by Jill & Sarah | Jun 14, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
Meetings will be combined for special activities we have planned.
All meetings will begin at 10:00 (except for Thursday we will start a little later at 10:15) and may go longer than an hour.
We will not have PM meetings this week.
Monday – 10:00 – Virtual signing of yearbooks on Jamboard and Disney Day (Dress up anything Disney as we go on a virtual Disney field trip together!)
Tuesday – 10:00 – Movie Day (Bring some popcorn!)
Wednesday – Posted field day activities!! 10:00-11:30 REVERSE PARADE!!
Thursday – 10:00 – Awards Show (includes slideshow of the year and individual student certificates)
Students have several extra reading books to continue reading throughout the summer. They will also have their Kidsa-z accounts. I will continue to hold office hours for students to come read to me throughout the summer. I have created a shared sign-up sheet in google classroom so I will know in advance if students want to read with me and they can schedule a time. (I will add time slots if more are needed.)
Summer Learning
Reading Club
Read aloud to Maestra Sarah Tuesdays 9:00-11:00 (Sign-up required.)
Math Club
Complete fun units of study each week of the summer. Check your work in Google Classroom and come ask questions during Maestra Sarah’s weekly Math Club, Thursdays 9:00-11:00 (Sign-up required.)
I’m asking kiddos to sign up in advance so they are not waiting around while I work with others. Also, please have them sign up from the beginning of the time slots. I don’t want to spend two hours if there are three kids signed up in all random time slots!
Here is what the weekly sign-ups look like (already posted 8 weeks in Google Classroom):
Summer Reading Club – Tuesdays 9:00-11:00
Keep up your reading fluency by reading to Maestra Sarah!
You must sign up in advance each week so I will show up to read with you! The link is in the Google Classroom header.
Type your name next to the time you would like to read:
9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:20
10:20-10:40
10:40-11:00
Summer Math Club – Thursdays 9:00-11:00 – Units will be posted for each week of the summer.
9:00-9:20
9:20-9:40
9:40-10:00
10:00-10:20
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by Jill & Sarah | Jun 7, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
La Lectura
This will be our last normal week of the school year. (Week 39 schedule is at the bottom of this newsletter.) The students have all done a great job adjusting and have continued to make progress through the distance learning.
I had the students all gather their LA supplies for this week at the end of our Zoom meeting on Friday. Our learning objectives this week will be to:
- Identify the theme and message from a story.
- Identify the setting from a story.
- Compare the theme, message and setting from two stories.
- Read book #23: Chica de ciudad multiple times to achieve fluency.
- Complete the worksheet: Mezcla de oraciones to work on correct sentence formation.
- Complete the weekly writing prompt. REVISE their own writing.
- Read and complete reading comprehension questions on La tormenta de nieve
Las matemáticas
This next week, as we continue our study of factions, our learning objectives will be to:
- Add two or three fraction with sums to 1.
- Subtract a like fraction from another like fraction or one-whole.
- Read, write, and identify fractions of a set.
- Find the number of items in a fraction of a set.
This will be our final unit of study in math for this school year. I will post videos for other units of study for students to continue their learning throughout the summer. They also all have Khan accounts to continue their practice. Units of study they can work on throughout the summer include:
- Bar Graphs and Line Plots
- Customary Lengths, Weight, and Capacity
- Time and Temperature
- Angles and Lines
- Two-Dimensional Shapes
- Area and Perimeter
These are areas that we have touched on throughout the school year but we have not completed explicit units of study. Each of these topics will also be covered next year with Maestra Ivary – in English.
I will make myself available for math office hours each week throughout the summer. The kiddos can come ask me for help on anything math related Tuesdays 9:00-11:00!
History and Geography
Student this coming week will:
Describe the British debtor’s prison system.
Summaraize James Oglethorpe’s plan for Georgia.
Explain why Oglethorpe’s dream for Georgia did not come through.
Explain why the Pilgrim’s came to New England.
Describe the Pilgrim’s journey on the Mayflower.
Explain the purpose of the Mayflower Compact.
Science
This week we will review or unit on Life Cycles, Traits, and Variations. We will also do some fun, silly science experiments together.
Week 39 Meetings will be combined for special activities we have planned. All meetings will begin at 10:00 (except for Thursday we will start a little later at 10:15) and may go longer than an hour. We will not have PM meetings this week.
