurel Wreaths, and we had to work together to create our own countries. The theme for the week was COMPROMISE! <br />
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Great Hearts Day: On Tuesday we will be celebrating friendship all day for Great Hearts Day! We will have a virtue award assembly in the morning, and a celebration in the classroom from 2:00-2:30. While I don't need help for the celebration, you are more than welcome to come in and feel the joy of friendship! </div>
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Field day: We are Persia and our color is BLUE! Students can decorate shirts, and are allowed to wear athletic clothing. Please email me if you are able to donate a cooler, ice, snacks, or mini water bottles. </div>
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Language Arts: In Spalding next week we will learn CURSIVE! The students are SO excited to start on this adventure! We will not have spelling words next week, and Spalding homework will be to practice cursive letter formation. A packet will be coming home Monday night for parental reference as well. As we move forward, students will choose whether they want to write in cursive or manuscript, but Mrs. Smith and I will switch to writing in cursive. In third grade students will have a cursive refresher at the beginning of the year, but will be expected to be able to read cursive from the get-go! In literature we will finish Cricket in Times Square! It has been so wonderful to watch the students fall in love with the characters. In grammar we will continue to diagram sentences and work on writing paragraphs. </div>
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Math: We will finish up our unit on multiplication and division with a test on Thursday. Wednesday math centers and Wednesday night homework will provide great review and practice for Thursday's test. On Friday the students will be introduced to our new unit, MONEY through review of coins and their value! </div>
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Science: Next week we will take our test over the Human Body on Thursday! Please help you scholar review their study guide at home and ask them to tell you how much they remember about each body system, healthy eating, cells, tissues, and organs! We will be playing a "Jeopardy" style game in class! </div>
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History: We will continue to study the Constitution, and learn about our Founding Fathers. We will discuss the Anti-Federalists and what they stood for! </div>
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Great Hearts Day is coming up on Tuesday February 14th! We will be focusing on friendship that day, doing activity to promote teamwork, and having a fun celebration. <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-great1" target="_blank">Please sign up</a> here to donate to our activities! <br />
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This week we celebrated the 100th day of school! We wrote about all the things we will and won't do when we turn 100, the things we will know, and what we will look like! As usual we had a super fun week full of learning, growing, and laughing! Here are some pictures of what we'd look like at 100!<br />
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Language arts: Next week we will look at direct and indirect quotations in the story <u>The Hare that Ran Away.</u> In Grammar we will also continue studying pronouns and subject pronouns, as well as classifying parts of speech in sentences. The students are doing a wonderful job classifying sentences, and can go through the question and answer flow of a sentence independently and confidently! Stay tuned for video evidence! :] In literature we will read chapters 10-13 in Cricket in Times Square and continue to follow the adventure of Chester Cricket, Tucker Mouse, and Harry Cat! Ask your super scholar what happened to the Bellini's newsstand! </div>
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Math: In math next week we will work through division problems and fact families! We will discuss different ways to attack a division problem, including repeated subtraction, drawing pictures, and thinking of the "friend" multiplication problem! Students are loving this unit! </div>
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Science: Next week in science we will review the functions of our body systems and learn ways we can help make sure that our body systems continue to run smoothly so we can stay healthy. We will also learn a new word: calories! We will spend time reviewing ALL the concepts we have learned in our Human Body Unit through playing a fun review game. A study guide will be sent home with you school on Thursday night. We encourage you to read through it and ask your scholar to retell some of the things they have learned!</div>
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History: In history this week we will not only journey to another place, but a much later time in history to discuss the American Constitution. Challenge your scholar to make connections between the US and Ancient Greek democracies. </div>
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This week we are ushering in another new month! I can barely believe it! We have a fun and exciting week coming up! <br />
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<li>This Tuesday and Thursday the students will be taking a computerized test, called the MAP test. We took it at the beginning of the year to get a baseline, and we will be taking it now to see where progress is being made, and where holes may need to be filled in! Students don't need to do anything to prepare other than sleep well and eat a great breakfast!</li>
