Week of April 13th
Hi families,
We are very happy that everyone is doing well. We love to share with you during our circles and to be able to speak with your child for a little while .
Last week we finished our unit 5 about economics. During this week we will be starting a new unit. Unit 6: sharing the planet. We will be talking about the life cycle of plants and animals. We will be doing seed experiments and much more 🙂
In math, we will be working with graphs.
Do not stop doing the assigned work in Mobymax and write to us through Mobymax messenger. We love receiving and answering correspondence from our students !!!!
A hug and be safe.
Week of March 16th
Hola,
During this week we will be sending videos where we will be talking during our sections about our PYP and math topics. In PYP we will be digging on human resources, opportunity cost, choices and reviewing scarcity. We will continue to work with math words problems that involve money. We will be working using worksheet per day and everything will be discussed during the video section. Please, allow your kids complete as much as they can by theirself. If they have any questions please feel free to reach us by emal or using Mobymax mesenger.
Week of March 9th
Greetings, we had an excellent week celebrating “Reading across America”! During the week we inquired about producers and consumers. This week we will be inquiring on economic understanding. Students will discover that because of scarcity, people must make choices that result in opportunity costs. Students will identify some ways in which goods and services are allocated (such as: price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, authority, first-come-first-served, and
personal characteristics). Also, as you may know, second grade is excited to hold International Market Day on Wednesday, April 1st. Your child will participate in this wonderful, in-school Unit of Inquiry Project for second graders only to experience being producers and consumers in a market setting; learn the differences between goods and services; and gain social experience by interacting with others in a safe, respectful, and responsible manner. We sent the letter form on the agenda last Friday in case you dont have it, Click the link below International Market Day –
Please read the form for more information, discuss Market Day with your child, and generate some ideas for booths. Please have your child fill out the form attached and return to school by Wednesday March 11th , 2020.
Also, this month is woman’s history month. We will be reading different passages regarding important women from Latin countries. In math we are working on addition word problem involving money. Students will identify key words and details.
Week of March 2nd.
Hello sweet parents,
This week we will start celebrating Read Across America! In celebration, we will do many fun activities to encourage the love of reading! This Monday March 2, all K-5 students are invited to dress up as their favorite Dr. Seuss character or to wear pajamas in celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday!
We send in the agenda a document with information about the Avant exam. Some have asked me: What is the test? How can we prepare for this test?
Avant STAMP- is computer-adaptive, meaning that the level of question difficulty that a student is presented with is based on the number of correct answers they have logged so far in the assessment. The testing engine automatically adapts to each student’s level-up or down-as the test progresses. Students will demonstrate their language level. So rest and a good breakfast are the best allies during the day of the test. 😉
This Week at glance:
PYP:Our inquiry this week will be focus on good and service.
Math: We will be working on Money word problems.
Spelling: Spell words with prefixes in-, im-, des-, and re-.
Conventions: Identify and use pronouns in singular and plural.
Week of February 24th
Welcomeback!
Thanks for all the gift and love demonstrations during Valentines week. You are the BEST!!!
This week we have a lots of fun!
Tuesday 25th, is Carnival! Spanish traack can wear jean and a colorful shirt. We will also have 3 leches cake to share with the track. If you do not want your child to participate eating the cake please let me know.
Wednesday February 26th, is Arcade game presentations. Our children are happy and excited to demonstrate everything they learned about strength and movement.
We are starting a new Unit!!
The Unit 5 is an inquiry into the following:
Transdisciplinary theme: How we express ourselves
- An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity, our appreciation of the aesthetic.
- Central idea : What we value is reflected in our everyday decisions
L2 students will be learning this week about good and service, money using decimal, personal pronouns and hiatus.
Week of February 10th
Wow time flies when you are having fun… Is it really Valentine week? The kids really had fun learning about force and motion and building the arcade game.
Next week we will continue to finish and presenting the arcade game. to In math we will continue our inquiry into partitioning shapes and measurement. In writing, we will be working on writing using adverbs and adjectives. Also, reading comprehension.
Week of February 3rd
Welcome February!!!! Students may bring Valentine cards to trade with their classmates. Please encourage your Kid to write them in Spanish 🙂
This Week Focuses on:
Math- Students will determine whether a shape has been divided into equal or unequal parts. If the parts are equal, children will count the number of parts. Also, scholars will work on appropriate measures tools, inches and centimeters.
POI – Summative Assessment- scholars will be focusing on building their own arcade game using their knowledge in force, motion, and measurement. Please send materials to work in class: boxes, paper or cardboard tubes, clothespins, tape etc.
ELa- Students will be working on descriptive writing using adverbs. Phonics: Associate the sounds of ai (ay), ei
(ey), oi (oy), and ui (uy) with their spelling pattern.
Week of January 27th
Hola familias, I can’t believe that February is around the corner!
This week we will continue working on force and motion. Students will have quiz on Thursday and Friday.
Math- Children will determine whether a shape has been divided into equal or unequal parts. If the parts are equal, children will count the number of parts. Also, scholars will identify and show a unit fraction of a region. A fraction describes the division of a whole (region, set) into equal parts.
