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Second Grade News: January 10, 2013

Things to Note:

·         Please be sure that students are bringing everything they need on Fridays to participate in Fun Fitness Friday activities!

·         If you would like to order books from scholastic our next classroom order is due Monday, January 14, 2013.

·         Mark your calendars: No school Monday, January 21 or Tuesday, January 22. 

Science:

In the last two weeks students have enjoyed a few science experiments.  Our first experiment involved predicting and testing what happens to both warm water and boiling water when thrown into below freezing air.  The second graders were excited to see that the boiling water quickly turned into ice crystals while the warm water just fell to the ground!  During other experiments we have begun to work different types of matter (solids and liquids).  Students have been observing what happens when you mix a solid and a liquid together as well as what happens when you freeze a liquid. 

Mathematics:

We have recently begun a new section in our math unit.  In this section students will be making sense of and developing strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with totals to 45, understanding the properties of addition and subtraction, as well as using manipulatives, drawings, tools, and notation to show strategies and solutions.  Students have really enjoyed learning new strategies from each other and trying out more effective strategies when solving word problems.  

Homework:

Please don’t forget to help your child record the reading they are doing at home on their reading logs that SHOULD be in their homework bags!  I have been looking at these regularly and have discovered that there is not much reading recorded. 

Your child’s reading homework each night is to read for AT LEAST 20 minutes.  Reading for this amount of time is proven to be beneficial for your beginning reader… and it fosters a reading habit that is sure to last a lifetime!

* Listen to your child read and encourage him/her!

* Read to your child!                                                                                                                     

*Have fun and talk about the book (before, during, and afterwards)!  

    

Have Great Weekend - Mrs. Raynor