<li>Friday, February 3 is the Greek Festival! I will be running the Olympic games in the gym, and Mrs. Smith will be rotating from station to station with the students. If you'd like to volunteer from 1:00-2:30 please send me an email with your preference to travel with the class or help with the Olympics! </li>
<li>Next Tuesday, February 14th, we will be celebrating Great Hearts Day! Please remember that students will be making cards for other students in class, and purchased cards will not be permitted. </li>
<li>Friday, February 17 - Athletic Field Day from 8:30-11. Each year classes are assigned a Greek City state for their team, this year we are Persia and our team color is BLUE! Please have your child wear a blue color t-shirt that day. Students can decorate their shirts with our team name, or the symbol of our Greek City State (pictured below). Students can wear athletic clothing free of pop culture references. Sports teams and brand logos are acceptable on clothing. Athletic shoes are mandatory, and hats and sunglasses may be worn. Sunscreen will need to be applied at home. If you'd like to <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4fadac2ca4fc1-athletic" target="_blank">sign up to help Coach Rubino and Coach Steinmann please click here.</a> I would also like a donation of coolers, mini water bottles, and snacks for field day. I will be sending out a sign up genius for these things next week! </li>
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Our past week in snapshots:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No one believed Mrs. Cook that the small intestine the same length as 7 second graders, so we PROVED it! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did a DISGUSTING science experiment where we started with a peanut butter sandwich and ending with solid waste! </td></tr>
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Here is a look at our learning this week: </div>
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Language arts: We will read two more chapters in Cricket in Times Square and discuss new vocabulary terms, the students favorite from this last week is eavesdropping! In grammar we will review the writing process, play compound word Pictionary, and continue to classify sentences. Students will be introduced to the pronoun jingle and the subject pronoun jingle! </div>
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Our Spalding words for the week are:</div>
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<li>Monday - royal, objection, object, please, pleasure, measure, treasure, navy</li>
<li>Tuesday - forty, fourteen, four, population, proper, judge, weather, whether, worth, contain, figure</li>
<li>Wednesday - sudden, instead, throw, threw, personal, everything, rate, chief</li>
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Math: We will start a new unit on multiplying and dividing by 4 and 5! If you have a moment in the car, at the grocery store, or cleaning up from dinner have your mathematician practice counting by 4's! </div>
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Science: Next week we will learn about nutrients that help keep our bodies healthy and strong. We will create a well balanced meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! </div>
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History: I hope that the scholars have enjoyed their journey through Ancient Greece. Please help your scholar prepare for the unit test on Friday by studying from the study guide for 5 minutes each evening next week. We are looking forward to the culmination of the exciting unit at Greek Fest on Friday! Thank you for donating items and contributing your time to make this wonderful event possible! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-89009623473125647172017-01-20T14:18:00.001-08:002017-01-20T14:49:34.604-08:00Hello! We had quite the wet Friday! Indoor recess can make for crazy students and teachers, but I am so lucky to have a classroom full of positive thinkers! We made the most of this rainy day! <br />
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We are gearing up for a very busy few weeks! Below are a few announcements, sign ups, and "keep in minds"! <br />
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<li><b>Wednesday, February 25</b> - A <u>camera crew</u> will be filming in the classroom from 7:55-8:30. I am under the impression that the majority of the filming will be of me teaching, and the footage will be used internally. If you would prefer to NOT have your student in the class during filming please send me an email, I will have them sit in another second grade classroom, so they are not missing out on learning. </li>
<li><b>Friday, February 27</b> - <u>Excretory System model</u> - We will be making a model of the excretory system in class.<a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-human" target="_blank"> Please sign up here</a> to donate some needed materials to make this fun model! </li>
<li><b>Friday, February 3rd</b> -<u> Greek festival</u> - Second grade will be celebrating our learning of the Ancient Greeks by having a festival from 1:00-2:30. Students will be rotating between making crafts, eating Greek food, and participating in a few classic Greek games, and having a great time! We will need volunteers as well as materials for this day. <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4daaaa2babf85-2ndgrade" target="_blank">Please sign up here</a> to contribute to this grade wide festival!</li>
