Continue
the great work in reading with your
child from 30 minutes each day and recording it in their RAH folders. In reading we’re working on predicting,
determining the most important events or details, sequencing, and retelling
stories.
If you don’t have computer access
for you child, please work on flashcard practice. Second graders need to know their addition
facts through 10 + 10 (or 20’s) and subtraction facts through 20’s. Third graders need to know addition, subtraction,
and multiplication facts through 10’s (11’s and 12’s would be nice, too!)
Please continue to have your child
use Xtra Math and SumDog. If you need the passwords, please let me
know.
Family Writing: Read
a short story or choose a chapter book you’ve read or heard. Fill in the summary outline. Write in complete sentences. I may ask you to retell your story orally,
too, without your summary outline. Can
you do it?!
If your
child is writing on his/her own, look over the summary with your child when
he/she is finished. See if you and your
child can add some details to make the story more clear and vivid.
Family
writing is always due the Tuesday after it is assigned, Tuesday, October 30.
In
science, we’re winding up our matter unit.
Students are practicing the inquiry method by writing a measurable
question (Will an ice cube melt faster on a metal or Styrofoam surface?), a
hypothesis (I think the ice will melt faster on a metal surface because the
metal absorbs the temperature around it.—This channeled quite a discussion!), a procedure, data
collection, and an analysis.
Students
have been learning about elections and the presidency. Any discussion of candidates in your home
would be helpful. We’re not getting into
that at school!
