Week of September 21st - 25th

2nd Grade Math
This week we completed our chapter on subtraction. The boys did very well on their math tests. They worked on fact families, counting back, touch math and using addition to solve subtraction problems. Chapter three will focus on Place Value to 100.

1st Grade Reading
This week in Reading we continued to work with the Wilson Reading program. We are still reviewing letters and sounds. We also worked on sight words, poems, fluency, and making words. My students have been working really hard in Reading!

Afternoon Math
This week we worked on positioning, patterning, simple addition, counting and ordinal numbers. The boys have been busy. We also briefly discussed estimation. This was a confusing concept for my students.

Afternoon Reading
My afternoon Reading group has been busy this week. We read a story called Sap and worked with -ap, - at, and -ack words. We focused on fluency and comprehension strategies. We added more words to our word wall, worked on spelling words and focused on guided Reading.

Announcements
Thursday, October 1st - Picture Day
Monday, October 12th - No School Columbus Day
Friday, October 16th - Gym Night at Ide

Week of September 14th - 18th

Second Grade Math - AM
We started Chapter 2 on subtraction facts and strategies this week. The strategies we used this week were counting back, using fact families, and using addition to find the differences.

First Grade Reading
This was the first week of our RTI program. I am currently seeing three different groups of children. We concentrated on the letters: b, f, m, n, t, c, a, i, r this week. We focused on writing words, reading words and making words. We also played word family bingo.

Afternoon Reading
This week we concentrated on short a words. We read a story called A Rat and the children did really well with it. We also did a variety of other activities including: Imagination Station, word family activities, Guided Reading, and vowel sound activities.

Afternoon Math
This week in Math we concentrated on the numbers 1 - 10. We worked with patterns, one to one correspondence. We also worked on basic addition.


Announcements
We have our Mimio board in our classroom! Ask your children about it. They love it!!!

Week of September 8th - 11th

Second Grade Math - AM
We continued working on addition this week. We used strategies to add 3 digit numbers as well as worked on story problems. We will be having our Chapter test on Friday.

Afternoon Reading
This week we continued to review the consonants. We also started working with short a. We read many books together this week. We have been focusing on our author of the month, Eric Carle. We read Little Cloud and Pancakes, Pancakes. We also started reading stories from our reading anthology.

Afternoon Math
This week in Math we worked on patterning with shapes and colors. We also worked with numbers 1 - 9. The boys have done quite well this week in Math.

Announcements
Magazine Drive Kickoff - Friday, September 11th
Early Dismissal Day - Tuesday, September 22nd
Picture Day - Thursday, October 1st

Week of August 31st - September 4th

It has been a great second week of school! Starting on September 14th I will be pulling small groups for Reading instruction.


Second Grade Math - AM
We have been reviewing addition. We have also been working on addition strategies that focus on counting on and using doubles to add sums to 18.

Afternoon Math
We have been working a variety of concepts including: sorting, classfying, number recognition, inside, outside, next to, beside, below, above and between.

Afternoon Reading
This week we added some new words to our word wall: a, and, to, like, go, is
We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Polar Bear, Polar Bear what do you see? We also concentrated on the short a sound.

Announcements
I will be attending the 1st and 2nd grade Curriculum Night next Wednesday. Feel free to stop by and find me if you have any questions.