Focus for the week of January 22, 2019

This week our second grade students will be working on:

Reading:  Students will learn to use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Math:  Students will explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.  They will add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.They will use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Writing:  Students will write opinion texts in which they introduce a topic, use reasons and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Science: Students will continue to learn about the structures of matter and the surfaces of the earth as it relates to solid matter. They will learn about defining and delimiting engineering problems and developing possible solutions. Students will work on optimizing the design solution

Social Studies: Students will explain why people form governments. They will use examples to describe how local government affects the lives of its citizens. Students will identify services commonly provided by local governments (e.g., police, fire departments, schools, libraries, parks).

Spelling Words:

Group 1: root, chew, clue, canoe, fruit, work, made, pick, own, long

Group 2: root, chew, clue, canoe, fruit, well, ran, brown, eat, who

NWEA Testing Tomorrow

Your child will be NWEA testing in Reading tomorrow. This is an important test and must be taken seriously. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast and goes to bed early. Remind your child to take his/her time and read or listen to the questions and all the choices carefully before selecting an answer. Once an answer is submitted they cannot go back and fix it.

NWEA Testing Tomorrow

Focus for the Week of January 14, 2019

This week our second grade students will be working on:

Reading:  Students will learn to compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.

Math:  Students will explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.  They will add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.They will use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Writing:  Students will write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Science: Students will continue to learn about the structures of matter and the surfaces of the earth as it relates to solid matter.

Social Studies: Students will explain why people form governments. They will use examples to describe how local government affects the lives of its citizens. Students will identify services commonly provided by local governments (e.g., police, fire departments, schools, libraries, parks).

Bucket Fillers, Student of the Month, & NWEA Assembly

On Friday afternoon, we had an assembly which featured Rana Elhusseini a former Oakman student who is an awesome student both academically and in basketball. We had the privilege to hear her story and share in her accomplishments. After that Miller students celebrated bucket fillers, student of the month and Nwea results for the months of September, October, and November. The photos below show our students from 2nd and 3rd grades.

                                                     

Important Dates

  • January 14th – Feb 1st NWEA Window k-5 Reading and Math.
  • January 14th – Feb 1st DRA2 Testing for all students.
  • January 18th – PTA Meeting / Open House 9 – 10 a.m.
  • January 18th Half Day 11:45 a.m. dismissal
  • January 21st NO SCHOOL MLK Birthday
  • January 22nd – END  of 2nd CARD MARKING, Half Day 11:45 a.m. dismissal

i-Ready Testing

i-Ready testing will be on Monday, January 14th. It is important that your child read daily so that he/she may improve.  Please have a conversation with your child about taking his/her time, doing his/her best, getting a good night rest and eating a fortified breakfast daily!  It is expected that your child makes a year’s growth by the end of the year.

Focus for the Week of January 7, 2019

This week our second grade students will be working on:

Reading:  Students will learn to compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.

Math:  Students will understand why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.They will add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.

Writing:  Students will write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Science: Students will continue to learn about the structures of matter and the surfaces of the earth as it relates to solid matter.

Social Studies: Students will explain why people form governments. They will use examples to describe how local government affects the lives of its citizens. Students will identify services commonly provided by local governments (e.g., police, fire departments, schools, libraries, parks).

Donations: *** We need tissue boxes – please consider donating to our classroom!

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Spelling words:

Group 1: Churn, clerk, third, first, burst, carry, draw, clean, together, drink

Group 2: Churn, clerk, third, first, burst, no, came, ride, into, good.

Welcome Back!!!

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone enjoyed our two week break.  I sure did.  I am grateful that I was able to spend time with my family and friends during this time. We have two weeks until the end of the card marking, so we will be jumping right back into school mode tomorrow. NWEA and I-Ready testing windows open this week.  However, we will not start testing until next week.  This will give kids some time to brush up on previous learning and get a few extra minutes in on the I-Ready program.  It is very important that students are on this program at least 45 minutes per week and are passing their lessons with at least 80% proficiency.

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