Comprehension skill: descriptive writing using adjectives.
Week of January 21st
Hola familias, thank you all for taking time to ask about my family in Puerto Rico. All of them are fine at the moment. They are only frightened by the continuous little earthquakes that have not stopped since December 28 …
This week was exciting, we did different experiments about force and motions. Students visited different stations located in different classrooms to see how texture, size, and different attributes of objects affect their movement. We did experiments with catapults, pushing and pulling with different textures, throwing and pulling. The students learned about the forces involved when we are moving. (friction, gravity, acceleration and, speed)
During this week we continue to discover more about force and motion. This week we will go hunting through the school to see how objects move. Students will identify what force they need to make to move an object (push or pull).
Math, partitioning shapes in in equal parts. have fun with your kid watching the story about half.
Give Me Half! by Stuart J. Murphy
Reading and writing we will introduce suffixes: oso, osa, dor, dora, and compund words. Students will be practicing descriptive writing.
Week of January 13th
Hola familias,
Week focuses:
Math, we will be working with the 3d geometric figures. This week we will be identifying, classifying and building shapes.
POI we are working on Unit 4: How the world works. This week second grade students will push, pull, and manipulate things to see what will happen. This unit will teach student how forces can effect an objects motion. Students will gain knowledge of how a push and pull can alter the speed and direction of an object. In order to master the standards, students will use science and engineering practices to study force phenomena.
Phonetics and spelling: Suffixes -ado, -ada, -ido, -ida
Comprehension skill: descriptive writing
Week of January 6th
Happy New Year everyone!!
Welcome back! This week we will focus on geometrics figures. Scholars will identify solid figures by their faces, edges, and vertices. Three-dimensional or solid figures have length, width and height. Many can be described, classified, and analyzed by their faces, edges, and vertices. Many everyday objects closely approximate standard geometric solids. sphere, pyramid, cylinder, cone, cube, rectangular, prism, solid figure, flat surface, face, edge, vertex (vertices).
Phonetics and spelling: Suffixes -ado, -ada, -ido, -ida
Comprehension skill: descriptive writing
Math -subtraction 3-digit number with regrouping
Week of December 2nd
Welcomeback!!! Wow I can’t believe that it is December already! As we close out the quarter/year, please keep an eye on our blog for important information and updates.
In math we will continue to work on measurement and we will start graphing next week.
In POI, we are finishing our inquiry on phases of the moon and we’ll begin to talk about the life of Tomochichi, Oglethorpe and Musgrove. Students will complete the Unit 3 creating a final project that will be their final assessment. This will consist of creating a puppet of the characters that are already working in the English class with Ms Ramo. (Tomochichi, Oglethorpe and Musgrove) Students will present a shadow play.
Reading and writing, we continue working with the diphthongs. Also, students will work on the writing (draft) of a narrative poem.
Week of November 22nd
This has been another great week!!
We begin unit 3: where we are in place and time. In Spanish we finish our topic about the seasons of the year and our focus of inquiry is phases of the moon. Students are learning about the main moon phases (new moon, crescent, full moon and waning room).
Next week we are going to make a special project using oreo cookies 🙂
Math -Estimate the length of an object by relating the length of the object to a measurement I know.
Phonological Awareness: Introduce words with diphthongs ia, ie, io, iu, ua, ue, eu, au.
Identify Diphthongs.
Don’t forget we are close during week of November 25-29 in observation of Thanksgiving.
https://www.generationgenius.com/phases-of-the-moon-for-kids/
Week of November 4th, 11th.
What a great week… The highlight was definitely the book character parade!
Next week we will begin our new Unit of Inquiry which will focus on the science behind shadows, weather and faces of the moon.
In math we will continue working on time and we will introduce measurements. Now is a good time to get your scholar a watch if you haven’t already!!!
In ELA we will continue with reading comprehension and writing. Also, we will be working with verbs.
Week of October 28th
What a great week !!
I want to start by thanking all of you for all the details that you have for me. My birthday was wonderful and I feel fortunate that you were part of my day. Thank you again!
Career day is monday. Our students will enjoy conferences about different careers. Then we will inquire about what we has been learned.
This week students will be finishing unit 2 and systems. Students will work in small groups to do the summative assessment. Those who wish to send materials such as cardboard, stickers or other material will be welcome. Information on what is needed will be written on the agenda.
In math, we continue working on time and the money system.
Reading and writing we are working with phonemes /b/ v/ and the difference between verbs and nouns.
You can find more practices on these topics using the MobyMax application in clever.
Do not forget that Thursday, October 31th is the Charater Parade. Masks and weapons toys are not allowed.
Week of October 14th
We had another great week! The highlight was definitely the preview of Book Fair. We are going to buy books on next Thursday October 17th.
This week we will continue our Unit of Inquiry which will focus on the importance of systems. In Spanish, we will focus on the Seasons of the year. In math, we will continue addition and subtraction with regrouping. Also, we will introduce time and Money. In ELA – Spanish, we will continue writing and editing paragraphs, and collective nouns.
Have a nice week…We will see you this week during conferences!
