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First Update for 2016-2017!

Hello everyone! Here is our first 2nd grade update email of the 2016-2017 school year 🙂

Here are some highlights so far:

  • Students are learning how to write paragraphs! (Ask them about Hamburger Paragraphs and start looking for a few to start coming home in their blue Take-Home folders!)
  • The first art project of the year turned out creative, brightly colored, and ready to be used in educational play! 2A made a forest full of animals and plants while 2B made Jurassic World full of lively dinosaurs.

 

 

And for some reminders and updates:

  • School Photo Day for 2nd grade is Tuesday, Sep 27th. Please send your child to school dressed in uniform (Navy polos and khaki bottoms!)
  • Fruity Friday for 2A is coming up on October 7th and for 2B the following week. If you’d like to volunteer with a few other parents to help set up the snacks (arriving at FBCS around 2:40pm on the day of), please email Mrs. Maurice or myself and we’ll sign you up for the job!
  • Some students are still in need of the 10 CI to cover their use of Mathletics. It is a great program that can be used as a resource to meet students with their math skills on their exact level of need. Check out the video tour here.
  • Keeping in line with FBCS educational policies as well as Biblical teaching, Mrs. Maurice and I are intentionally transitioning students forward from the reward systems appropriate for younger students in K-1 into intrinsic motivation and self-awareness more appropriate for their growing developmental needs. Research shows that “extrinsic motivation produces only short-term effects (at best.)” citation: article about cognitive disonance. We hope to support life-long learning skills and pride in doing work with creativity and mastery. Achievement and good values are our objectives! Please enjoy some of these wonderful articles that go into further depth on the subject:
  1. Motivating Students
  2. Dr. Curwin’s take on rewards
  3. The Risks of Rewards (with a Spanish option)
  • Finally, research shows that reading for 20 minutes every night is ideal for student growth! Please help students fill out their Reading Logs as you read together each evening

 

Thank you in advance for all of the positive communication in the year to come!

Blessings over your family time this weekend. Sincerely,

Ms. Mittelman and Mrs. Maurice

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Reading Week:- Jack and the Beanstalk

Wise Owl fairy tale characters… Awesome characters very creative costumes.

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Jack and the Beanstalk read by a parent, Mrs. Cooper.  Students enjoying the story while having their snacks.

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Wise Owls Homework

Reading owlsMonday, February 22, 2016

Reading: Dear Mr. Blueberry

Language Arts: Adjectives

Adjectives booklet: Complete activities – Adding -er/-est (2 pages)

Reading owlsTuesday, February 23, 2016

Mathematics: Calendar & Ordinals

  • Calendar & ordinal worksheets.

Science: Forces & Motion

Cut and paste pictures in the correct category (Pushes/ Pulls)

 

Reading owlsWednesday, February 24, 2016

Reading : Dear Mr. Blueberry

  • Fact & Opinion:- Cut and paste sentences that may be fact/opinion from the story “Dear Mr. Blueberry

Social Studies: Theme 2 The Cayman Islands- A Part of the World

  • Study for Social Studies Test on Friday, February 26, 2016. Read Social Studies Textbook (pages 17 – 21) & Note book.

Mathematics: Calendar & Ordinals

  • Calendar and Ordinals Booklet

Reading owlsThursday, February 25, 2016

Revised for Social Studies – Cayman Social Studies Textbook & Social Studies Notebook.

  • Mathematics:- Calendar & Ordinals

 

Reading owlsFriday, February 22, 2016.

New Bible verse

New Spelling Words

  • Regular Spelling Words (1 – 15)
  • Challenge Spelling Words (1 -20)

Students need to receive (0-1) words incorrect to be given the Challenge Spelling List.

 

Reading owlsWeekend Project

Make a Whale Aquarium

Due Date: Monday, February 29, 2016

Please click for steps in making the whale aquarium

Whale Aquarium

 

Reading: Dear Mr. Blueberry

  • List 5 details that support why a whale couldn’t  be living in Emily’s pond. (Groups Eagle & Humming Birds)
  • Read Dear Mr. Blueberry only. (Group Ducklings)

Letter Writing Activity:- Write Emily a letter explaining why there can’t be a whale in her pond using all their facts. (Letter writing paper will be provided for each student).