Monday – 10:00 – Virtual signing of yearbooks on Jamboard and Disney Day (Dress up anything Disney as we go on a virtual Disney field trip together!)
Tuesday – 10:00 – Movie Day (Bring some popcorn!)
Wednesday – Posted field day activities!!
Thursday – 10:00 – Awards Show (includes slideshow of the year and individual student certificates)
Students have several extra reading books to continue reading throughout the summer. They will also have their Kidsa-z accounts. I will continue to hold office hours for students to come read to me throughout the summer. I will create a shared sign-up sheet in google classroom so I will now in advance if students want to read with me and they can schedule a time. (I will add time slots if more are needed.)
by Jill & Sarah | May 31, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
La Lectura
This week we will break our LA class into two groups. I will split the class into two breakout rooms in our ZOOM meetings. Students will be using their reading strategies to develop understanding and fluency in their three required readings for the week.
- Read book 22: Pompeyo, el soñador
La zarigüeya
- Complete a character analysis in their red notebook
- Read and answer comprehension questions in complete sentences: La zarigüeya
- Read, record, retell, and answer comprehension questions to an assigned story in Kidsa-z.com
Students should have their two paper copies (Pompeyo, el soñador AND La zarigüeya) with them on Monday and Friday.
- Unscramble sentences to show an understanding of sentence structure. (Worksheet is found in packet.)
- Complete weekly writing prompt – edit and revise AFTER writing.
fracciones
Las matemáticas
This next week we will continue our study of Fractions. Our learning objects are:
- To use multiplication and division to find equivalent fractions.
- To write fractions in simplest form.
- To compare and order fractions.
- To show fractions as points or distances on a number line.
- To compare and order fractions using benchmark fractions.
Science
✓ Describe how changes in the environment may allow individuals with certain traits to survive and reproduce in greater numbers
than individuals without those traits.
History & Geography
Describe trade between Charleston, England and Africa
Describe life on a South Carolina Plantation
Identify important cash crops grown in South Carolina
Explain why South Carolina’s rice plantations were so successful
Describe the Middle Passage
by Jill & Sarah | May 24, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
La Lectura
This week we will continue with our two literature pieces from last week, due to no classes on Friday or Monday.
Measuring weight and capacity through baking.
Las matemáticas
We have completed our metric measurement unit. This week we will begin working on Fractions, chapter 14. Our learning objectives are:
- Read, write, and identify fractions from wholes with more than 4 parts.
- Identify numerator and denominator.
- Use models to identify equivalent fractions.
- Use a number line to identify equivalent fractions.
Science-
Our learning objectives for the upcoming week will be to:
✓ Distinguish between traits that are helpful to
an organism and traits that are not helpful.
✓ Compare advantageous and
disadvantageous traits.
The students did a fabulous job on their life cycles models! I was so impressed with the creativity and details! Way to go!
History & Geography
Our history objectives will be to:
✓ Identify Lord Baltimore. (RI.3.2)
✓ Describe how the Calverts created Maryland as a colony that would be a refuge for Catholics. (RI.3.2)
✓ Explain why the tobacco planters of Virginia and Maryland began to use enslaved workers. (RI.3.2)
✓ Describe the differences between indentured servitude and slavery. (RI.3.2)
✓ Understand the meaning of the following domain-specific vocabulary: official, Roman Catholic,
Protestant, pope, and toleration. (RI.3.4)
by Jill & Sarah | May 17, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
Students shared that they prefer to have their assignments separated by the week (and again by English and Spanish.) We listened and have only posted assignments in the Week 35 English topic and the Week 35 Spanish topic. (The choice board still works and we have updated the links.) We chose not to include specialists or ‘extra’ assignments in these postings. Those items can still be found by going directly to those topics.
La Lectura
Th
is week’s learning objectives are:
- This week we will read “La reina no puede reír:”
- We will identify 4 important supporting details to help us better understand what we have read.
- We will also work to show our reading comprehension by answering questions in complete sentences on “La bandera nueva nación.”
- We will write for a purpose and edit our writing before submitting it.
Las matemáticas
Our learning objectives this week are:
- To read scales in kilograms and grams.
- Estimate and find actual masses of objects by using different scales.
- Convert units of measurement.
- Estimate and find the volume of liquid in liters and milliliters.
- Find the volume and capacity of a container.
- Convert units of measurement.
I am hoping to take this week’s lessons into the kitchen! I will show the kiddos how to use these measurement skills to bake something….but then I’m concerned that I’ll have to eat it all….
