The Week in Second Grade

In Second Grade this week, we have been building on the idea of community.  We have identified what things we do to help our class community.

Over the weekend, could you please help your child by taking pictures of your local community and the services that are available?  Please email the photos to your teacher and we will print them off.  Next week, we would like to make posters of the services in our local community.  We will also focus on wants verses needs of a community.

Welcome to Ms Sweis who joined second grade this week while covering Ms Frazier's maternity leave.  Ms Sweis has been with second grade before when Mrs LeBlanc had her baby.  It has been great to have Ms Sweis join us and we know that 2F will be well looked after!

In Math next week, we will be expanding numbers.  For example: 357 is 300 + 50 + 7.  This helps students with their place value understanding and is crucial for the development of addition and subtraction with place value.  If I have a problem like: 357 + 232.  I know that 357 is 300 + 50 + 7 and 232 is 200 + 30 + 2.  I can add the hundreds 300 + 200 = 500.  I can add the tens 50 + 30 = 80 and I can the ones 7 + 2 = 9.  I can then add 500 + 80 + 9 and my answer is 589.  

In Reader's and Writer's workshop, we are learning to 'retell' stories.  We have learned that stories have a beginning, middle and end.  Stories have characters and are set in certain places.  We are using who, what, where, when, how and why to help us retell stories.  

We are learning and having fun in second grade!  Have a great weekend.  Remember to take photos!  Also, please have your child wear YELLOW on Sunday.  We are celebrating Peace One Day and having a whole school photo taken.