What a full week! A full class of students, full of learning and full of fun! We started more specific work with US geography, we celebrated our learning of tricky consonant pairs in phonics, we worked hard to publish, publish, publish our non-fiction books, we read our chapter books with a focus on the characters, and we confidently tackled 2 digit subtraction. Along with all that, we managed to ski, sing, cook, and of course, be brave & kind.
For US geography, we began with an alphabetical list of the states, pronunciation of each state, their abbreviations, and we made political maps. Next week, we will make physical maps, look at National Parks and learn the "Fifty Nifty" song. Here we are with our collaborative puzzle making:
Yay, we got to ski in PE! Mr. "Snowy" Day was quite excited, and so were we as we finally got to enjoy this annual favorite. I was fortunate to capture the picture below as they swooshed by our classroom.
We enjoyed Farm-to-School with Kayli this week as we learned about squash. Here are a few quotes to summarize our thoughts on the experience and the recipe we made:
"Every time I'm about to try something new I think,
'What if it's the best thing I've ever tasted?'. I don't want to miss out on it." --Sora
"I give it a great big smiley face!" --Ian
"I wanna make a whole bowl of it!" --Lukas
Other things to ask your child about this week:
- "Kindness" picture books: All for Me and None for All, Paulie Pastrami, All Are Welcome
- Completing the district-wide math assessment
- How consonants can mimic or disguise their sounds. IE: --ge (sounds like [j] in "camouflage"), and gh (sounds like [g] in "spaghetti", [f] in "laugh" or is silent in "light")
We are collecting photocopy paper boxes for our upcoming US State Parade. Each student in grade 2 will need their own box (lid included). If you have access to any, please save them, and send them in to school the week of February 3. Thank you!
Enjoy the weekend!
Mrs. Hock
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