ROOM
111
Spencer Loomis
12/04/15
“I can ’t change th e direction
o f t h e wi n d , b u t I c a n a d j u s t
my sails to get to my
destination ” -Jimmy Dean
Mrs. Slaters’ Friday Note
Dear Parents,
Please be sure to check out the additional enrichment opportunities that your little learner has
brought home in his or her take home folders. We are so excited so excited to continue to s-t-re-t-c-h our brains in second grade!
This Week’s Highlights
Reading – Students worked really hard at
recognizing how fiction writers often use
nonliteral language to enhance their text
descriptions through figurative language. This
recognition helped students enhance their
understanding of the mentor text, The Wolf’s
Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding
Hood,written by, Toby Forward.
Students created personal similes comparing
three different characteristics of themselves to an
object or animal using the words like or as. The
final product was an interactive foldable that will
be displayed on SeeSaw.
Writing: Students studied the elements of the
porquoi tale. Porquoi means “why” in French. A
porquoi tale explains why something in the
natural world is the way it is. An example of this
is a tale students read entitled, The Peacock and
Crow: A folktale from Thailand, retold by Lana
Stu This folktale explained why the crow
Krumwaide.
is the color black (he was so hungry by the time
the peacock painted his white feathers, he told
her to simply splash black paint on him!).
Students will be writing a series of short stories
using specific elements of folktales, fairy tales,
and fables. Selection day will partake after break!
Math – Students learned how to read the clock to
and from the quarter hours. They also learned the
difference between a.m. and p.m. as they worked
with time duration and timetables. Students
concluded module 4 with learning that our
calendar week starts with Sunday and ends on
Saturday. This important information made a
seamless connection to the simple abbreviations S
for Sunday and S for Saturday that is found at the
end of the week.
Social Studies – We studied facts about caribou
and have started to learn about how a researcher
collects and organizes information.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, December 5th
– Winnie the Pooh production
Sunday, December 6thPTO’s Barnes and Noble Book Fair
*I will be a barista from 12:00-12:30 p.m.!
Next Week’s Homework
Read on MyOn
15 minutes
Math Card Games
-Choose card game (s)
5-10 minutes
Class Dojo Bar Graph
-Add new bar graph and
discuss points with parent.
Our lucky dip treasure box is in
dyer need of additional student led
activities
Polymers turning to monomers turned out to
be a hit with the bouncy ball making kit
activity. Cyanotypes are the new hype in
room 111, but we’re running out of supplies.
If you are interested in restocking the
treasure box, please consider the following
items that will contribute to more 10 or
more students’ “lucky dip” treats:
Cyanotypes (lesson: Man Ray study of
photographic processes) Store: Hobby Lobby
Bouncy Ball Making Kit: (lesson: Polymers
and Monomers) Amazon
Kid’s Bookmark: (Lesson: Reading is
Important!) Store: Michaels, Target…
Materials: Buttons, craft glue, ribbon