Joyful Learning
Important Dates:
1/31- January Homework Board is Due, please remember it must be signed!
1/31- Math Homework goes home
2/2- Wildcat Dollar Store
2/8- Social Studies Civil Rights Test
Other News:
---Family Stem Night: Wilson Creek Elementary Presents 2nd Annual STEM Night - Thursday, February 8 from 5:30-7:15 p.m. Please join us for the 2nd Annual Wilson Creek Family Stem Night, Thursday, February 8 from 5:30 – 7:15. Come play, build, and explore with your child. We have some fun events returning from last year and five events that are new this year. Please sign-up each member of your family that is attending. Ex: If you have 1 parent and 1 student attending you need to sign up for 2 slots. Students must be accompanied by an adult. You may sign-up for 3 different events.
1) 5:45-6:10 2) 6:15 - 6:40 3) 6:45 - 7:10 To sign-up please copy this link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090c4fa8aa29a13-20181
---Valentines Day (Wed 14th): Students will decorate small lunch bags to carry their treats in, please do not send in or decorate any shoe boxes. If you choose to send valentines treats, please remember that there should be one for EACH child. (I/Our room mom will be reaching out for some help with sticker/decoration/bag donations in the near future!)
---Supplies: We are running low on glue sticks. If you can, please send a few in.
---Red Folders/VIPs: When these go home, please be sure to SIGN them, and return them!
What We're Learning:
Phonics: *New Lists go home Monday!* R-Controlled Vowels
Reading: Author's Purpose & Main Idea
Students will learn how to identify if an author's purpose for writing was to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain. This is commonly known as "PIE". We will also practice reading passages and deciding what the author's main idea is.
Writing: Poetry
We are continuing to write our own poems! Students will be challenged to put examples of the elements of poetry in their writings. They are encouraged to use sensory words, and experiment with line breaks. You can help encourage this at home by co-writing poems!
Grammar: Possessives ('s)
We will be practicing using the apostrophe-s to show possessives in our sentences, such as: Mrs. Crisp's dog is cute!
Social Studies: Civil Rights
We've learning about the civil rights movement and its' important leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. Our focus is now moving to Jackie Robinson. We will complete a study guide in class on Thursday and Friday for your child to use to prepare for the test. It is planned for Thursday, Feb. 8th.
Key Vocabulary: civil rights, compassion, segregation, integration, liberty, and boycott.
Math: Unit 4 - Properties of Addition, Balancing Equations, 3 Digit Subtraction
With the amount of days we have missed, it is again vital that you practice math skills with your child at home. This unit test is admittedly tough, but with your help students will be successful! We will spend this week learning about the Properties of Addition (identity property, associative property, and commutative property).
We will also practice balancing equations, such as:
4 + 5 + 3 = __ + 4 To balance the equation students could use an 8, or 5 + 3.
Something that is very challenging coming down the line are guess and check problems- For example, students may see a data chart of 5 numbers and have to pick out what 3 numbers together make exactly 148. This is something you could easily get a head start practicing at home!
As always, it is very important to remember that 2nd graders cannot use the standard algorithm to solve problems. Please re-watch the videos that show our accepted methods:
ADDITION: https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/2nd-grade-addition-methods/33941649/?s=VNgpGd&ref=appemail.
SUBTRACTION: https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/subtraction-methods/34524904/?ref=link.
--- IXL Practice: F.13, G.1, G.12, G.13, G.15, H.1, H.12, I.1, I.8, J.1, J.6, and L.4.
Thank you for all that you do!
Always reach out with questions or concerns.
Mrs. Crisp
