Sept2013 new - District 30

MISS STAMOUDIS’ News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Reading
Thank You!
Thank you for coming to Curriculum Night! It was wonderful to see some of you again
and meet some of you for the
first time. I enjoyed speaking
to you about our class rules,
class expectations, and the
second grade curriculum.
For those who were not able
to make it, we missed you.
Please refer to the packet I
sent home with your child
which includes the information you missed.
In Reading we have been reviewing
various Reading Strategies we will use to
help us be successful readers. The Reading Strategies are: Predict/Infer, Phonics/
Decoding, Monitor/Clarify, Questioning,
Evaluating, and Summarizing. We listened to and read various stories using the
strategies to help. We will continue to
review these in depth, as the year progresses.
Last week we begin Theme 1 of our
Houghton Mifflin Reading Series. The first
story we read was titled, Dragon Gets By.
We learned some new vocabulary words
to go with our story and focused on summarizing and comprehension skills. We
also listened to a story titled, Seven Sillies.
It was a funny story about some silly animals that have trouble counting. We also
worked on the following skills and activities: story structure, base words and -s,
-ed, and -ing endings, reading a chart, the
short i and a sounds, homophones, and
grammar skills.
We have already started our Guided
Reading Groups. While I am meeting with
one group, the other groups will work on
various Language Arts activities.
Math
In Math we continue to work on Unit 2.
We are practicing addition up to 1,000 with
and without regrouping. Please help your
child with their homework if they need it.
We will start our Math Facts practice soon!
Science
We have been learning about objects in
the sky, specifically the Sun, Moon, and
Stars. We have enjoyed observing the
position and reappearance of the Moon
and Sun during the day. Be sure to help
your child at home with their Moon Journals. In the next couple weeks we will
construct constellation models from star
patterns and read simple star maps in
class to become familiar with positions and
appearance of the stars.
Second Step
For the past couple weeks we have
been talking about listening skills and following directions. We review these skills
daily.
Writing Workshop
We have been writing daily. Our focus
is Narrative Writing. We are writing short
stories about what we know how to do and
things we know about.
Important Dates and Reminders
Lots of Fun in 2nd Grade
We have been very busy! To the right is a
picture of your child doing one of the
following: reading sight words, making a
portfolio cover, reading books together,
playing a math game, doing their job, or
standing in line.
*Tuesday, Sept., 24th - Field TripThe Grove 8:50 am to 11:30 am
*Monday, October 14th - No
School due to Columbus Day
*Thursday, Oct., 10th - Evening
Parent/Teacher Conferences
*Thursday, Oct., 17th - Evening
Parent/Teacher Conferences