Classroom Logistics:

Welcome to 2nd grade. The first few weeks of school is based on building community, routines and stamina for learning. We hope your child has a fantastic year!

We have 2 snack opportunities a day (school is not providing snacks). 

Please bring a water bottle with your child's name on it. 

We are taking snack donations. Please donate healthy nut free snacks for when kids forget. 

Schedules of specials:

Library: Monday

PE/Music: Tuesday and Friday (make sure your kiddo is wearing good PE shoes those days)

Bring home folders on Monday (black or purple). It goes home on Fridays. Please remove all papers before bringing it back. 

Classroom Learning:

Week of 09/28

ELA:

Fundations (phonics): Unit 2: (2 week unit) Students will learn about bonus letters and glued sounds. 

ELA and writing: We are starting our first unit about Fall. We are reading the book The Little Yellow Leaf. We will explore story structure beginning, middle and end. 

SEL: Students are learning about: How big are our problems. We will create a thermometer we can bring home. 

Science or Social Studies: My world: Students will make a flip book about their world. Students are learning abour their state Oregon and Country. 

French:

phonics: 

sound "ch" (=sh in English)

vocabulary:

• nouns: le cheval, le chat*, le chien*, la ruche, 

• verbs: cache (v), marche (v), cherche (v), 

• adjectives: faché

• mots défis (trick words):  il y a, j’ai, il, aussi, avec, je,

reading/writing: week 1

theme: fall 

vocabulary: 

• les feuilles, le sol, automne, le panier, les pommes, les oiseaux, la plante, la citrouille, la maison

• tomber, jouer, manger, faire peur, tourner, décorer,

• rouge, vert, jaune, grande, 

Math:

number corner focus of the month:

odd and even

time to nearest 5 min

fluency strategies: math facts within 20, 2 addends to make 10 and 20

Bridges: 

Graphing using graphs in columns and Venn diagram

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ELA:

Fundations (phonics): Unit 1: Review of handwriting. They will review diagraphs: ch,th, ck, wh. They will also review of the c, k, or ck rule.  C follows a and o. K follows e and i. "ck" is at the end of single syllable words.  Test is Friday. 

ELA and writing: We are starting our first unit about Fall. We will discuss/look at art  the four seasons. Students will read a poem about weather and do a craftivity exploring the beginning middle and end of the poem. 

SEL: Students are learning about How big are our problems. We will create a thermometer we can bring home. 

Science or Social Studies: My world: Students will make a flip book about their world. They will start in their room and then their house in which they will learn their address. Then city and school. 

French:

phonics: reviewing vowel sounds and letter names. We only spell in French in French class.

reading/writing: reviewing prepositional words and common sight words

vocabulary: 

• prepositions: sous, sur, dans, devant, derrière, à côté de, entre, avec

• classroom objects 

Math:

number corner focus of the month:

odd and even

time to nearest 5 min

fluency strategies: math facts within 20, 2 addends to make 10 and 20

Bridges: 

Graphing using graphs in columns and Venn diagram