2ndhills@park

Writing: The kids are working on another small moment!  We are going to show what great writers we are with including a good lead, showing not telling details, dialouge, transitions, and onomatopoeia!  I can't wait to read these stories when they finish next week! Fancy Purple Pen Award: Congratulations to our first recipient of the Fancy Purple Pen Award, Weston!  I give this award after the kids finish a writing piece, and look to see which student did an awesome job incorporating the skills I taught into their own writing.  Weston did an amazing job writing about a day that he spent at his cottage.  Keep up the great writing, Weston! Social Studies: We are learning about communities in Social Studies.  We have talked about community helpers and also how our communities help with our needs (food, shelter, water, air).  We also learned about different types of communities, and talked about what would be fun in living in each (rural, urban, and suburba...

Writing: The kids finished their writing that they have been working on for two weeks!  We learned how to write different words other than said (we put said to bed), and how to 'show, not tell' in our writing, and even wrote onomatopoeia!  I can't wait to read their stories over the weekend. Phonics: We got a new student!  Meet Gus!  Gus is going to help us with Phonics this year, and he already fits in great with our class! Spelling: A paper came home with each of the kids today with a list of spelling words.  The words that don't have a star by them, are words that they didn't spell correctly, and parent volunteers will come and "test" your child on those throughout the year.  You can keep this copy of words at home to help your child practice. Math: We are working on adding and subtracting up to 20.  The homework that is going home will help with some more practice on what we are doing in class. Reading: I was able to do one of my favorite things th...