Second Grade Happenings January 8-12

Whoa, what chilly temperatures we had this past week!  With indoor recess all week, we are all ready for some warmer temperatures so we can get outside! Please help your child to remember all their outdoor gear this week.

Upcoming Events:

January 19th: Half Day for Students, 11:30 Dismissal

January 22nd-26th: Celebrate New Directions Week!

January 22nd: No School for Students-Staff development for teachers

January 23rd-BE Creative -Game Day (dress like game characters ie. Twister, Mario)

January 24th-BE Unique-Backwards Day

January 25th-BE Active-Activewear

January 26th-BE Adventurous-Camping Day

A Little Bit in the Future:

February 27th-Music, Munchies and Masterpieces Family Night 6:00 PM-All students will be performing songs

May 10th-Second Grade Concert-6:30 PM

MAP testing dates:

Thursday, January 11 - Reading MAP test - 8:15-9:25

Friday, January 19- Math MAP test - 8:15-9:25

Curricular updates:

Reading and Writing ~ We are continuing to work with fiction in both reading and writing.  The students are learning ways that readers pay close attention to characters feelings, character traits and character changes.  In writing we are using our character to write a series fiction books and elaborating our stories by adding in dialogue, actions, thinking and setting. 

Math ~Unit 4 starts this week. Unit 4 involves more work with money, adding the quarter into the mix. This unit also introduces 2-digit subtraction. Students will learn many strategies for solving 2-digit subtraction problems. The standard algorithm will eventually be taught as well. I will be sending home the Units 2 and 3 tests tonight; these tests were both taken in December. 

Content ~ We are continuing to explore changes in science. We've been investigating mixing and separating solids, mixing solids and liquids and separating solids and liquid mixtures.

Don't forget...January is a big month for our school!  There are many informational events taking place to help others learn more about New Directions.  Please share these dates with anyone you think may be interested in hearing more about what a great place New Directions is for students to learn and grow!

Thursday, January 11th-5:30 PM District-Wide Info Session held at Tanner Early Learning Center

Tuesday, January 16th-6:00 -7:00 PM Info Session at New Directions

Monday, January 22nd-10:00 AM-1:00 PM Open House for prospective families at New Directions

Thursday, February 1st-6:00-7:00 PM-Info Session at New Directions

Families can also call Mrs. Frischmann at 766-6116 to set up individual tours.

Have a great week!