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

Week One Activity Board

Dear Parents,

Below you will find a link to our second grade Week One Activity Board.  I will post a new activity board for our second graders each week we are not together. Please feel free to contact me by email if you or your child have any questions or concerns. Thank you so much for your support.

Click on the link to view Week One Activity Board: Week One Activity Board

Second Grade Letter to Parents

Dear Second Grade Parents,

Below is the letter that was sent home with your student today. I have added a few items that I have put in bold print so you can see the differences. If your child was not in school today, I have packaged up the materials and put them in the office for you to pick up. Here is the letter.

We are really going to miss your students during the next four weeks without them.  It saddens us not to be with them and miss the opportunity to continue the amazing growth that has developed over these last few months.   It is our hope that you will help us continue this growth by supporting his/her education through some of the items we are both offering to you and sending home.   Here is a list of the learning we would love to see happen over this next month in order to ensure your child does not lose the great gains he/she has made.  

Visit our Lincoln School Symbaloo to access the sites: https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/stjosephpublicschools

• Language Arts
• Lexia Core 5 
• RAZ. Teacher Password SJPSJLAUKUS
• Reading Counts (available between 8-4 on weekdays)
• Spelling City
• Moby 
• Wixie - be creative or work collaboratively on a project in Wixie
• Respond to reading: 1 - Fiction Book Report / 1 Non-fiction Book Report

• Math
• Math journal pages.  We are near the end of this journal so your students may do any of the unfinished pages.  We will not be correcting these, but are sending them home for extra paper practice.
• IXL
• Moby
• Math Game Bag Games
• Flashcards
• Goggle Classroom has a addition problem students can solve and submit to me. They can access Google Classroom on the Lincoln Symbaloo by clicking on the Google Drive icon.

• Mystery Science
• Watch the blog for the weekly links.  We will submit a link for the Monday Mystery.  We will also give the link for the weekly mystery that can be tried at home.   Write or draw about the mystery in your writing notebook. Here is the link from this week’s Monday Mystery.  https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/germs?code=418e3f509584b169f9f1558f216d881a

• Social Studies:  We are currently talking about maps.  Our last two units are in civics and history of our community.  We will address these when we return.

Per the district letter, we will be posting enrichment and practice activities each week on Wednesday. A lot of these will be what you have read in this letter.

At the conclusion of the break, we will want the writing journal, hand-writing journal, and any math regrouping pages you received returned to school please.

Thank you for always supporting your child’s academic and emotional well-being.  We will be working remotely and monitoring student work. Please feel free to contact us by email if you have any questions, concerns, or would like further support.  We are happy to help any way we can. Take care and stay well.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Laukus and Mrs. Starks

Week of March 9

  Weekly Update

    Week of March 9, 2019

3/9	B Day	Follett Book Fair is open in the media center!!       We have S.E.L. and music. Calling All Colors 9:10 - 11:10 a.m.     Homework: Complete Math Center Practice Sheet and review     word list.
3/10	C Day	We have art.     Homework:  Complete word sheet
3/11	D Day	We have gym and music.       Late Start Day    Complete math worksheet.    Return your math game bag tomorrow.
3/12	E Day	We have art.    Homework: Read for 15 min. and have a parent sign March is    Reading Month Activity Calendar.
3/13	F Day	We have gym.    Remember to read this weekend for March is Reading Month!

Report Cards Envelopes: Students brought home their report cards on Tuesday, March 3rd. If you have not seen your child’s report card, please let me know. After reviewing your child’s progress, please keep the report card, sign the back of the envelope and return the empty report card to school. Thank you

Word Work: Our class will be learning the +le, +al, +el consonant pattern this week. Our pattern will show up in words like puddle, bottle and table. Students should read their word lists, discuss the meaning of the words, and practice spelling words with similar syllable patterns. Spelling City is ready for students to access the practice list for the week.

Additional info for this week in Room 107: Our math game will follow the last two weeks and be another type of memory. This time it will be telling time. I am presenting at the MACUL conference in Grand Rapids this week so Mrs. Schultz will be subbing in my room on Thursday and Friday.

Headphone/Earbud Request: It is that time of year when students’ headphones are no longer working and limited classroom headphones are not enough. Please ask your child if his/her headphones(earbuds) need to be replaced. If so, parents have recommended Five Below as a good resource for inexpensive headphones if you are able to purchase a new pair for your child. We appreciate your support.

March is Reading Month: Keep up the great reading and be a SuPer HeRo Reader!

Ideas for Dress as Your Favorite Book Character

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SPECIAL READING EVENTS:

 March 10-13  Book Fair in the Media Center

 Friday, March 13th - Dress as Your Favorite Book Character

 Friday, March 20th - Flashlight Friday & Fuzzy Socks (slippers)

 Tuesday, March 24th - Book Fair Family Night - 6pm

 d Friday, April 3rd - PJ Day / Celebration Movie

Upcoming Events

3/18	Late Start
4/3	Half Day Y5/K-12  Spring Break begins 12:06
4/8	School Resumes