8/31/2012

Post date: Sep 01, 2012 12:34:49 AM

Second Grade Newsletter 8/31/2012

Our first field experience to St. Mary’s Glacier was amazing!  The students had so much fun, and learned so much from the hands-on experience with Dr. Mike from XSci Research Center at the University of Colorado at Denver!  We are so thankful to be part of a school that was founded on these ideas.  Please don’t forget that we will be sharing results with you on Thursday, Sept. 6th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in our classrooms.  

Reminder about our kick off our Structural and Civil Engineering at The DaVinci Machines Exhibition at the Denver Pavilions (500 16th Street in Denver) on Saturday, September 8th!  We will meet as a group outside at 9:45am and the teachers will collect the money to enter as a group at 10am so that we get a discount.

A gentle reminder, the first math homework will begin at the end of this week with lesson 1.11.  Simply double click on the green square that resembles a post-it note, and a box will pop up for your child to type in.  Please try to wait to do the homework on the day of the lesson or after so your child has the knowledge they need to complete the work.  Thank you for your support at home.  

Science –

-construct an explanation about the effect of environmental changes on the survival of plants and animals

-investigate how wind and water can move Earth materials from one place to another and change the shape of landforms

-observe and compare the many kinds of living things that are found in different areas

-analyze a habitat

-establish science notebook protocols

Technology-

-iPod care and use

-printing pictures from iPods

-learn how to save and put document on personal  USB drive

-learn how to do math homework on USB drive

Engineering

-cooperative and collaborative groups formed for future work with WeDo®

-DUPLO® blocks used to build a collaborative community

Math

-Equivalent Names for Numbers

-Counting Patterns

-Relations

-Math Homework on USB Drive

STEM Success “Lynx”

Thank you to our parents who joined us on the excursion and have donated supplies to help with our learning and classroom!!!

How can you help?!?!

If you took pictures during our field trip, will you please send them in on your child’s flash drive next week?

Serving You,

The Second Grade Team