<li><b>Tuesday, February 14th</b> -<u> Great Hearts Day!</u> We reserve this special day each year to focus on the virtue of friendship. The day will include an assembly in the morning, as well as reading a wonderful friendship centered story with 5th graders, and a celebration in the afternoon. We will be sipping on sweet friendship floats, and making a friendship necklace! <i>We will be making friendship cards in class, and students will not be permitted to bring store bought valentines to school. </i>The class party will take place from 2:00-2:45! Sign up for volunteers and donations coming next week!</li>
<li><b>Friday, February 17th</b> - <u>Field day</u>! I am just getting this date on your radar. When I have more information about our team, and teams color I will communicate it out! Students will be permitted to dress in athletic wear, and need to bring a sack lunch. I will be asking for donations of waters, ice chests, and snacks for this day! Sign up will be coming out later.</li>
<li>Reading groups for Cricket in Times Square will take place on Tuesday's and Friday's from 2:00-2:30. <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-reading3" target="_blank">Please sign up here</a> if you are able to help us during that time! </li>
<li>Math centers take place each Wednesday from 9:15-10:00, if you are able to help during that time you can <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4daeaa2da0fb6-2cmath" target="_blank">click here</a> for that sign up as well! </li>
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We are having technical difficulties with pictures this week, stay tuned next week for extra, cute pictures! <br />
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Language arts: In literature next week we will read chapters 4-6 in Cricket in Times Square, answering comprehension questions after each chapter, as well as discussing adults in our lives and the special things they do for us! We will also use context clues to figure out meanings of unknown vocabulary words! In grammar we are revising and editing our paragraphs on our favorite colors. </div>
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Well, we are coming back from a wonderful winter break and heading right into a three day weekend! This schedule sure spoils us sometimes! </div>
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Chapter book sand a book report will be sent home with students on Tuesday. Assigned homework will be to read 20 minutes of the chapter book each night, and when the chapter book is completed students are to complete the book report. The book report is to be done by Monday 2/6, but if your child finishes the book and completes the report they are able to turn it in early. The expectation is that students complete two book reports for the third quarter. <br />
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Language arts: This week in literature we will be reading from our new book, <u>The Cricket in Times Square.</u> If you have not already please send the book in with your child. We will discuss what it is like to move from one place to another. We will also have a group discussion about a time we wanted something really badly and our parents wouldn't let us have it. I will be asking the kids if they were able to talk their parents into it, or if they realized why their parents told them no. We will read chapters 1-3 in the book and continue to discuss the characters as they are introduced. Ask your student how Paul the shuttle conductor was nice to Mario! In grammar we will continue to diagram sentences. In writing we will use our prewriting map from last week to write a rough draft of a paragraph on our favorite colors!</div>
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Math: Next week we will continue our unit on mental math! The students are doing a wonderful job on this challenging unit! We had a great discussion and came to the conclusion that mistakes and challenges make our brains learn best! Next week we will be working on adding and subtraction two and three digit numbers mentally.</div>
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History: This week, we will continue exploring Ancient Greece. The students will learn about famous Greek battles, as well as the golden age of Greece. Ask your child to tell you about the Athenian symposium.</div>
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Science: Next week students will learn how all living things are made up of microscopic cells. We will describe the relationship among cells, tissues, organs, and systems. Ask your scientist about the body systems at home! </div>
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Language arts: Students will review some challenging Spalding words from this year! We will also work on alphabetical order and use our phonemic awareness to make words from other words. How many new words do YOU think we will be able to make from the word gingerbread?</div>
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Boxcar Holiday Party: Next Wednesday, December 21 we will celebrate the end of the semester with a fun Boxcar themed party! <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-boxcar1" target="_blank">Please sign up here</a> if you'd like to donate anything to our celebration. <br />
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Boxcar Project: The Boxcar Project is due Monday! Students are coming home with their books today, as well as a brainstorm list we made in class in their planners! Below are some idea's to gently guide your students towards if they are struggling, as well as some pictures from previous years projects. <br />
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Beds made of pine needles</div>
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Working on memorizing their stanza from <u>The Night Before Christmas</u></div>
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Mailing our letters! We've worked SO hard to write on envelopes, and learn how letters look!<br />
