Mrs. Jowers’
Class News
August 14, 2015
Mrs. Jowers’Class News
Sept. 25, 2015
This week we wrapped up our first unit in
the reading series! Every unit concludes
with a group research project. These
projects were lots of fun for all of us. I
have taken pictures and will post them on
the website for all to see.
There was also a lot of testing. I broke it
up over several days, so it wouldn’t feel so
overwhelming
Next week we will be back to normal,
starting our second unit. So, check the
back page for our vocab, high-frequency
and on level spelling lists.
Math Madness
Our focus this week was on Addition
Number Stories. We started the
week reading and solving number
stories and by the end of the week
we were creating our own for
others to solve! On Thursday and
Friday of each week, we have a
Math Workshop time which allows
us to practice skills we’ve been
working on within our unit in small
groups around the room.
Oh my goodness! I can’t
believe that I will be writing
an October newsletter next
week! Where has the month
gone!
This week we practiced all of
our safety drills. The kids all
did a great job, especially on
the lock down drill. I was
very proud of them.
We also had our author visit
this week. Mrs. Simoneau
was wonderful!
Next week we will have
Bookmobile on Wednesday
again, so make sure you
bring back those books!
We are also sending home
information for our first field
trip! So look for that as well.
Mrs. Jowers’
Class News
Oct. 23, 2015
In reading this week,
we continued our study of animals.
This week we focused on
comparing animal babies to their
parents. We have learned a lot
about animal families. Next week,
we will begin our fifth week of the
unit, but we will not finish it until the
following week. So when spelling
words go home on Monday, we will
not test until Tuesday, Nov. 3rd.
Fire Prevention Month
We enjoyed our visit today to the Fire
Station in honor of Fire Prevention
Month. This week, and into next, we
are looking at the job of a firefighter,
ways different fires are fought, how
firefighting has changed over the last
few hundred years, and reminders of
how we can prevent fires and stay
safe. Now is the month to check
those smoke detectors, talk about
your family’s safe meeting place, and
practice a fire drill in your own home.
Thanks to all our
wonderful parents who were
able to come to our field trip
today. It is great to have so
many people participate and
it turned out to be a really
nice day!
Thank you also for
signing up so quickly for
conferences as well. I am
looking forward to seeing
everyone.
Next Wednesday
morning we will start the day
in our classrooms and then
begin the parade around
9:00. The party will follow the
parade. I can’t wait to see all
the costumes!
Oct. 26,27 & 29 Conferences
Oct 28 – Class Parties
Nov. 9 – No School
Mrs. Jowers’
Class News
Our essential question
this week was “What do you see in
the sky?” which has been a great
opportunity to incorporate some
fun science and space activities this
week. We have studied the moon
and it’s phases, eclipses, and stars.
We have also had the opportunity
to check out Discovery Education.
Since next week is a short week, we
will not have a spelling list. The
word lists for week 3 are on the
back, but we will not take our pretest until Monday, November 30.
Math Madness
We have moved into Unit 4 and our
focus has shifted from addition and
subtraction strategy work to telling
time and place value. Each of these
new concepts have come with new
songs to sing and fun games to
play. We are working on telling time
to the quarter hour and will move
into telling time to the five minute
interval soon. Our place value work
has us focusing on ones, tens, and
hundreds. Our center work this
week also focused on these new two
new skills as we work to incorporate
technology, an activity, and a fun
partner or group game into our
rotation time.
Now that it finally feels
like Thanksgiving weather, don’t
forget to make sure your child has
a jacket or coat and any other cold
weather items for recess. We do
try to go out for recess everyday
and since our recess is in the
morning, it can still be a little
chilly.
We will begin our
mitten tree collection next week.
In addition to hats and gloves,
second grade is collecting combs,
brushes, and cleaning supplies.
Thanks in advance for all your
help!
Also, when we come
back from Thanksgiving break, we
will be working hard on our
Winter Program, so there maybe a
few schedule changes so we can
practice with the third grade.
I hope everyone has a
wonderful and relaxing
Thanksgiving break!
Nov. 25-27 – No School Thanksgiving
Dec. 7 – Winter Program
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