Mrs. Topoll's
Tr 4 Gr 2 Class
Aug. 20, 2019 Newsletter
What’s Coming Up?
Aug. 28th 10:30-11:30 AM: Brassfield Fun Run: Tracks 3 & 4
Our classes will be raising "Simple Donations" for the event, and the
money raised from this will go directly towards Playground Enhancements & Technology / Classroom Upgrades and more!!!
Please help us raise donations from family and friends.
Here's how you can help:
- Login with the Access Code located on the front or your child’s Pledge Kit.
- Enter pledges from family and friends as "Simple Donations" only.
If you'd like to volunteer @ the FUN RUN to support our class, then e-mail Mrs. Buchan: abuchan@wcpss.net
August 30th: Interim Reports (Tracks 4) – Quarter 1
Sept. 1st: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY: All WCPSS schools are CLOSED for students
& staff.
Sept. 4th: We'll welcome these authors to Brassfield: Kim & James Dean
(of Pete the Cat series) will speak to our K-2 students @ 1:00 PM.
Sept. 9th & Sept. 23rd: Last 2 class newsletter dates for Q1: Look for info
on Fall Conferences in 9/9 newsletter, & Field Trip Info will come home soon!
September 27th: Track OUT Day for Track 4
Reminders!
what we're learning!
* Please send 2 HEALTHY snacks & a filled water bottle
with your child daily.
* Extra snack donations (bags small boxes of raisins, snack
size bags of pretzels) are welcomed for those who do not have a snack.
THANK YOU for the donations we've already received!
* Your child may want to keep a light jacket or sweatshirt in his/her backpack
because at times the trailer's AC is a little cold for some students.
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The Positivity Project
What is the Positivity Project?
Character Trait for the Week of
8/19: #Other People Matter
8/26: #Other People Matter: "Being Present"
9/3: Integrity
For more information check out: http://www.posproject.org
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Homework Update
What students ARE encouraged to do outside of school is to READ
for at least 20 minutes nightly.
They are also encouraged to practice recall of memorization of addition
& subtraction facts. One resource you may choose to use for math facts
at home is Xtra Math (on-line.) Your child will have an account via our
class page. If you still need your child's log-in password, then let us know.
Your child will keep a BLUE 2-pocket Literacy Resource folder in his/her
backpack.
In this folder, we will "house" materials for literacy challenges
& support at home. Look for NEW resources (FLUENCY activities)/ tips (Decoding Strategies)
THIS WEEK to help your child as he/she interacts with, reads, & responds to text.
Each Friday, he/she may bring a book from home to share with a book buddy.
Volunteering: If you plan to volunteer in any capacity this year you MUST update your
security clearance with WCPSS. This can be done our Learning Commons (Media Center.)
Parents only be allowed to go on field trips or help with student activities with this clearance
per WCPSS Policy. (Specific Field Trip info / dates for our class will be sent home in late
AUGUST.)
throughout the school year for K-5.
Cafeteria: When buying lunch from the cafeteria, your child will use his/her student ID # for the
lunch account/to pay for lunch. Please write this ID# on your check when adding money to his/her
lunch account. 2019- '20 Cafeteria prices for meals are: Breakfast: $1.25 and Lunch: $2.75
Look at what we'll be learning!
Math: Unit 2: "Adding & Subtracting Within 100"
NC DPI: CC: State Standards: "Students will..."
* Represent and solve + & - word problems, within 100, w/
unknowns in all positions, by using representations and
equations w/ a symbol for the unknown number to represent
the problem, when solving:
One-Step problems:
*Add to/Take from - Start Unknown
*Compare - Bigger Unknown
*Compare - Smaller Unknown
*Count within 100: skip-count by 5s & 10s.
~Flexibly using strategies based on place value,
properties of operations, and/or the relationship
between + & -.
~Comparing + & - strategies, and explaining why they work.
* Add up to three two-digit numbers using strategies based on
place value and properties of operations.
* Mentally add 10 to a given number within 100 and mentally
subtract 10 from a given number within 100.
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* Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram
with equally spaced points and represent whole-numbers.
Science: Sound
NC DPI CC State Standards: "Students will..."
* Understand the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.
* Illustrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.
* Summarize the relationship between sound and objects of the body
that vibrate: eardrum and vocal cords.
Speaking/Writing/Reading/Listening: Module 1, Unit 1 (through end of Aug)
WCPSS Parent Connection: EL: Gr 2 Module 1 "Aspects of School"
* I can listen & speak one at a time when participating in conversations about
texts w/classmates.
* I can ask/answer Qs about what school is & why it's important using details
from informational text in conversation & in writing.
* I can identify & describe a character's feelings and how this changes from
beginning to end of a book.
* I can identify the central message of a text.
* I can define new vocabulary from a text using context clues.
* I can respond to Qs using details from the text to support my answers.
Students will be using their notes and written responses that they're
gathering in Module 1, Unit 1 for their "Informative Writing" lessons in Module 1,
Unit 2 in Sept.
* Letterland: Weekly Phonics / Spelling Patterns:
8/19: Word endings: ff, ll, ss, ng, & ing
8/26: Words with: Consonant- long vowel (a or i) - consonant- silent e patterns
9/3: Words with: Consonant- long vowel (a, i or o) - consonant- silent e patterns
& word ending: -ce (soft "c" as in "mice.")
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