Hi Parents!

Please check your child's folders/backpacks.  A letter went home this weekend to explain about the Nonfiction Research paper your child is writing during Writers Workshop.  The kids need to learn and record facts about their animal from more than 1 resource.  Please help your child find another book or online article that they can use to help write their books. (As much as possible a book they can read independently).

Categories they will write about include:
Where the animal lives (habitat)
What foods they eat (and how they eat)
 What does the animal look like
Special characteristics

To go online,  google:    facts about (your child's animal) for kids. That should bring you to a variety of kid-friendly websites that you can look at with your child.

Any questions, just let me know.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. K. :)

How many math facts can you do in a minute? How about 90 seconds?

As we move further into the math curriculum, it is important for everyone to know their math facts fluently.  To help challenge our Second graders to know addition and subtraction math facts up to 20 we will be practicing this skill as needed and the kids will be taking a math mad minute-and- a half (90 seconds) each month.

To help them with this very important skill, I'm asking that you please work wtih your child and provide them with some time each night to help them learn their math facts.  Some ways you can help:

• Flashcards
• writing them on whiteboards
• math websites such as:   www.abcya.com  or www.fun4thebrain.com
• make it a fun game between you and your child!