Talk about a beautiful day!!! Just two quick reminders that I wanted to inform you about.
1. MAP TESTING
Tomorrow morning 2-3 will be taking their spring MATH Map test. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and a healthy breakfast in the morning. On Friday, they will take their READING Map test right after lunch so make sure they have a good lunch on Friday.
2. APPROPRIATE SCHOOL ATTIRE
As the weather gets nicer, I want to remind everyone of Dryden's policy for appropriate warm weather attire. Students must wear closed-toed shoes that have a back to them. The kids are not allowed to wear flip flops or open-toed sandals. The students are also NOT allowed to wear spaghetti strapped tops. Finally, sunscreen must be applied at home before sending your child to school. Please help us at Dryden keep your children safe and follow these rules. Thank you!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Biweekly Update from 2-3
Hello 2-3 Families!
I hope you all had a chance to enjoy the spring weather this weekend. We have sure waited long enough. Here is a look at what has been happening in 2-3.
SPRING ASSESSMENTS
This coming week, the students of 2-3 will take their spring reading and math MAP tests. We will be testing on Wednesday morning and on Friday right after lunch. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats well before each of these tests. I will also be conducting the AIMS Web assessment this week. During this test, the students will read 3 separate 1 minute passages aloud so I can assess their rate and accuracy of fluency.
MATH
Last week we completed Chapter 10 in math and began Chapter 11. You may have noticed on your child's homework that the addition and subtraction skills are being taken to the next level. The students have been working hard at learning to "carry" when completing double-digit addition and "borrowing" when subtracting. We will work on borrowing again this week in math. This is still a developing skill for many students and I continue to remind the kids that "PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS."
HOMEWORK
The students in 2-3 are getting closer everyday to becoming 3rd graders. I am expecting more effort on their part when completing their in-class assignments and homework. If you child does not complete his/her homework or in-class assignment by the time it is due, they will have to stay in for recess until that work is completed. I understand that everyone has busy schedules, but homework is not an option. The work assigned to the class to be completed at home is designed to reinforce the skills taught during the day at school and should not take a lot of time to complete. Each day the kids write down their assignments and the work they write down should be completed by the following day. Thank you helping make sure your chid is completing his/her homework on time.
AH HISTORICAL MUSEUM FIELD TRIP
Thank you Mrs. Lytle and Mrs. Gavin for joining our class on our field trip to the AH Historical Museum. We had such beautiful weather for our trip! I am so proud of how well-behaved and respectful the kids were during our field trip. It was great seeing the kids make connections between what they have learned in class during our AH unit with what they learned during our field trip. We will be taking our AH unit test on Monday and have started our NEW science unit of Life Cycles. Stay tuned for updates about observing our caterpillars grow into butterflies.
SPRING IS HERE?!?!
Spring is trying desperately to arrive, but unfortunately we cannot always count on our weather forecast. As the weather continues to fluctuate between warm and cold, please make sure to send your child to school with appropriate outdoor weather gear. Sometimes it does not warm-up until the afternoon and temps are still on the cool side when the kids head out for morning recess. Having appropriate layers will allow them to stay warm and cool as we transition into warmer weather.
It's hard to believe that we only have 26 days left of the school year. We will keep working hard and having fun as we wind down our time together in 2nd grade.
- Danielle
I hope you all had a chance to enjoy the spring weather this weekend. We have sure waited long enough. Here is a look at what has been happening in 2-3.
SPRING ASSESSMENTS
This coming week, the students of 2-3 will take their spring reading and math MAP tests. We will be testing on Wednesday morning and on Friday right after lunch. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and eats well before each of these tests. I will also be conducting the AIMS Web assessment this week. During this test, the students will read 3 separate 1 minute passages aloud so I can assess their rate and accuracy of fluency.
MATH
Last week we completed Chapter 10 in math and began Chapter 11. You may have noticed on your child's homework that the addition and subtraction skills are being taken to the next level. The students have been working hard at learning to "carry" when completing double-digit addition and "borrowing" when subtracting. We will work on borrowing again this week in math. This is still a developing skill for many students and I continue to remind the kids that "PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS."
HOMEWORK
The students in 2-3 are getting closer everyday to becoming 3rd graders. I am expecting more effort on their part when completing their in-class assignments and homework. If you child does not complete his/her homework or in-class assignment by the time it is due, they will have to stay in for recess until that work is completed. I understand that everyone has busy schedules, but homework is not an option. The work assigned to the class to be completed at home is designed to reinforce the skills taught during the day at school and should not take a lot of time to complete. Each day the kids write down their assignments and the work they write down should be completed by the following day. Thank you helping make sure your chid is completing his/her homework on time.
AH HISTORICAL MUSEUM FIELD TRIP
Thank you Mrs. Lytle and Mrs. Gavin for joining our class on our field trip to the AH Historical Museum. We had such beautiful weather for our trip! I am so proud of how well-behaved and respectful the kids were during our field trip. It was great seeing the kids make connections between what they have learned in class during our AH unit with what they learned during our field trip. We will be taking our AH unit test on Monday and have started our NEW science unit of Life Cycles. Stay tuned for updates about observing our caterpillars grow into butterflies.
SPRING IS HERE?!?!
Spring is trying desperately to arrive, but unfortunately we cannot always count on our weather forecast. As the weather continues to fluctuate between warm and cold, please make sure to send your child to school with appropriate outdoor weather gear. Sometimes it does not warm-up until the afternoon and temps are still on the cool side when the kids head out for morning recess. Having appropriate layers will allow them to stay warm and cool as we transition into warmer weather.
It's hard to believe that we only have 26 days left of the school year. We will keep working hard and having fun as we wind down our time together in 2nd grade.
- Danielle
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Counting Area with Partial Coverage
Hello 2-3 Families!
This week in math, we discussed counting the area of an object that wasn't completely square or filled-in. I noticed some confusion with the last problem on Home Link 10.7 so I wanted to review this information with you.
When calculating area of an object that is not completely shaded in, less than half of a box shaded does not count at all towards the total area. Exactly half of the box shaded in counts as half. More than half of a box shaded in counts as 1 towards the total.
The last problem on HL 10.7 was this.........
Each fully shaded box would count as 1cm squared. Since the rest of the boxes were exactly half filled in, they would count as 1/2. The total area in cm squared would equal 9cm squared. If less than half of the box was filled in, the box would not be counted in the total. If more than half of the box was filled in, it would count as 1 cm squared.
The students and I discussed this during our math lesson this morning. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know!
I hope you are staying safe and dry today in the storms!
- Danielle
This week in math, we discussed counting the area of an object that wasn't completely square or filled-in. I noticed some confusion with the last problem on Home Link 10.7 so I wanted to review this information with you.
When calculating area of an object that is not completely shaded in, less than half of a box shaded does not count at all towards the total area. Exactly half of the box shaded in counts as half. More than half of a box shaded in counts as 1 towards the total.
The last problem on HL 10.7 was this.........
The students and I discussed this during our math lesson this morning. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know!
I hope you are staying safe and dry today in the storms!
- Danielle
Monday, April 8, 2013
News from 2-3
Hello 2-3 families!
We sure crammed a lot into our 4 day week last week! Here is some information I wanted to pass along.....
OUR NEWEST CLASS MEMBER
I was so excited finally announce this week that Baby Porte will be joining our Dryden family. To make this announcement, we played a game of Hangman and at the end it looked like this......
The kids have been so sweet about our upcoming arrival and asked if they could vote on a name to add to our baby name list. We will take our vote in May and then see what happens once we meet our little man this summer. Thank you all for your kind words and support, Jeremy and I are very excited.
AU AMAZING ANIMAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
All I can say is....WOW!!!! The students of 2-3 did an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING job researching their Australian animals. Check out our photo gallery below to see how creative 2-3 is.
AH RESEARCH PROJECT
We launched our History of Arlington Heights unit last week and we will be working with the LMC to conduct research on an AH Landmark. Thursday I sent home a list of choices for the kids to pick from. Since there are so many wonderful places to study, we will not be allowing any duplicates of landmarks. These are being assigned on a "first turned in/first assigned" basis :) I look forward to seeing the kids work on this project. If your child did not return their AH Landmark sheet today, please try to return it ASAP so I can assign the landmarks.
SHOE DRIVE!!!
This SATURDAY (April 13th)is the JUST MOVE IT CHALLENGE 5k. During this event, we will be hosting the SHARE YOUR SOLES SHOE DRIVE. Please think about cleaning out your closets and donating any gentle used shoes to support this wonderful charity. I will be running the booth during the race so even if you don't have shoes to donate, make sure you stop by and say HI!!
Don't forget, there is NO SCHOOL TUESDAY APRIL 9th. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed some spring-like weather!
- Danielle
We sure crammed a lot into our 4 day week last week! Here is some information I wanted to pass along.....
OUR NEWEST CLASS MEMBER
I was so excited finally announce this week that Baby Porte will be joining our Dryden family. To make this announcement, we played a game of Hangman and at the end it looked like this......
The kids have been so sweet about our upcoming arrival and asked if they could vote on a name to add to our baby name list. We will take our vote in May and then see what happens once we meet our little man this summer. Thank you all for your kind words and support, Jeremy and I are very excited.
AU AMAZING ANIMAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
All I can say is....WOW!!!! The students of 2-3 did an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING job researching their Australian animals. Check out our photo gallery below to see how creative 2-3 is.
AH RESEARCH PROJECT
We launched our History of Arlington Heights unit last week and we will be working with the LMC to conduct research on an AH Landmark. Thursday I sent home a list of choices for the kids to pick from. Since there are so many wonderful places to study, we will not be allowing any duplicates of landmarks. These are being assigned on a "first turned in/first assigned" basis :) I look forward to seeing the kids work on this project. If your child did not return their AH Landmark sheet today, please try to return it ASAP so I can assign the landmarks.
SHOE DRIVE!!!
This SATURDAY (April 13th)is the JUST MOVE IT CHALLENGE 5k. During this event, we will be hosting the SHARE YOUR SOLES SHOE DRIVE. Please think about cleaning out your closets and donating any gentle used shoes to support this wonderful charity. I will be running the booth during the race so even if you don't have shoes to donate, make sure you stop by and say HI!!
Don't forget, there is NO SCHOOL TUESDAY APRIL 9th. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed some spring-like weather!
- Danielle
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