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February 13-17, 2017
In this weekly post, you will find information about the academic content and special events happening in the upcoming week.
Literacy (Reading & Writing)
Click the link to view our upcoming theme skills!
Theme 10 (week two)
Phonics Words: chow, found, ground, stout, trout, ready, ride, boundary, snowplow
Sight Words: ride, year, without, might, money
Vocab Words: participate, influence, emergency
Grammar Skill: Collective Nouns
Math
Due to CoGAT, we will not be starting a new math chapter. This would be an excellent time to practice basic facts. Have your child make their own flashcards. We have been been saying the whole fact out loud. For example if the flashcard says 2 + 3, instead of a student only answering 5, they would say 2 + 3 = 5. Facts 1-20 for both addition and subtraction must be mastered by then end of second grade.
CoGAT Testing
Next week, during our math instruction, we will begin taking the COGAT testing. CoGAT Tests – The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) are administered to all students in 2nd and 4th grades. This exam provides information about the level and pattern of cognitive development of students that may not be captured by grades or other academic measures. The test measures general and specific reasoning abilities which are influenced by both in school and out of school experiences. It provides information on a student’s ability to learn new tasks and solve problems. These abilities are assessed in three ways: Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal. The verbal exam measures verbal inductive and deductive reasoning skills and includes items such as: verbal classification, sentence completion, and verbal analogies. The quantitative portion of the exam includes quantitative relations, number series, and equation building. The Nonverbal test presents novel problems to students using geometric shapes and figures in which students must use strategies for dealing with new material. CogAT tests will be administered the week of February 22nd. For more information regarding CogAT tests go to http://www.riversidepublishing.com/products/cogAT7/learnmore.html
Cursive
Week 4 Lowercase Letters are: u, w, c, a, o
Their homework is to watch the video and leave a comment on the blog. When you leave a comment on this post, you can tell us something you noticed, something you are proud of or something you are still struggling with. Don’t forget to leave a comment so we know that you completed your homework. I have been noticing the last 2 weeks, we have been forgetting. If you get an oops slip, remember it is your job to still watch the video and post on the blog. I just know we can get back on track and look forward to seeing your reflections!
Second Step
Next week, we will learn how to solve problems using the STEP acronym: Say the problem, think of solutions, explore consequences, and pick the best solution. Once they’ve calmed down and stated the problem without blaming, students are ready for the next three problem solving steps. Think of solutions builds cognitive skills and helps students avoid jumping at the first idea that comes to them, thus preventing hasty and possibly more aggressive responses. Emphasizing the importance of safe and respectful solutions builds prosocial norms and help students employ perspective taking to think about the effects of their actions on others. The third step, explore consequences, helps students think through cause and effect and avoid solutions that will cause more problems.
Upcoming Events
Monday, February 13, 2017
- Lunch: Meatball Sub Sandwich
- “participate” note card comes home, due Tuesday
- Watch Cursive Week 4 Video, comment and practice (due Wednesday)
- Bring your decorated Valentine’s Day box
- Be as creative as possible
- Please have a hole already cut that is large enough to fit Valentines
- Make sure to have a Valentine for each member of our class
- CoGAT testing begins
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
- Lunch: Heart Nuggets
- “influence” and “emergency” note card comes home, due Wednesday
- Watch Cursive Week 4 Video, comment and practice (due Wednesday)
- Valentine’s Day Parties @1:45pm
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
- Lunch: Hot Dog
- Watch Cursive Week 4 Video and comment by today
- Board Meeting @ 7pm
Thursday, February 16, 2017
- Lunch: Chili and Crackers
- Phonics Paper comes home (due tomorrow)
Friday, February 17, 2017
- Lunch: Bosco Sticks
Celebrating Our Greatness!
- Learning cursive letters: p, r, s, and t
- Exploring rounding and estimation via a HyperDoc
- Being flexible and understanding in our first full week with Mrs. Stoller
- Studying our teeth in science class
- Creating a media recording for a phonics assignment in Canvas
- Setting AR Goals for February and March on Seesaw
I think the w is really really hard! In fact I think all of them are hard.
I am so excited for cursive this week because the sentences keep getting longer and longer.
I can not wait until I write my name in cursive!!!
I loved learning about how to connect a and o.
I am so happy to learn the letter a because that is in my name and I liked the word chat because it is fun to chat with your family.
All of the letter are hard but I’ll get it.
All of the letters are hard but i’ll get it.
I am itching to learn week 5. My favorite letter is o.
The letters this week are awesome!
I liked that a c o are the same in cursive I need to work on u.
The a and o are almost the same is what I learned.
All of the letters were pretty easy but were a tiny bit hard.
I learned how to write the letters u w c a and o in cursuve.
I can’t wait until are next few cursive letters.
I know the first and last letter of my name.
I can’t wait to learn how to write all those words!
I can’t wait to learn how to write all those fun words!
I liked the video but the c,a,and o were hard.
I think the G was hard at first then I got the hang of it.