Hello Wonderful Parents!
We finished FastBridge except for a few students that were absent. The students did an amazing job. Their graphs are going up, up, up :)
We are working fast and furiously to get our Spring Showcase projects completed by Thursday. Your child has selected to either do a game or a puzzle (or preapproved project). Most of the students have completed their 10 questions & answers for their 1st life cycle last week and they completed their 10 questions & answers for their 2nd life cycle this week. I conferenced with the students about their projects to make sure they were on track and what I found was that the students needed help with spelling. I helped as much as I had time for and told them to go back and edit their questions. This is difficult for a 2nd grader to edit their own work, especially when they aren't sure of the spelling of many words. If you could take a look at their questions and answers to make sure they are spelled correctly it would make playing the games and puzzles much easier and more fun if we can read them :) I gave each student an envelope to put all their puzzle, questions, instructions, playing pieces, dice, game board (if it fits) so they can bring this home and work on this over the weekend. They need to color their game board and pictures of their life cycle. For the puzzle, we are putting the questions and answers on one side and a picture of their life cycles on the other side. I will laminate these for the students next week and they can cut them out.
Also, we are going to be doing some fun themed culminating activities. I will need supplies to pull this off, so be looking for a supply list from Signup Genius to volunteer to bring in supplies for these days.
Don't forget to come to Spring Showcase on Thursday. They are getting all excited about this.
Curriculum:
Science: Projects are due Wednesday, I hope to wrap these projects up on Monday so students can put their finishing touches on them this week.
English: We are working on reviewing everything we have learned and editing writing. They will write their last opinion writing about a book they are or have read and turn this in for a writing grade.
Reading: The students are loving reading in their Reading Book Clubs. They have so much to share with each other about how much they are enjoying their book. They have been video taping themselves and uploading these into SeeSaw so I can read and hear what they have written about their book. These videos are great!
Math: Both 2.2 & 3.2: We took our last Unit assessment. The students did a fantastic job. Our class average was 97% (with one student that still needs to finish). I introduced them to . a new math game that teaches fact fluency and math concepts. It is called Prodigy. I set it to their level (so 3.2 will be on 3rd grade) The students love it because they play with other students. It is very interactive and the students don't feel like they are learning...but they are :) I will give them their password and they can play this over the summer to help review what they have learned this year.
Enjoy your weekend,
Laura
We finished FastBridge except for a few students that were absent. The students did an amazing job. Their graphs are going up, up, up :)
We are working fast and furiously to get our Spring Showcase projects completed by Thursday. Your child has selected to either do a game or a puzzle (or preapproved project). Most of the students have completed their 10 questions & answers for their 1st life cycle last week and they completed their 10 questions & answers for their 2nd life cycle this week. I conferenced with the students about their projects to make sure they were on track and what I found was that the students needed help with spelling. I helped as much as I had time for and told them to go back and edit their questions. This is difficult for a 2nd grader to edit their own work, especially when they aren't sure of the spelling of many words. If you could take a look at their questions and answers to make sure they are spelled correctly it would make playing the games and puzzles much easier and more fun if we can read them :) I gave each student an envelope to put all their puzzle, questions, instructions, playing pieces, dice, game board (if it fits) so they can bring this home and work on this over the weekend. They need to color their game board and pictures of their life cycle. For the puzzle, we are putting the questions and answers on one side and a picture of their life cycles on the other side. I will laminate these for the students next week and they can cut them out.
Also, we are going to be doing some fun themed culminating activities. I will need supplies to pull this off, so be looking for a supply list from Signup Genius to volunteer to bring in supplies for these days.
Don't forget to come to Spring Showcase on Thursday. They are getting all excited about this.
Curriculum:
Science: Projects are due Wednesday, I hope to wrap these projects up on Monday so students can put their finishing touches on them this week.
English: We are working on reviewing everything we have learned and editing writing. They will write their last opinion writing about a book they are or have read and turn this in for a writing grade.
Reading: The students are loving reading in their Reading Book Clubs. They have so much to share with each other about how much they are enjoying their book. They have been video taping themselves and uploading these into SeeSaw so I can read and hear what they have written about their book. These videos are great!
Math: Both 2.2 & 3.2: We took our last Unit assessment. The students did a fantastic job. Our class average was 97% (with one student that still needs to finish). I introduced them to . a new math game that teaches fact fluency and math concepts. It is called Prodigy. I set it to their level (so 3.2 will be on 3rd grade) The students love it because they play with other students. It is very interactive and the students don't feel like they are learning...but they are :) I will give them their password and they can play this over the summer to help review what they have learned this year.
Enjoy your weekend,
Laura