September 11th

September 11, 2023

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Both Class Celebrations will happen this Friday, September 15th.
• 2F:  Stuffy and P.J. Day - Please wear appropriate pj's that are not see through and a stuffy that can fit in their back pack.
• 2C:  Toy Day - It has to fit in their backpack, can't have a noise component to it as well as not electronic and should be school appropriate. 
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• Tuesday, September 12, 8-9 AM: PTO Coffee Hour in the STEM lab
• Friday, September 22nd: Picture Day
• Wednesday, October 4th: two hour delayed opening, No School for PreK
• Saturday, October 7th: PTO Prosper Harvest Supper @TPVS
• Monday, October 9th: No School, Indigenous Peoples Day observed

                          Miss Paitra Martin       

Welcome to our Second Grade Blog.  We will be posting on this blog once a month.  The blog will ALWAYS have important dates and information.  It will include our planned celebrations, items you might need to send in with your child, any scheduled fieldtrips and pictures of our second grade wonders!!!  We will send you an email with the link to the blog when it is ready to view.

I want to introduce you to Paitra Martin.  She is a Student Teacher in Mrs. Frates' Second Grade Classroom.  She has already made nice connections with all the students in class and will continue to do so until November.  Please be sure to say hello and make her feel welcome. 

Please read and find out what we have been busy with since the opening of school.  

SPECIALS:

Second Grade Coyle               Second Grade Frates

Monday-P.E.                                                   Monday - Spanish and Art

Tuesday - Library and Art                         Tuesday - Spanish and P.E.

Wednesday - P.E.                                          Wednesday - S.T.E.M.

Thursday - Spanish and S.T.E.M.           Thursday - Health and Music

Friday - Spanish and Music                       Friday - Library and P.E. 

Please make sure your child has proper footwear for their specials and return their books back for Library day.  

Second Grade has spent a great deal of time learning new routines and reviewing school and classroom rules.  We have been practicing what it looks like and sounds like in the classroom when we are being safe, respectful and ready to learn.   The kids are working hard to be good role models for our first grade friends across the hall.  

Your child will be bring home a blue file folder EVERY Thursday.  It will have important papers for you to look at.  Some of the papers include your child's hard work and other papers will be something to read, sign and return.  There will also be papers you may get from the office, programs around the community and/0r units in health that our Heath Team will teach your children throughout the year.  Please look carefully through your child's folder weekly and send the folder back with signed papers if appropriate OR empty NO LATER THAN TUESDAY.  We hand back papers to your child everyday and ask them to put it in their folder so it is easier for them to do so if their folder is in their cubby.  Thank you for paying attention to this consistent and important detail throughout the year.

Math:

In Math we are working on Unit 1 of our math curriculum INVESTIGATIONS: coins, number strings and story problems.  We have been exploring tools we will use throughout the year and review how to show our thinking when solving problems.  Below you can see the creations a few students built after counting 50 - 100 items.  

Literacy:

Literacy has many components to it this year.  We are currently focusing on reading with fluency.  This week we practiced reading with expression.  This involves using the punctuation the author inserted and paying close attention to speaking loud if the words are printed bold and soft when needed.  It has helped the kids have a goal to work toward while reading.  Ask your child to read with you at home and use their voice the way the author wants the reader to use it.  

Second Step:

Second step is our Social Emotional Program used throughout the school.  We began by reviewing our rules, acting out different situations as others guess what that rule could be and working on flip books with illustrations of our rules.  We will be focusing on RESPECT for lesson 1.  

We are enjoying getting to know your kiddos. We look forward to building a supportive and collaborative relationship with you as parents, so you child can continue to grow as learners and community members.  If you ever have any questions or concerns you'd like to dis communicate, feel free to contact us via email.  Below you will find our email address.  We will return an answer or ask for more information as quickly as possible.  It may be hard after hours but we will do our best.  Enjoy the week!

Betsy Frates - betsy.frates@mtnviews.org

Kelsey Coyle - kelsey.coyle@mtnviews.org