October 18th- 22nd

I hope everyone had a great fall break. I really enjoyed meeting with everyone at parent teacher conferences. Thank you for coming!
This week we will be learning the difference between a fact and an opinion. In math, we will continue on working on place value to 100. I hope you had a chance to look and make observations about the moon. This week we will spend more time learning and writing about the night sky.
Just a reminder that Friday is a half day of school.

SEPTEMBER

I cannot believe how fast the month of September has flown by. It has been a great month at school and I have enjoyed some nice warm fall weather. Here are a few updates about what has been going on at school.

- Last week we started power hour. Ask your child about power hour and what they are learning. I personally love power hour because it gives us the opportunity to better meet individual needs and provide small group instruction.

-On Wednesday I will be sending home a note about SEP conferences. Please confirm your scheduled time and return to school. I look forward to meeting with each of you!

-This week we will be finishing chapter 2 in Math. Please work with your child on memorizing basic addition and subtraction facts. Next week we will begin place value to 100.

-This year we are LUCKY to have new technology in our classrooms. It has been fun for me to learn to use a SMART board along with the students. The past few days we have also been using clickers. The students seem to really enjoy using clickers and it is great to get immediate feedback.

-October Book Orders will be sent home this week. There are two ways to order. The easiest way is to order and pay online. Of course, you can also return the order form and payment to school with your child. October Book orders will be due on Oct. 8th.

- Just a reminder that there is no school on Monday, October 4th. Enjoy a long weekend with your family!

September 13th-17th

This week in Language Arts we will be reading, Mrs. Brown Went To Town. We will be working on making predictions before, during, and after a story. In phonics we will practice spelling and reading words with long a and i.

In Math we will begin chapter 2- Strategies for Addition & Subtraction. This week we will learn to count on 1, 2, or 3, practice doubles facts, doubles plus one, and making a ten to add a 9. We also began timed test today so check your child's homework folder to see which facts they are on so they can practice at home.

Upcoming Events:
- Thursday- Dibels Testing

If you ever have any questions- please e-mail, call, or come talk to me at school.

September 7th-10th

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! I know I did!

This week we will be studying sunflowers. We will learn about the life cycle of a sunflower along with some cool facts about sunflowers. We will sprout our own seeds and record what we observe in our journals. We will also write an informational paragraph about sunflowers.

Friday we will be having our first Math test on basic addition and subtraction.

Book Orders are all due on Friday!

August 30th- Sept. 3rd

- Book orders for this month are due Friday, September 10th. There are two ways to order. The easiest way to order is online. There is a link on the right side of this blog. The other way to order is to return the book order form with a check/cash to school with your child. Remember book orders are optional but are a great way to build your home library. There are a lot of quality books at a great price.

-Homework Update: As you might have noticed we have updated our 2nd grade homework policy. Homework should only take about 25 minutes to complete each night. Your child will be expected to read 20 minutes each evening along with a short math assignment. Spelling words will be on the back of the homework tracker so you know what words will be on the weekly spelling test.

Upcoming Dates:

-Friday, September 3rd is a half day of school. We will dismiss at noon.
-Monday, September 6th is Labor day. No School!

August 23rd -27th

We had a great first week of school and I am excited for many more awesome weeks.

The first week we worked on learning our new school expectations and classroom procedures.

Woodruff Expectations
- Be SAFE
- Be RESPECTFUL
- Be RESPONSIBLE
- Be SUCCESSFUL

This week we will really jump into reading, math, writing, and science. It will be a busy and fun week!

Reading: We will be reading Dragon Gets By and working on Summarizing.


Math: Understanding Addition & Subtraction

Writing: What is a sentence?

Science: Gravity

Welcome Back

I hope you all had a great summer! Welcome to second grade at Woodruff Elementary. I am excited for a new school year and I can't wait to get started. I would like to thank those who came to Back to School Night. It was good to meet you and I look forward to getting to know you better and also working with your child. It is going to be a great year. I would appreciate any comments letting me know what you want to see and read about on this blog.