Second Grade with Miss Vogelzang: Many Seconds in Second

Days seem to fly by in second grade. We have been busy workers and thinkers. I can’t believe the first quarter of second grade has been completed. Your child is coming home with his/her report card this afternoon. I hope you sit down with your child and celebrate all his/her successes in the first nine weeks of school. I am appreciative of the diligent work and great attitude for learning your child puts forth each and every day. The children are learning and recognizing the work they do in school, honors and pleases God! I look forward to next week’s Parent-Teacher conferences. It is my joy to share with you your child’s successes.

Here are some things I would like to highlight about our school days:

In Science this week we started learning about Land Forms and Bodies of water. We marvel at the many different surfaces of earth God has given us to enjoy. Your child has been busy working with a partner on a small research project by reading an article on a website called ‘facts4me’. They have learned three new facts about a landform and created a Keynote presentation on their i-pads. This is impressive work for 7 and 8 year olds!

In reading, the next month your child will be learning and reviewing many different strategies for figuring out tricky words. Some of these strategies are: flipping the sound, context clues, picture clues, sliding through the word, find a smaller word inside the larger words, and phonics rules. Your child is becoming quiet the problem solver during reading.

As part of our good behavior award, we made reading tents today. I must say, they were very creative tents. However, they sure enjoyed reading inside them!