January 20, 2019 Newsletter

Mrs. Topoll's

Tr 4 Gr 2 Class

Welcome to Q3!

Newsletter for the weeks of:

January 20, 2020

HAPPY 2020!

Dear Parents and Students,

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are

enjoying our long track out! I wanted to be sure to say thank

SO much for the generous and thoughtful treats, gifts,

and gift cards you all gave me! You all are too sweet!

I am looking forward to seeing all the students back on Monday,

January 27th! We will be in room 503 when we track back in.

(It is right next door to our previous classroom.) I hope everyone enjoys

our last week of track out!

Mrs. Topoll

What’s Coming Up ?

Jan. 27th: Track IN Day for Tr 4, & Q3 begins!

Jan. 31st: Q2 Report Cards go home.
Feb. 14th: Valentine's Day (Students will exchange cards.) We will
send a list of names soon to help with addressing the cards.
Feb. 17th: Teacher Workday
Feb. 26th: Q3 Interim Reports go home.
March 2nd - 12th: Spring Book Fair
March 9th: Teacher Workday
March 18th: IN school (on campus) Field Trip: Science is Fun

March 31st: LAST day of Q3, & Track-Out Day for Tr 4

Homework Ideas / Suggestions

* All year: Students should read nightly for a minimum of 20 min.

Ideally, 10 min of that time students should be reading ALOUD to a family member.
* Read Aloud Poems for Fluency Practice @ Home

(Counts as part of the 15-20 min of nightly reading)

Week of Jan. 27th: Gladiola’s Garden

Week of Feb. 3rd: Today I had a Rotten Day

Week of Feb. 10th: Today I Got a Valentine

Students will bring home a poem as their

fluency passage each Monday w/ directions & guiding Qs

attached. The Qs may be discussed together in

conversation w/ your child and/or your child may write

his/her responses.

* MATH: Students are encouraged to practice recall of memorization of addition

& subtraction facts. One resource you may use at home is Xtra Math (on-line.)
Your child has an account via our class page.
If you still need your child's log-in password, then let us know.
Students may also access DreamBox site via there WCPSS student
Google Classroom home page.

• Math Unit 5: Video Resources: Wake County Academics YouTube Channel 
•  3-digit Addition with Base Ten Place Value Blocks
• 3-digit Addition with Proof Drawings
• 3-digit Addition using a Number Line
•  3-digit Addition using the Expanded Method
• 3-digit subtraction using base ten place value blocks
• 3-digit subtraction with proof drawings
•  3-digit subtraction using a number line

Look at what we'll be learning!

The Positivity Project What is the Positivity Project? Click HERE for information for families. Character Trait for the Week of 1/27: Perseverance 2/3: OPM: Supporting Others 2/10: Forgiveness For more information check out: http://www.posproject.org

Science: NCDPI State Standards

"The students will...."

"Earth Systems, Structures, & Processes"

* Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather. * Summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light that warms the land, air, and water. * Summarize weather conditions using qualitative and quantitative measures to describe: Temperature Wind direction Wind speed Precipitation * Compare weather patterns that occur over time and relate observable patterns to time of day and time of year. * Recognize the tools that scientists use for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the seasons.

Math:  Unit 5: Adding & Subtracting within 1,000

This unit spans 6 weeks when we include the assessment days
within the unit.
Goals & skills from our NC DPI Standards:
"Students will be able to..."

Write equations where the unknown represents the context of the problem.  Use flexible strategies when adding and subtracting within 1000.  Select efficient strategies in order to compute sums and differences fluently.  Show how  strategies work. Demonstrate and explain why addition and subtraction strategies work using pictures, numbers, or words.  Solve problems mentally when adding and subtracting ten and one hundred. Determine an efficient strategy when adding and subtracting.

* Letterland: Weekly Phonics / Spelling Patterns:
Weeks of:

1/27: Unit 12: "ar" & "or"

2/3: Unit 13: "ir" & "er"

2/10: Unit 14: "er" & "or" endings: "or" sounds like "er" (sister, actor);
"ear" pattern in words can sound like "er": (earth); "o" can sound like 
a "short u sound" in some words (second, from)

EL Module 3 spanning all of Q3:
"The Secret World of Pollination"
Speaking/Writing/Reading/Listening:

See below for: Parent Connection Info taken from the Gr 2 EL Curriculum Resource:

During Unit 1 of this module, students will build their background knowledge 
of plants by researching the unit guiding question, “How do plants grow and survive?”

 * Students will research this question by engaging in activities that provoke wonder and 
curiosity about how we get the fruits, flowers, and vegetables that we enjoy. 
* Students will study the topic of plants, with a focus on learning about plant stages. 
The learning will focus on these ideas: 
■ Plants need light and water to grow. 
■ All plants go through the same stages as they grow. 

* Students will also practice these reading foundation skills: 
■ Identify and write the sound and spelling pattern for words ending in 
(consonant plus -le) syllable type. 
■ Segment (break apart) and identify the syllables within words, and blend them 
back together. 
■ Decode (read) and encode (write) two-syllable words. 

* Students will read, think, listen, talk, write, draw, and ask questions about the 
topic of how plants grow and survive. 
* Students will participate in these activities, among others, to build their literacy skills: 
■ Listening to read-alouds of a variety of texts about plants. 
■ Participating in “open sorts” of plant parts to decide how they are related to each other. 
■ Engaging in collaborative conversations with classmates. 
■ Writing and drawing about plants parts. 
■ Asking and answering questions about what plants need to grow and survive. 

*     Brassfield’s Web Site

*  2019-’20 WCPSS Year- Round Calendar