February 17 - 21

Dear Families,

This week we were immersed in our study of the United States. We continued our state research and began creating artifacts to decorate state floats.  On Wednesday with Mrs. Courcelle, children learned to program Bee Bots to travel across the United States.

In math the children we presented with a story situation that was missing the question.  In partnerships the children created questions that could be asked given the situation.  Students visited different problems written on posters and worked together to solve the problem.   

Other things to ask your child about:
~Playing Capture the Clock in Number Corner
~Creating artifacts for state floats
~Chester's Way and making connections with characters
~Gathering more evidence from books to support opinions about characters

We hope you enjoy time with your family.  We look forward to seeing everyone back on March 4th!

Katie & Casey

February 10 - 14

Dear Families,

It was a very exciting week in second grade! Some highlights from our week: painting state floats and research, Farm to School, going to the Flynn, Valentine's day pancake breakfast, and a fun class celebration!

 Making and taste testing cabbage cole slaw!

Researchers at Work!

Valentine's Day <3

A well deserved class celebration!

Have a great weekend,
Katie & Casey

February 3 - 7

Dear Families,

It's hard to believe we celebrated the 100th day of second grade this week!  Due to the snow day today, report cards will be sent home on Monday. 

This week we learned:
~Writers develop new opinions by looking at the pictures in their books.
~All about our first research project.

This week we experienced:
~Solving compare problems two ways on an open number line.
~Noticing when a character acts out of character.
~Exploring a new pattern on our calendar in Number Corner.

Other things to ask your child about:
~Our class read aloud, Flora & Ulysses
~Scoot math game
~Checking for vowels in every syllable

Have a great snowy weekend!
Katie & Casey