Dear Families,
Welcome to October!
We had so much fun at the pumpkin patch.
If you were brave enough to volunteer I hope you had as much fun as the children and I. In class we are using the experience to explore narrative writing using transitional words. This will be our first official ‘experience’ writing assignment.
If you haven’t heard, tomorrow is picture day. We are having our pictures taken
9:45-10:45. We have a new photographer
this year who sent this message:
The students and I are working
together to make a beautiful photo of them for their loved ones who want to
keep the memory of them at this age, so we need their help in making it happen.
That includes relaxing and just ‘being themselves’ and also listening carefully
when we’re making suggestions about how to make a nice photo.
In class
we are still working on our short vowel sounds. Currently we are reviewing
short u, o, and e. Hearing these sounds
in words we say is key to good spelling.
I am impressed with the words this class is adding to our phonics lists. We have a very smart group in second grade!
Math class
is working on adding two digit numbers using decomposition of numbers. This is a fancy way of saying we are breaking
double-digit numbers into tens and ones before adding them up. It is fascinating to hear how the students
think about numbers when they are working our calculations in their minds.
In science
we are finishing up painting our volcanoes and we hope to have grand eruptions
next week with Mrs. Walker’s class. In
the meantime we are doing a mini health unit on germs and hand washing this
week. It is so important to keep hands
washed and not to touch our faces during flu season. We want all our students to stay healthy!
Finally,
remember there is NO SCHOOL this Thursday and Friday. Also, looking forward to
next week, our ‘artist in residence’ days are October 16th, 19th, and 25th.
Be sure to send your children with clothes they can paint in.
I hope
everyone has a happy and healthy week. As always, if you have questions you can contact me at dubois_d@4j.lane.edu
Respectfully,
~Donna
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