Mrs. Laukus' Blog

Week-At-A-Glance April 20-24

WELCOME TO WEEK 1!

Our second grade team of teachers hope you enjoy the Week-At-A-Glance format created for our second graders. You will find the links to lessons by clicking on the blue text. If you have any questions, please contact me. Have a great week and stay safe.

Week-At-A-Glance

Week 4 Choice Board

Please click on this link access the Choice Board: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QekkIKfpxTdOWETZyvf7uUSzBuFYmBb1UGfnC7oqW6s/edit

You may go to WIXIE for your own copy of our Choice Board to mark off your accomplishments.

Happy Spring Break

Hello everyone,
I hope you are looking forward to your spring break. There are many things around my house and yard I am looking forward to doing next week. One of the things I am looking forward to is reading some books that I have had to put on hold.

Here are a few ideas for you to enjoy in case you find you have extra time:

Mystery Doug Livestream
Tuesday, April 7, 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern
Click here: mysteryscience.com/live

Epic live has many fun activities past and present for students to participate in: https://www.facebook.com/epic4kids

Feel free to post a video on Flipgrid sharing a fun activity.

We will schedule a Google Hangout with the class after spring break. Can't wait to see and talk to you all.

I miss you and wish you a creative staycation!

Mrs. Laukus

4/1 Wednesday Update

Happy Inside Out Day! It is hard to believe we are in our third week of connecting at home. If your family is like mine, this has been a very busy week already. Balancing work at home or on-site, schoolwork, and daily living can get very messy. I am sharing a document that has instructions and links to the programs/websites we have been using the past few weeks. I hope this helps your child connect if there has been some confusion. Please feel free to call me if you or your child need assistance.

Guide to Most Used Websites / Programs

I shared a Jack Prelutsky poem, Glue on Flipgrid today. His poems always make me laugh. His website is a fun one for students to visit and participate in some of his activities. Here is the link: http://jackprelutsky.com/

April is poetry month so I will be sharing a few more poems this month and hope your child will do the same. It can be a poem he or she wrote or a favorite poem written by someone else.

As always I miss everyone and wish you all to stay healthy and hopeful.

Week 3 Choice Board

Welcome to Week 3!

I am so proud of all the great learning you are taking on for yourself. Please continue to work hard and challenge yourself as you move through the choice board this week. Many of you are very close to passing a level on Lexia Core 5. Just a reminder Grade 2 levels in Core are 10, 11, and 12.

If you have not seen the news from L.I.N.K. yet today click on this link: https://www.wevideo.com/view/1629181607
Mrs. Gruchot and her team will be sharing the news on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 😀

Jackson shared what he learned when he experimented with an egg on Flipgrid last week. Now you can watch the video to see what actually happened. Enjoy!

Here is your Week 3 Choice Board: Week 3 Choice Board

New this week: You can share your progress on the Week 3 Choice Board by visiting WIXIE. You will find a copy of the choice board assigned to you. You can check off or put a stamp on the activities you complete. It is your choice to do this but I will be enjoy watching your progress over the week.

You are also welcome to visit our Google Classroom to find extra activities if you would like some paper pencil activities, symmetry videos, and a bird sighting class list you can add to as you observe birds around your house, in your yard, or on a walk.

Please remember these activities are available to help keep your love for learning alive. You are welcome to pick and choose your favorite activities.

Take care and watch for a new Flipgrid topic on Tuesday, March 31st. 😊💗

Week 2 Choice Board

Week 2 Choice Board

Click on the link below to access this week's activities. We hope you have a great week!

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YgjVnGcRKYOuWlrdwSLb8MH1U-qZ3LtSVtyahUB9N54/edit?usp=sharing

Week 1 Update

Good Morning!

I hope everyone is staying safe and the first week of schooling at home is going well. I have listed out some updates about this week's learning below.

1. Please let your children know that I am monitoring their Lexia minutes and would like them to follow the same expectations at home that we use at school. That is half the minutes and units by Wednesday and all of them by the end of the day on Friday. If you have any concerns or questions with this, please let me know.

2. Thank you to the students who have posted a hello to the class and shared a favorite movie/show on Flipgrid. If your child has not visited our Flipgrid, it is a great place to see their classmates and share comments. I will continue to share topics with students. Please remind your child, he/she is sharing his/her videos with classmates, parents, and me. The website is https://flipgrid.com/laukus1152 .

3. Many children love Mo Willems' books. The author is doing a daily lunch doodle. He has done 3 doodles so far. Each one comes with an activity. Very fun! https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

Please let me know if you have any questions or if there is a way we at SJPS can help you. I check my email quite regularly and am willing to answer any questions you may have as we spend this time away from one another. I miss being with our class very much and look forward to being back together as soon as possible.

Take care,

Jenny