 

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Wise Owls Homework

Reading owlsTuesday, November 10, 2015

Mathematics: Bar Graphs

  • Math in the Outdoors worksheet

Reading owlsWednesday, November 11, 2015

Spelling: Learn & ear

Spelling Practice Book (pages 30 & 31)

Revise Spelling words for test (Thursday, November 12, 2015)

Reading owlsThursday, November 12, 2015

Revision for Assessments

Mathematics: Tally Marks

  • Bar graphs

Spelling:

  • Pre-Test words for new spelling & Challenge Words

Reading: The Enormous Turnip Quiz

Reading owlsFriday, November 13, 2015

New Spelling Words

Bible Verse

Reading owlsWeekend Assignment

Reading: The Enormous Turnip

How to Plant a Turnip project:

A creative project that uses transition words to order how to plant a turnip.

Transition words

  • first
  • then
  • after
  • next
  • finally

 

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Wise Owls Math Project

Reading owls

Mid Term Break  Math Project

Topic: Perimeter & Area

Due Date: Monday, November 2, 2015

Dream House Project.

  1.  Outline your dream house on the paper provided by drawing the outside walls. Your dream house should be a compound figure with all right angles.

Compound Shape: In math, a compound shape consists of two or more simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, circles and rectangles.

2.   Area Robot

Create a Robot using the paper provided. Then complete the question sheet.

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Wise Owls Homework

Reading owlsMonday, October 19, 2015

Spelling: Spelling Practice Book (

Reading owlsTuesday, October 20, 2015

Reading: Reading Activity Book

(Pages 34 & 35)

Mathematics: Complete Area activity.

 Area Worksheet

Reading owlsWednesday, October 21, 2015

Mathematics: Measurement: Understanding Area

Complete Area Worksheet

Language Arts: English Workbook

More than One (Pages 29 & 30)

Reading owlsThursday, October 22, 2015

Revision for Assessments:

Spelling – ack/ate

Reading owlsFriday, October 23, 2015

Spelling Words

Bible Verse

Reading owls

Mid Term Break  Math Project

Topic: Perimeter & Area

Due Date: Monday, November 2, 2015

Dream House Project.

  1.  Outline your dream house on the paper provided by drawing the outside walls. Your dream house should be a compound figure with all right angles.

Compound Shape: In math, a compound shape consists of two or more simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, circles and rectangles.

2.   Area Robot

Create a Robot using the paper provided. Then complete the question sheet.

 

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Wise Owls Homework

Reading owlsMonday, October 5, 2015

Spelling: Spelling Practice Book

  • (pages 19 & 20)

Reading owlsTuesday, October 6, 2015

Reading: Days with Frog and Toad

(Pages 26 & 27)

Mathematics: Complete measurement activity.

 Measurement Worksheet

Reading owlsWednesday, October 7, 2015

Reading Comprehension: Days with Frog and Toad

  • Answer each question in a sentence in Language Arts notebook. (Groups Eagle & Hummingbirds)

Reading: One Fine Night

  • Group Duckling (Reading only)

Math: Reteach and Skills Practice Book

  • Measurement (Pages 244-246)

Reading owlsThursday, October 8, 2015

Revision for Assessments:

Spelling – Change y to i add -ed

Language Arts: Pronouns.

  • He, She, It and They
  • I and Me

Spelling: Practical

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=1424748

Reading owlsFriday, October 9, 2015

 

New Spelling Words

Bible Verse

Reading owlsSocial Studies Project

Due Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2014

  1. On a large piece of paper draw a map of your own imaginary island. Give the island a name. Give your map a
  • title
  • key
  • Compass Rose

2. Write a story about something that happened on the island. You could type your story using a computer and print it out for Oral presentation in class. Be CREATIVE with your imaginary island. Reading owls

 

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