Week of October 7th
Unit 2: how we organize ourself. We are fascinated with the solar system ☀️ 🌎 🌙
During this week we will be practicing the names of the planets and their location with respect to the sun.
Math: During this week we will be working addition of two digits with regrouping.
Writing and reading: scholars will be reading books about solar system. We will introduce words with consonant blends with / r /. We will master feminine and masculine nouns.
Week of September 30th
We are so excited about our Unit of Inquiry. Our students are fascinated with the theme of stars and planets.
They are using the agenda to write important things that they need to remember! For example, vocabulary, reminders of exams and tests etc.
The students wrote about the Sky map app. It is a star map and you can download it for free from any smartphone. This is a good tool to learn more about our galactic neighborhood 🙂
Another tool that I know they are going to love is the NASA channel. It allows them to see real-time NASA works.
Link below
NASA Live
NASA Live Stream – Earth From Space
HOW IT WORKS: The International Space Station
Week of September 16th
During this week the scholars had a lot of fun preparing and presenting their Dioramas. The photos are available.
Next week, we will start Unit 2. Students will learn the structure of a variety of organizational systems.
These included the solar system in Spanish class and the governmental system with Mrs Ramo. Students will explore
the concepts of systems and the relationships between different types of systems.
In math we will be working on using addition and subtraction within 100. This standard calls for students to add and subtract numbers within 100 in the context of one and two step word problems.
Reading and writing we will be working on common nouns and sond /s/ using (s, c and z).
Week of September 9th
During this week we will be working with the Diorama. Thank you for donating materials to the class. We are all very excited and cannot wait to see the final result of our NA’s projects.
In math, this week we will continue working with place value, skip counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Also, we will be working on greater than and less than. Homeworks are available using clever-Mobymax.
Writing and reading we will be mastering phonics sound /j/ letters j, g, x and interrogative sentences. Quiz on Thursday and Friday.
Week of September 3rd.
Hi families,
Thank you for providing materials and suplies to the scholars to do the diorama. This week students will create the plan, develop the roles of each member of their team and classify their materials according to their choices. Also, they will choose between the Creek or the Cherokee to recreate a villa with all the components learned in both classes.
Math, we will review place value, write numbers in an expanded way, standard form, identifying the positional value of the number. Summative assessment will be Thursday and Friday during morning. Also, we are practicing skip counting from 5s, 10s, 100s.
Reading and Writing, we are reading Native American stories and identifying interrogative sentences.
Phonics we willbe practicing Build Fluency: Associate the sound /j/ with words beginning with j, g, x.
Week of August 26th
I can’t believe that September is around the corner. The kids are learning and growing every day! As a reminder there is no school on Monday September 2nd in observance of Labor Day.
During our Units of Inquiry, we learned about the Cherokees and Creek. We contrast and compare the different cultures: their customs, work, food, clothing and home. We enjoyed this throwback :). Next week, we will continue our inquiry into the Native American tribes and we will introduce new vocabulary. Students will work on being communicators as they share thier findings.
We are excited about the summative assessment (Native American project-Diorama). We are still receiving materials!!!
In math, students will count within 1,000. This means that students are expected to ―count on from any number and say the next few numbers that come afterwards. Understand that counting by 2s, 5s and 10s is counting groups of items by that amount.
Reading and Writing, we will build and sociate the sound /j/ with words beginning with j, g, x and interrogative sentences.
Week of August 19th
Another great week with the Second Grade team!
Students had fun learning all about the regions and rivers of Georgia. Next week, we will begin an inquiry into the Native American tribes that once lived in these regions. (food, tools, home)
In ELA we will work on reading comprehension, subject and predicate, and gathering the main idea of a text.
Writing: We are focusing on punctuation and capitalization. Next week we will be talking about open and closed syllables.
In Math we will contiue to work on mastering place value. Test Thursday and Friday.
Cherokee and Creek video
Week of August 12th.
We had a great first week!!!!!
Students had fun learning all about the Georgia regions. Ask for our new song 🙂
This week we will have the vocabulary dictation: Monday 2s1; Tuesday 2s2.
During this week our Inquiry will continue on Georgia regions.
In math we will continue to work on place value, expanded form and written form of numbers. (practice homework will be sent on Monday)
Language we will be working on subject and predicate.
Place Value
Expanded Form
Sujeto y predicado
Georgia Regions
Welcome families,
Wow! What a wonderful first two days! We made it!!!
I am enjoying getting to know each of your scholars. They are such kind and gracious people! Each of them is very eager to learn. This week we have set routines and procedures and they are learning what is expected of them as a 2nd Grade Scholar.
Some of our expectations:
3 Ps—Positive, Proactive, Productive
Do the Right Thing and Treat People Right
Keep things organized and neat
Next week we will continue on:
Building community, routines and procedures. By the end of next week they should be getting the hang of our routines and expectations.
Unit 1: Who we are
-inquiry into the regions of Georgia Spanish Class
-Rivers of Georgia (English class)
In math we will read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Please visit clever continuously to do homeworks on Mobymax.
In reading and writing we will practice proper sentence structure and reading comprehension.
This week’s morning work is going home in the organge folder.