Hi, everyone! Happy October! It's been a FANTASTIC week here in second grade! We continued our Science Unit on plants! Ask your child to tell you all about our experiment---we put tin foil on the leaves of a plant and predicted what would happen. Now we're waiting to see if our predictions are correct. We learned all about the Scientific Method during this experiment. The children played a review game on the Smart Board all about plants, and they took their Science test on plants, too!
Wednesday's Hispanic Heritage Day was definitely the highlight of the week! It's so wonderful that our children have the privilege of learning Spanish at such a young age, and it's an even bigger privilege that they are able to experience parts of the Hispanic culture. Muy Bien, Mrs. Hernandez!!!
Here are some other things we learned:
*Reading - During reading group, we're reading a factual chapter book all about the rainforest. While reading, we're practicing all of the reading strategies we've learned so far this year!
*Writing - We reviewed the 5 steps of the writing process and wrote a piggy-back paragraph telling how we can be a light for Jesus! These are hanging up on our bulletin board. We made some jack-o-lanterns, too, and these are also hanging up. Come by and take a peek if you get a chance!
*Math - We reviewed telling time, counting change, place value, and fractions this week. We continued to practice double digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, too! Many of the children can solve these difficult problems but are still struggling with teen subtraction facts (i.e. 13-9, 18-7, etc.) If you have a chance, it's a good idea to practice these at home. THANKS!
*Social Studies - We worked on some map reading skills and reviewed the 4 directions. We also learned the history of the song Yankee Doodle.
*Language Arts - We reviewed possessive nouns and possessive pronouns. We talked about contractions, too!
*Handwriting - We learned how to make a cursive h this week!
Here are a few important announcements/reminders:
Wednesday's Hispanic Heritage Day was definitely the highlight of the week! It's so wonderful that our children have the privilege of learning Spanish at such a young age, and it's an even bigger privilege that they are able to experience parts of the Hispanic culture. Muy Bien, Mrs. Hernandez!!!
Here are some other things we learned:
*Reading - During reading group, we're reading a factual chapter book all about the rainforest. While reading, we're practicing all of the reading strategies we've learned so far this year!
*Writing - We reviewed the 5 steps of the writing process and wrote a piggy-back paragraph telling how we can be a light for Jesus! These are hanging up on our bulletin board. We made some jack-o-lanterns, too, and these are also hanging up. Come by and take a peek if you get a chance!
*Math - We reviewed telling time, counting change, place value, and fractions this week. We continued to practice double digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, too! Many of the children can solve these difficult problems but are still struggling with teen subtraction facts (i.e. 13-9, 18-7, etc.) If you have a chance, it's a good idea to practice these at home. THANKS!
*Social Studies - We worked on some map reading skills and reviewed the 4 directions. We also learned the history of the song Yankee Doodle.
*Language Arts - We reviewed possessive nouns and possessive pronouns. We talked about contractions, too!
*Handwriting - We learned how to make a cursive h this week!
Here are a few important announcements/reminders:
*Next Friday, 10/8th will be a half day. Dismissal will be t 11:30.
*HOMECOMING will be the week of October 18-22ND. The dress up days will be as follows:
MONDAY - SPORTS DAY
*HOMECOMING will be the week of October 18-22ND. The dress up days will be as follows:
MONDAY - SPORTS DAY
TUESDAY - CRAZY HAT AND SOCKS DAY
WEDNESDAY - COWBOY DAY
THURSDAY - CLASH DAY (WEAR CLOTHES THAT DON'T MATCH!)
FRIDAY - SPIRIT DAY - WEAR RED, WHITE, AND BLUE OR MUSTANG CLOTHES!
*During the month of October, the 2nd grade will be learning about fictional stories and fairy tales. We are asking each child to decorate a small pumpkin to be any type of character (a made up one is fine, too) and bring it in on MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH. In school that week, each child will write a fairy tale with his/her pumpkin character as a main character. FUN!
*Then, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER29TH we will celebrate PUMPKIN STORY DAY! Each child may come to school that day dressed like his/her favorite story book character. Have your child bring a book to school that day with his/her character in it. The children will be sharing their stories with each other in class that day. If anyone would like to send in a pumpkin treat to share with the class that day (i.e. pumpkin pie, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread, etc), that would be great! We are also hoping that a parent will send in a big pumpkin for our class to carve. Let me know if you'd like to send one in for us!
*This year's ANNUAL AUCTION will be held on NOVEMBER 4TH! Mrs. Corsino's class is responsible for a "Movie" basket, and Mrs. Ludwig's class is responsible for a "Gators" basket. Please send in items NO LATER THAN THIS COMING MONDAY if you can! For Mrs. Corsino's class, some ideas include movie tickets, movie candy, popcorn, the popcorn containers you can buy at Target, a DVD of a great movie, movie stickers, etc. So far, we have one movie and a bunch of movie candy, so we are in need of many more items! For Mrs. Ludwig, anything that goes along with the Florida Gators will do!
During my personal devotion time this week, I've been reading in the Book of Matthew. Chapter 11 verse 28 really spoke to me. It says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Sometimes in life we have burdens to bear. Sometimes in life the things we must accomplish on a day-to-day basis may leave us feeling tired and weary. Sometimes I get all caught up in all that needs to be done that I forget to take the time to turn to the Lord in prayer...but all we need to do is turn to Him and He will give us rest.
*During the month of October, the 2nd grade will be learning about fictional stories and fairy tales. We are asking each child to decorate a small pumpkin to be any type of character (a made up one is fine, too) and bring it in on MONDAY, OCTOBER 18TH. In school that week, each child will write a fairy tale with his/her pumpkin character as a main character. FUN!
*Then, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER29TH we will celebrate PUMPKIN STORY DAY! Each child may come to school that day dressed like his/her favorite story book character. Have your child bring a book to school that day with his/her character in it. The children will be sharing their stories with each other in class that day. If anyone would like to send in a pumpkin treat to share with the class that day (i.e. pumpkin pie, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread, etc), that would be great! We are also hoping that a parent will send in a big pumpkin for our class to carve. Let me know if you'd like to send one in for us!
*This year's ANNUAL AUCTION will be held on NOVEMBER 4TH! Mrs. Corsino's class is responsible for a "Movie" basket, and Mrs. Ludwig's class is responsible for a "Gators" basket. Please send in items NO LATER THAN THIS COMING MONDAY if you can! For Mrs. Corsino's class, some ideas include movie tickets, movie candy, popcorn, the popcorn containers you can buy at Target, a DVD of a great movie, movie stickers, etc. So far, we have one movie and a bunch of movie candy, so we are in need of many more items! For Mrs. Ludwig, anything that goes along with the Florida Gators will do!
During my personal devotion time this week, I've been reading in the Book of Matthew. Chapter 11 verse 28 really spoke to me. It says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Sometimes in life we have burdens to bear. Sometimes in life the things we must accomplish on a day-to-day basis may leave us feeling tired and weary. Sometimes I get all caught up in all that needs to be done that I forget to take the time to turn to the Lord in prayer...but all we need to do is turn to Him and He will give us rest.
Have an AMAZING weekend!
In Christ's Name,
Mrs. Corsino and Mrs. Ludwig
PS Mrs. Corsino's star student will be MATTHEW.
Mrs. Ludwig's will be LOGAN BROWN.
SECRET WORD: autumn
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