Hello families! I hope everyone has had a great week. It's unbelieveable to me December is literally right around the corner...how time flies! The students produced some AMAZING turkey stories! I'm very proud of how much progress each and every one of them have made since August.
The students have finished their unit in counting money to $5.00, and have moved into word problems. It's been a good unit so far because we've talked about the key words for addition and subtraction problems. The class took home their Key Word book this week- they are sure to be a big help for everyone as they work on word problems at home. They read the story "Best Wishes, Ed", about a penguin who gets lost. It's a pretty cute story, and the kids enjoyed listening to the story on the computer- funny voices and all! We have also been disussing abbreviations, such as- directions, titles, months of the year, and days of the week.
The class is currently working on their stocking stories, about if Santa was sick. I've read most of them already, and I continue to be amazed by the ideas they have come up with. It's very sweet how they have said they'll take care of him. We will be beginning our holiday-themed activities in the coming weeks- the weeks are definietly going to be fun, but most likely fast-paced! I will also be benchmark testing the students with STAR Reading and STAR Math tests on the computers, and finding reading levels according to Running Records. The Running Records are another way to help me see who is reading below, at, and above grade level.
Thank you for all you do!
Elizabeth Townsend
PDS
Second Grade
515-2970
elizabeth.townsend@svps.k12.az.us
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