class newsletter

Ms. Hansen’s Newsletter

Spicewood Elementary January 16, 2018

Dear Parents,
It has been a wonderful week with your students. It was great to see everyone back. Report cards are going
home in the Friday folder today. Please sign the front and keep the copy of the report card.
The secret word for the week is: Frosty
Have a wonderful weekend,
Ms. Hansen

Updates & Reminders: Thursday, February 1:  Spring Individual & Group Picture Day Friday, February 2:  STEAM Day Tuesday, February 6- 5:00-8:00PM   2nd Grade Spirit Night at Jason's Deli Tuesday, February 13th:  2nd grade Field Trip to Bob Bullock Museum Thursday, March 1- 6:00PM  2nd Grade   Music Concert Monday, March 12- Friday, March 16 Spring Break

IB Primary Years Program Where we are in place and time Central Idea The relationship between structures and characteristics An Inquiry Into: Impacts of change The structure of patterns The similarities and differences of structural characteristics

Language Arts Reading:   We will be focusing on fairy tales this week.  We will be looking for characteristics and elements of fairy tales, as well as character traits, feelings, and motivations. We will practice retelling using our 5 fingers and identifying the morals.     Writing:   Writers will continue brainstorming ideas for small moments stories, practice telling partners the beginning, middle, and ending, then begin writing rough drafts.  We will practice writing strong beginnings to “hook” the reader and begin revising to make sure writing sounds right.

Math Students will be describing and recording representations involving equal groups relating the linear and set models for multiplication.  We will practice writing addition sentences to describe the situation and record the total.   Students will be introduced to arrays.  They establish that an array shows objects arranged in equal rows.  We will build arrays and describe them using rows of language.

Science/Social Studies We will focus on “the structure of patterns” line of inquiry this week and inquire about why people settle where they do.   We will explore weather patterns and natural hazards to  determine if places would be a good place to settle or live in.  We will move into what a community is and natural resources found in communities.

Email: helen_hansen@roundrockisd.org Website:   https://hansenspicewood2ndgrade.blogspot.com/ Phone:  (512)428-3649 Homework:   Read nightly for at least 20 minutes and record in reading log Math worksheet and fluency practice