Science
This week our learning objectives for science are to:
Describe examples that indicate the environment can affect an organism’s physical and behavioral traits.
Use evidence to explain cause-and-effect relationship between the amount of food an animal gets and its growth.
History
Weekly objectives:
Identify John Rolfe, chief Powhatan, and Pocahontas.
Explain how the development of tobacco as a cash crop helped the Virginia colony succeed.
Describe the first laborers brought to Virginia.
Know the definition of: tobacco, cash crop, self-government, disease, and indentured servant.
by Jill & Sarah | May 10, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
Frederick playing Sonata in G major for teacher appreciation. It was so beautiful!
We heard you! So we are trying out a new organization for Week 34 in the Google Classroom.
We have created a new topic in the Google Classroom. Week 34 May 11-May 16 (Links to GC assignments) To help quickly identify the assignments for the week we have linked them all in this topic.
You have three ways to identify the work to focus on for the week:
- Looking through all the topics in Classwork (same as before).
- Linking through the choice board for Semana 34. (also, same as before)
- Linking through the topic Week 34 May 11-May 16 (Links to GC assignments) (This will help you to quickly find all the topics to focus on without needing to scroll through the other “extra” items.)
We’ve posted this on the GC stream and asked for you and the kiddos to provide us feedback. Which way do you prefer?
Sample of a weekly Google Classroom topic.
Dancing Go-Noodle!
Typing Jedi!
La Lectura
Students are really focusing on reading for fluency! They have their reading assignments in one place in GC (Google Classroom) and can move a statue on their reading chart every time they read aloud. Here are our language arts objectives for the week:
- Read book 20, Definitivamente divertido (several times).
- Complete the graphic organizer (they will paste it into their cuaderno rojo).
- Identify the main idea of the two different sections.
- Identify details from the story that support the main idea.
- Write a detailed paragraph in the Escritura 8, being sure to use detailed sentences, capitals, punctuation, noun-verb agreement, etc.
Las matemáticas
This week we will dive into our Metric Measurement unit. Each student received a ruler in their first materials delivery! Our learning objectives for the week are:
- Use meters and centimeters as units of measurement of length.
- Estimate and measure length.
- Convert units of measurement.
- Use kilometers and meters as units of measurement of length.
- Daily spiral review pages.
I have provided one post on Google Classroom that contains:
- A measurement game.
- Two metric unit songs.
- A cute video explaining the metric system.
- Videos for how to complete all workbook pages from 11.1 and 11.2.
- Answers to the daily review (Repaso Semana 34) practice.
Science
This week we will be learning about:
*examples of organism’s traits
*compare and contrast the physical traits of multiple organisms
*give examples of variation of traits within a population
*describe the relationship between populations and ecosystems
*tell that variation of traits can help certain individuals survive and reproduce
*define species
History & Geography
This week our learning objectives will be to:
*Explain why the strong colony John Smith built fell on hard times.
*List the reasons for conflict between Native Americans and settlers in Jamestown.
*Summarize the starving time
*Explain that disease kills both colonists and Native Americans in Jamestown.
*Explain how surviving colonists were rescued.
by Jill & Sarah | May 3, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
La Lectura
This week we are really reading for fluency. Students have been assigned Una fábrica muy peculiar and El dinero. Students will read these aloud for fluency and understanding. They will complete the graphic organizer in their red journal and graphic organizer on the El dinero page.
Students can track their reading on their new reading chart. (They move a statue each time they have read one of their Spanish lecturas aloud.)
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Reading chart for Spanish books read outloud.
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Graphic organizer for “Una fábrica muy peculari”
Las matemáticas
This week in our small groups (Tuesdays & Thursdays) we will work on solving real-world problems involving addition and subtraction of money. (10.3)
Expectations:
- Attend math small group lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Complete assigned math workbook pages to practice what we learned in our lessons.
- Complete daily mathfactspro practice to recall math facts more quickly.
- Complete the next 4 math review pages and check them against my posted answers (Repaso pages are in their materials)
repaso semana 33
GOOGLE MEETS office hour on Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 to ask for help on anything!
Science-
This week our objectives will be to:
Identify and describe each stage of the life cycle of a chicken and a mouse
Identify and describe each stage of the life cycle of a butterfly and a frog
History & Geography
This week our goals will be to:
*Understand why the Virginia Company founded Jamestown
*Identify John Smith
*Summarize why the colony almost failed the first year.
