Dear
Parents,
These
past few weeks have FLOWN by for us in Team Peake as we have been very busy
with Read-a-thon, learning new math concepts and exploring the matter around us.
Thank you for supporting our school and your child during Read-a-thon. We are
excited to hear how many minutes we read as class and how much money we raised
for our school! I wonder who the top boy and girl readers will be… I am proud
of them ALL! This upcoming week will be another fun-filled, yet short, week as
we will begin our Winter Break on Friday. We will celebrate our friendships in
second grade on Thursday as we will have a Valentines’ Exchange. A letter went
home with the correct spelling of each child’s name as well as a brief
explanation for our party. Thank you to Dawn Dwyer and Elizabeth Sharpton for
offering to bring in a special treat.
Here’s
a look into the curriculum:
Phonics:
Y as
a vowel: y=long e as in happy, carefully, lady, etc and y=long i as in cry,
try, fly, my, etc.
*Please
make sure your child practices his or her red words at home. They are going to
become more challenging. There are also more red words each week. This week
there are 5 words that your child will be expected to know and use in their
writing.
Reading:
Comparing
and Contrasting throughout texts.
Math:
Estimating lengths using
feet, inches and centimeters as well as measuring exact lengths with the same
units.
Writing:
Writing “I Have a Dream”
essays
Science:
An inquiry into force and
motion
Important Announcements and
Reminders:
·
Please
make sure that your child arrives at school no later than 7:50. There are many
students who are trickling in right when the bell rings and it is starting to
become a bit disruptive to their morning routine. I begin Morning
Meeting/instruction as soon as announcements conclude.
·
Please
be on the lookout for a letter detailing a meaningful project that the students
will be completing in the classroom as well as at home. This letter will be
going home on Feb. 11th. The letter will include a choice board that
will need to be turned in when we returned from Winter Break on Feb. 17th.
·
Congratulations
to our most recent Star Students, Henon and Himanshi! These two friends have
been working very hard in the classroom and have impressed me with their independence.
Keep up the great work, girls!
Have
a wonderful week!