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Language Arts: This week in language arts students will write a letter to a secret student! Your child will come home with a letter on Friday to work on over the weekend, they will be exchanging letters with their secret student on December 21! We will also continue to diagram and label parts of speech in sentences, and master our editing skills by finding mistakes in sentences. Students will practice reading a story with inflection and expression this week too! </div>
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Math: We will work hard in math this week to master our 3's times table. We will also dive into division facts and talk about fact families! A car trip is a great time to give your child a math problem (5x2) and ask them not only for the answer but for the fact family it belongs with (2x5, 10÷5, 10÷2)!</div>
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History: Students will experience the birth of Democracy in the heart of Ancient Greece, Athens! They will also learn the connection between the goddess Athena and the great city. Ask your scholar to explain the premise of the Trojan War as well as compare the lifestyles of ancient Greeks to our own! </div>
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Science: It is our last week learning about insects before we move on to our next unit: simple machines! We will meet an entomologist who will teach us about how insects can be friends or foes. On Monday a study guide will be sent home with your scholar. Please read and review it all week so they are ready for their test on Thursday. We will also be reviewing in class! Happy studying! </div>
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Sweater Weather: Please make sure your child's name is written somewhere inside their uniform sweater! They are MUCH easier to track down if they are labeled!<br />
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Boxcar Project: Instructions went home this week! <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0BzVhMYqO7jRDRDVndmVnBCak0/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Here is a link to the rubric for your reference.</a><br />
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Boxcar Holiday Party: Our Boxcar Holiday Party will be on December 21! We will feast on things the Boxcar Children eat regularly, be thankful for what we have, do a book exchange, and do a fun train craft! <a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0445a5a823aaf58-boxcar1" target="_blank">Please sign up here if you'd like to help out</a>! <br />
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Book Exchange: Please send in a gently loved book with your child by Monday December 21. We will be doing a really fun book exchange as a class! <br />
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Holiday Gift: Students will be making a gift for their sweet parents in class in a few weeks. If your student needs to make 2 gifts please send me an email before Friday December 16. <br />
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Here is a look at our learning this week:</div>
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Language arts: We are still working hard on prepositions, and objects of prepositions in grammar! Students also be introduced to direction quotations this week! In literature we will finish The Boxcar Children. We will have class discussions on assumptions and reputations. Students will write a journal reflection after each of these last 3 chapters from a perspective of one of the Alden children. We had a great brainstorming session about the differences between us and the Boxcar Children last week, ask you child about it!</div>
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Math: On Monday we will take a quiz covering the first five chapters we have covered this semester! On Tuesday we will move into Chapter 6, multiplication of 2's. This is a quick chapter, as most of the students are already showing master of the 2's times table! On Friday we will introduce the students to the 3's table!</div>
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Science: Our entomologists will continue their study of insects by learning about singing and glowing insects! Do you know which insects these are? See if you scholar can name them! We will also learn more about the largest group of insects on earth - armored insects: bees!</div>
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History: From China we will now journey into Ancient Greece! Students will learn many of the origins of western culture and influence. This week, we will introduce the geography of Greece and learn about the legendary Greek Gods and Goddesses! Ask your history expert to tell you a fun fact about one of the deities and areas of interest in Ancient Greece!</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving week! </div>
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I am so thankful, today and everyday. I have the best job in the world. I have the privilege of helping to shape and mold amazing young humans every single day! Something that I do not take lightly! The fun crafts, jokes, and activities are just an added bonus :)<br />
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I hope you all have a great break, and eat lots of yummy foods! I cannot wait to hear about Thanksgiving from your children's perspective when we return! <br />
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<b><u>Announcements</u></b>: We will be having a Boxcar and Holiday celebration on December 22. Please donate one (gently used) book to our classroom, as well as a toilet paper or paper towel roll! <br />
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Boxcar Project: On Monday students will come home with a Boxcar Project. Students will be creating a diorama of the boxcar inside a shoe box! More instructions will be sent home Monday, just want to get this on your radar!<br />