*Locate on a map Chesapeake Bay and the James River
*Understand the meaning of the following vocabulary: council, gentleman, deck and palisade
(These were mentioned in last weekś newsletter but we did not make it to this chapter)
by Jill & Sarah | Apr 26, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
We SOOOOO enjoyed seeing all of you on Wednesday!!
La lectura
This is the graphic organizer page we will be working with this week. It was delivered in Wednesday’s materials.
This week our learning objectives are:
- Read every single day – OUT LOUD- to help read more smoothly, with more fluency.
- Listen to several stories in kidsa-z.com in order to hear Spanish being read fluently.
- Read book 18: El viaje de Ramón and then complete a graphic organizer to show understanding of the elements from the story.
- Write, in your own words (Spanish) to describe what is happening in the weekly writing. REVIEW and EDIT before turning it in (check for sentence structure, concordancia, capitals and punctuation).
Las matemáticas
Our math objectives this week are to:
- Practice math facts each day (to get faster!)
- Complete 4 daily review sheets and check answers in Google Classroom.
- Subtract money in different ways with and without regrouping.
- Practice our math lessons by completing workbook pages and then checking your work and understanding by watching the videos in Google Classroom for each workbook page.
Science
This week our science objectives are:
* Students will be able to describe the changes expected in a planted seed.
* Identify and describe each stage of the life cycle of a chicken and a mouse.
* Identify and describe each stage of the lifecycle of a butterfly and a frog.
History & Geography
Our objectives will be to:
* Understand why the Virginia company founded Jamestown.
*Identify John Smith.
* Summarize why the colony almost failed and its first year.
by Jill & Sarah | Apr 19, 2020 | 2nd/3rd Grade News
Weekly Choice Board: https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NTA4Nzk3MTI0ODha/a/Njg3NzcwMzAzMzZa/details
Students have the option to “color in” their weekly board as they complete assignments.
La Lectura (about 15-20 minutes of work each day after reading)
This week the students will:
- Read book 17 fluently “La misteriosa casa de la abuela”
- Identify the main idea and supporting details in the story.
- Use reading strategies to identify or work around unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Complete a weekly writing assignment and make corrections (capitals, punctuation, complete sentences, noun-verb agreement, gender agreement)
- Read “Chinches” and answer reading comprehension questions in complete sentences (in the Google Doc so I can easily see their answers and make corrections).
Talent Show from a week ago!
Las matemáticas (about 20 minutes of work each day)
This week we will begin our Money unit! Our learning goals for this week are:
- Correctly identify all coins and bills
- add money in different ways with and without regrouping
- subtract money in different ways with and without regrouping
- Continue practicing math facts daily
We will continue to work in our small math groups of 4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The feedback from the kiddos was that they LOVE the small groups! It would be great if they were able to bring coins and a dollar bill to their math meetings this week!
11:00-11:30 – Aleya, Eden, Evely, Evie
1:00-1:30 – Maya, Maria, Cata, Ellie
1:35-2:05 – Penelope, Bella, Rachel, Bryce
2:10-2:40 – Sam, Owen, Frederick, Andres
The students also have a review packet of everything we’ve done so far this year in math and can complete that as extra practice (some kiddos are asking for more, more, more!!). I will post answers for those who want to do this.
Science
This week our main objectives in science will be to:
This week our main objectives in science are to:
*Explain how humans affect ecosystems in the environment
explain how humans affect ecosystems in the environment
*Describe and identify human made threats to the environment
*Explain why sometimes animals must leave their habitats when the natural balance is lost
Explain why sometimes animals must leave their habitats when the natural balance is lost
*Identify different types of resources including renewable and nonrenewable
identify different types of resources including renewable and nonrenewable
*Explain the importance of conservation and recycling to the health of the environment
Explain the importance of conservation and recycling to the health of the environment
*Identify different ways to protect and restore the environment
History & Geography
We are starting a new unit on The Thirteen Colonies.
This week our objectives will be to:
*explain why the settlers came to America
*Identify the three colonial regions: New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies.
Identify the three colonial regions: New England, the middle colonies, and the southern colonies.
*Summarize the importance of the colonies chief port cities in the development of trade and government: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston.
*Explain the differences in climate from north to south in the corresponding differences in agriculture.
is week’s learning objectives are:
