Second Grade News – Mrs. Doeden
January 04, 2016
Launch the media gallery 1 playerWow! It is hard to believe that we are half way through our year together. Time sure has flown by! We have a great group of second grade students, and I am sure we will have a great second half of the year, too.
The second grade students are having an outstanding time reading for Accelerated Reader. During the first semester, our class has read over 800 books upon which we have taken tests. We have earned nearly 50 certificates to honor the children who have been reading so many books. We have read over 1,161,000 words! We are doing fantastic! In fact, our class celebrated out outstanding AR achievements with party hats and noise makers just before the break. Mrs. Doeden is so proud!
In math, we have been concentrating on our addition facts through 18 during the first semester. We will be continuing to practice these facts, but we will now begin to include subtraction facts in our studies. We are also learning to add two-digit numbers with and without regrouping, read the temperature on a thermometer, identify congruent shapes, and many other skills. The children love math and the challenge of new concepts each day.
Being creative in solving problems is our focus in reading for this unit. We have read folk tales as well as fanciful and realistic fiction selections. Our third grade partners from Mrs. Heidemann’s class help us practice our reading assignments each week. They help us with unfamiliar words and also help us practice reading with expression. We are becoming better readers with each selection we read.
Writing friendly letters was one of the skills we have practiced during our grammar and writing time. Each child had an opportunity to write a letter to Santa to let him know a few things he or she was hoping for this Christmas. It was interesting that one of our reading stories was even about a little boy and his grandmother who communicated with letters, photos, drawings, and items sent through the mail. We have learned that there are many ways to communicate.
We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and that you will have a great 2016!