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Address: Please <a href="mailto:acook@Archwayarete.org" target="_blank">email me</a> your address, or write it down in your students planner. We will be addressing envelopes to ourselves next week! <br />
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Here are some pictures of our learning this week:<br />
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Here is a look at next week:<br />
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Language arts: In language arts next week we will introduce students to writing a friendly letter! This will tie in perfectly with a holiday activity we do where each students writes a letter to another student telling them how wonderful they are! Students will learn parts of a letter next week, including how to address an envelope! In literature we will be reading chapters 8-10 in <u>The Boxcar Children, </u>and having a class discussion about what makes our homes feel special, and what makes us homesick!<br />
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Math: In math we will continue to work on dividing things into equal groups. Students are ROCKING this! We will introduce what to do when things cannot be split into equal groups, and we have "leftovers." We will review all week, Friday nights homework will provide great practice for a test on the following Monday (12/5).<br />
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History: In history we will continue learning about China! We will learn about ancient Chinese inventions, and we make a cross-curricular connection between a silk worm and insects!<br />
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Science: Last week we spent time reviewing complete vs. incomplete metamorphosis. Next week our young (adorable) entomologists will continue their study of insects through learning about bees (honeybees, drones, and queens!), paper wasps, termites, and ants. Ask your scholar if they can describe the difference between a social and a solitary insect. Can they tell you what each bee must do in order to survive? Can they tell you how ants and termites are different from other insects?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13212483376058639068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344199663201314560.post-46407431121311089842016-11-18T14:16:00.002-08:002016-11-18T14:16:34.849-08:00Announcements:<br />
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Thank you to all of you that completed the homework survery! I have reviewed the results, and the second grade team has met to discuss the data. We are working to make homework a more enjoyable experience for your scholar, but are very happy that YOU feel well equipped to help them! Again, if you feel like homework is exceedingly difficult, or taking too much time, please do not hesitate to reach out to me personally! <br />
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Winter Concert! The winter concert was INCREDIBLE! The students looked cute as buttons, and sang wonderfully! My teacher heart was full of pride! Some great pictures are below!<br />
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Coming up: We will be having a winter celebration and Boxcar feast on Wednesday December 22. I know it seems far away but it will be here before we know it! A sign up genius will go out when we return from Thanksgiving break, but <u>please be collecting toilet paper rolls! Students will also need to bring one book for a book exchange!</u> <br />
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Pictures of our learning last week:<br />
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Our Spelling Bee Finalists! </div>
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Some picture from the winter concert:</div>
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Here is a look at our learning for the short week ahead!<br />
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Language arts: Due to the short week we will not have Spalding words (it's ok to cheer!). We will spend the class time reviewing tough words and phonograms. We will be introducing prepositions and prepositional phrases in grammar! The students have been wanting to use prepositions all year, and starting next week they will be able to! We will learn 2 new jingles, and students will set to work memorizing a long list of prepositions. in literature we will read chapters 7 and 8 of <u>The Boxcar Children.</u> We will have a class discussion about how the children show initiative!<br />
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Math: In math next week we will introduce students to division! Division will be presented as sharing a whole amongst EQUAL groups. We will do some fun Thanksgiving craft-ivities in math with Turkey's as well!<br />
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Science: Our young entomologists will continue their study of insects through learning about bees (honeybees, drones, queens) and paper wasps. Ask your scholar if they can describe the difference between a social and a solitary insect. Can they also describe what a bee must do in order to survive?<br />
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History: Although we will be gearing up to celebrate Thanksgiving, we will experience a little taste of Chinese New Year as well! Students will review concepts like Confucianism, important rivers (Yellow and Yangtze), Emperor Qin, calligraphy, and the importance of family! Ask you child to share a "fun fact" about China with you!<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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