Thank you to Mrs. Toma and Mrs. Shah for volunteering as parent collaboration helpers today and doing an Adventures in Art lesson with our class while I was in 2nd grade collaboration. The class loved learning about Piet Mondrain, and I appreciated planning and data discussion time with the other second grade teachers!
We are in need of more donations for Thanksgiving food baskets for Fair Oaks Elementary. All donation items need to be sent in by Wednesday mornings, when baskets will be collected and prepared for delivery to Fair Oaks. Fair Oaks Elementary is our sister school...and is not far from East Side. The students and families at Fair Oaks may not have access to enough food throughout the holiday, without the donation of baskets from our school. Please help out if you are able!
Here's what we've been doing in class:
In math, we're working so hard on adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers! Here's a look at the strategies we've been learning and using!
In Social Studies, we're learning all about economics and the distribution/allocation of goods and services. We're learning about scarcity, first-come/first-served, majority rule, sharing, and lottery. A study guide all about economics was sent home today in your child's HOOT binder!
In Reading Workshop, we've been learning all about nonfiction text features--how to locate them and how they help us to better understand nonfiction text! We'll be doing "text feature surgery" later this week!
While on maternity leave, I prepared STEM BINS for our class to use for extra enrichment/challenge opportunities during morning work, after finishing other work early, and more. These bins provide challenge and extension opportunities for students to build, create, construct, and problem solve. I introduced the STEM BINS to our class last week, and the kids are already LOVING them! Thank you to the parents that have already donated refill supplies for some of the bins...we can't wait to learn and grow with these this year!
As we draw close to Thanksgiving Break, please know that I am so thankful for each of you and your amazing children! We have a great class. I hope that you have safe travels and a restful, wonderful break next week!
Love,
Mrs. Kidd
