Weeks 10 & 11

Language Arts/Social Studies

• Long O (toast, told, soap, most, foam) 
• Long U (mule, bugle, fuse, tune, June, music, duke, bowl, goes) 

• Maps:

- regions of Texas (Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Central Plains, Basin and Mountain)

- our surrounding states (New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas)

- the country of Mexico

- Rio Grande River

- Gulf of Mexico

- cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)

- compass rose

- map key

Math

Double digit addition with regrouping ("carrying the one"). Please practice, practice, practice at home! If your child is progressing with this concept try triple digit addition with regrouping!

Science

Space Unit: We are learning about how the position 0f the Earth in the solar system affects conditions on Earth. We have made our own constellations of stars as well as learned about the phases of our moon! We have come up with some crazy "I wonder" statements and are even starting to take notes like the AVID program uses  in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades! 

NEXT WEEK:

Thursday, November 12th- 

• Book Fair as a class (students who bring money in an envelope or plastic baggie can go shop without the class before Thursday)
• 6:00- 6:30 pm- PTA Meeting for parents in the cafeteria and pajama read aloud for students in the gym
• 6:30- 7:30pm- Special Night time Book Fair shopportunity (shopping opportunity)! :)

See you Monday with crazy hair for the Book Fair because Christie Cubs are WiLd and CrAzY about reading!

Thursday, November 5, 2015

eEXPO time!

Field Day Postponed Until Late Spring!

Christie Families,

          After much deliberation we have decided to postpone Field Day until late spring. With the forecast of heavy rain this afternoon, as well as a high ranging between 54-57 degrees during the morning Field Day events; we don’t feel it would be a safe environment for our students. As many of you know, Field Day often includes water games as well as other fun activities that would not be able to take place with tomorrow’s weather. We want to thank you for understanding, and we look forward to having this event later on this year! 

Christie Elementary 

November PTA Newsletter

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Field Day Rescheduled!

All,

Due to the forecast calling for heavy rain tomorrow, field day will be postponed until next Friday. Unfortunately, at this time, it looks like it may rain next week as well. If it rains heavily starting on Wednesday of next week, we will once again postpone field day until May. We want to thank you all so much for your understanding – fingers crossed we have a sunny week next week!

Christie Elementary 

Week 9

Week 9

This week was full of fun! The best part was that Mrs. Nachman got some new dry erase surfaces for us to write on during small group. They are now stuck to the table so everyone has a space to write when we get our time with her. We especially love to write on them during our small group math time!






This week in Math we learned how to subtract by tens using the strategy of counting back by ten each time to find our answer. We have also started to count up by tens and then ones once we get in to the 90's until we reach 100. For example: 62+ __ = 100..... We count up by 10's until we reach the nineties (72, 82, 92) ... then once our set of ten is in the nineties, we add ones until we get to 100. So for this example we would add 1 for 93, 2 for 94, 3 for 95, 4 for 96, 5 for 97, 6 for 98, 7 for 99, and 8 for 100. Ok, I know that sounds confusing, but to make it more simple you would see that we added 3 sets of 10 (aka 30) and 8 ones. 30 and 8 is 38, therefore, 62+38=100. Still confused? I know... it was hard to write out. 

Here is a visual with a different number as an example with the tens rods and ones drawn out and labeled:

I hope that makes sense! If not, I would be happy to explain it to you in more detail so that you can better help your child to understand. We did the same lesson 2 days in a row to hopefully ensure understanding. (Our class rocks at Math this year, by the way!) I think that is their favorite time of day even if they tell you it is specials or recess! :)

In Language Arts/Social Studies, we wrote about a time when we had fun in Texas and worked on our Long I words (light, sight, mind, cry, tie, high, wild, dry, try, lie) and the different spelling patterns that make up the Long I sound. We also learned more about our continent of North America, more specifically, the United States and the climate patterns of our country. We also talked about the importance of the compass rose and what a legend can tell us. 

Science was all about wrapping up our weather unit this week. We reviewed making weather predictions, the water cycle, and even created an advertisement to try to persuade someone in another area to move to Texas.

This week was not all about academics though, we ended it with a fun end of the 9 weeks assembly where our very own Fly Guy pumpkin was voted to represent our class on the stage at the assembly! 

 Mrs. Nachman got wrapped up in toilet paper like a mummy!

DON'T FORGET!!! 

Next week is Red Ribbon Week. Each day has a dress up theme and we would love for you to participate! Also, Friday is Field Day!

 I know it was a long post, but thank you for sticking with me. There was just so much information to share! Have a great weekend!

Week 8

It has been another exciting week in 2nd grade!  

Language Arts/Social Studies:
The students learned about cause and effect and making connections with the text to help monitor their comprehension.  The students also got a chance to draw a picture of Chester the pig.  You may not know Chester, but he is special and unique. The marks on his body take the shape of the continents.  After learning about the 7 continents, students labeled them and the 5 oceans.  

Math:
Students are rocking place value in Math.  They are using their knowledge of place value to help them add numbers.  Keep working with your child with fact addition and subtraction fluency.  This will really help them as the numbers become larger. 

Science:
Don’t you know that water travels in a cycle?  2nd grade does.  We are still studying weather and this week our focus has been more about the water cycle.  The weather outside has been wonderful.  It is a great opportunity to take your child outside and make some observations.

Thank you parents for attending conferences and donating materials for Friday’s design challenge.  The students had a lot of fun!!  Be expecting to see their fantastic work at the Spirit Assembly next week. 

Here is a sneak peak:

Upcoming Important Dates:

Thursday, October 22- Citizen of the Month at 2:00pm in the Learning Commons (Theme: Resilient)

Friday, October 23- Spirit Assembly at 8:00 am for K-2nd

Monday, October 26- Picture Retakes

October 26- October 30- Red Ribbon Week


Friday, October 30- Field Day