Second Grade News
October 2007
Dear Parents,
Well, we are off and running in the Second Grade! September blew right by us and we are anxiously awaiting the start of Theme Week this month. We have been working hard in all areas of the curriculum.
In math, we have wrapped up our math fact unit and are studying place value (i.e., ones, tens place) and number recognition (spelling numbers and identifying order – first, second, third, etc.) Thank you for your help with studying math facts as part of the daily homework assignment. The time spent memorizing these crucial facts will be time well spent as we start 2 and 3 digit addition/subtraction. We are reinforcing these facts in class through our Marcy Cook tile work, timed tests, and math games.
In Language Arts, the children have been mastering the “rotation”. They are becoming independent and self-motivated to work through their seatwork and center work. In grammar, we have studied compound words and are now focusing on contractions. In the weeks ahead, we will be identifying the parts of speech.
Science has been action packed this month. The students enjoyed numerous experiments to test their senses of sight, touch and smell. We enjoyed our field trip to Ojai Olive Oil Co. Mr._Asquith was a wonderful tour guide and taught us many interesting facts about olives, olive oil, and the history of olive trees in our beautiful Ojai Valley. (A special thank you to our drivers!) In the weeks ahead, we’ll be studying the body systems (skeletal, muscular, and nervous). Dr._Brooks will be speaking to the students on Thursday about these systems. We will also be having a “casual” reader’s theater presentation of “The Case of the Spreading Germs”. A very simple presentation will be given for parents this Friday afternoon (Oct. 5) at 2:30. (This is a science learning experience more than a drama experience). We hope you can join us!
In Social Studies, we begin our unit on Community, focusing on our school and the greater community of Ojai. Unfortunately, our trip to Mano Farms was cancelled but we look forward to mapping our town on the Ojai Trolley in the weeks ahead. Also, keep an eye out for our Second Grade “Ghost Community”. We’ll be creatively renaming our local community workers into ghoulish characters with interesting job descriptions. We may need some parent participation in the mornings for our Ghost Town. Please let us know if you can help.
We are thoroughly enjoying our time with your children. They are a wonderful, considerate, hard-working, thoughtful class and we are delighted to be their teachers. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.Â
Sincerely,
Mrs._Roe                                                                    Mrs._Ockerman
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