Greetings
Team Peake!
We
have had a wonderful week and a half back together celebrating the New Year and
discussing our goals for the last half of second grade. It’s hard to believe
that your second grader will be a third grader in a few short months! Your
child came home with a letter noting some of the high expectations that we have
for your student and ways that you can help support them as they prepare to
become more independent learners. Please continue to discuss these expectations
with your child.
At
this point in the year, I would like for each child to be reading fluently on
their current reading level. This means that they should be reading quickly,
smoothly, with accuracy and expression. The best way to improve fluency is to reread
a “good fit” text. Your child may also like to listen to a recording of themselves
reading to hear where they can make improvements.
This semester we will also continue building
our reading comprehension and answering text-based questions as this will be an
important skill for your child throughout their education. When you are asking
your child questions about their reading make sure to ask them to show you the
evidence in their text to support their answers. We will be working on this
throughout the year as we continue to look closely at a variety of texts.
Please
continue to make sure that your child is reading at least 20 minutes a night
and tracking their reading in their “book it” log to add to our monthly class
total and to earn a pizza coupon!
While
we want to be fluent readers, we also want to be fluent mathematicians to
better prepare us for multistep problems in third grade. We have been working diligently
to improve our basic addition and subtraction fact fluency. Your child should
know their basic addition and subtraction facts without using their fingers,
etc. to count forwards and backwards. This automatic retrieval is extremely
beneficial especially as we solve double digit addition and subtraction
problems that involve regrouping. This past week I introduced the students to double
digit subtraction with regrouping. I am proud of how well they are catching on
and would love to see them continue to improve in solving any kind of addition
and subtraction problem.
Important
updates and reminders:
Congratulations
to our new Star Student, Yamil! We are proud of our hardworking and kind
friend. Yamil has been a great helper this year and we can’t wait to learn more
about his interests and what makes him so special this week.
READ-A-THON
is coming soon! Our class is SO excited to build our reading stamina and raise
money for the best school ever. The lovely Kathryn Brown is our Read-a-thon rep
and will be in touch with you soon about details.
I
will be out the 22nd and the 26th of this month. I have
secured Ms. Prayma as our substitute and know that she will do a wonderful job
teaching and caring for our children on those two days. Please make sure to
send all notes/transportation changes via note in your child’s backpack on
those days as I will be away from email.
Thank
you for your support!
Mrs. Peake
Mrs. Peake
