Wow, there are a lot of great things going on around here at Olson. I am so happy to see the sunshine! We are getting out there to enjoy it as much as possible, and I hope you are too!
We have started our Geography Unit for literacy. Our main focus is on North America. We will use these vocabulary and spelling words for the next two weeks. Our next and final unit is plants to connect to what we learned in science.
The Appaloosas began their demo training for GLAD this morning. I just know they are a great example of what real learning looks like in our classroom. The good thing is that they are already familiar with all of the strategies being taught because Ms. Salas and I have already gone through the training. However, the material they are being taught is new to them.
We are having a lot of fun learning about place value in the hundreds and thousands. This is our final unit of the year that leads into a review of 2 and 3 digit addition and begins 2, 3 and 4 digit subtraction. We have learned so much in math this year. I have enjoyed teaching this group of kids more than ever! They are such sponges so hungry and eager to learn! I love them all so much!
Field Day t-shirt orders are due tomorrow!
Have a marvelous day and week! Enjoy the family time and the sunshine!
Mrs. Montes
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Math Websites
OOps!!! I forgot. The class wanted me to share some fun websites with you that we have been playing in class. www.ixl.com is a great one for practicing the math standards through games. Click "second grade" and then whatever skill you want (Telling Time). We are practicing the "Elapsed Time" one now and we love it! Also, http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/time/mathman_time_elapsed.htm is another one we love in the classroom. Enjoy!!!
Weekly Updates
Today our classes visited the Olson Mustang Big Give. What an amazing event this was. It is so fabulous to see these children working creatively and passionately about fundraising for a local charity. We really got some great stuff today! Thank you to all of you who participated in the giving!
Thursday's family journal will be your child's poetry book that we created from Literacy Night. We worked so hard to create these books that I really want them to have a chance to share them with you. Please have your child read their poems to you sometime before Monday and return them on Monday. Please take time to discuss their creativity and their work with them. Some of these poems really pour out of their hearts! I am so proud of their hard work! Parents please write them a note back about their poems. You can write in their family journals.You make keep the poems at home.
Friday we will finish MAP testing for both classes. We will also have our spelling and vocab test from the past two weeks. Our next few units are Geography (North America) and the Earth, and natural disasters (tornado, hurricane, earthquake). We will finish up the year with Plants. Next Monday we have a great opportunity at Olson where we will begin planting here at school and the children will get to take home the plant at the end of the year. We will finish up "Telling Time" in math this week and have a test on Monday next week. Our last units for math are reviewing two digit addition and learning two digit subtraction, and reviewing multiplication.
Have a fantastic week!
Mrs. Montes
Thursday's family journal will be your child's poetry book that we created from Literacy Night. We worked so hard to create these books that I really want them to have a chance to share them with you. Please have your child read their poems to you sometime before Monday and return them on Monday. Please take time to discuss their creativity and their work with them. Some of these poems really pour out of their hearts! I am so proud of their hard work! Parents please write them a note back about their poems. You can write in their family journals.You make keep the poems at home.
Friday we will finish MAP testing for both classes. We will also have our spelling and vocab test from the past two weeks. Our next few units are Geography (North America) and the Earth, and natural disasters (tornado, hurricane, earthquake). We will finish up the year with Plants. Next Monday we have a great opportunity at Olson where we will begin planting here at school and the children will get to take home the plant at the end of the year. We will finish up "Telling Time" in math this week and have a test on Monday next week. Our last units for math are reviewing two digit addition and learning two digit subtraction, and reviewing multiplication.
Have a fantastic week!
Mrs. Montes
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Updates
I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break. I had a relaxing and restful break. My husband and I went to San Diego for a little getaway and had a fabulous time. Break is always too short!
We are closing up our Ingenious Inventors unit this week. On Friday, we will have a test on the vocabulary words and the pictures that go with them. They will identify the word, meaning, and connect the inventor and his invention. A study sheet will go home Thursday.
Next week we begin MAP testing on the computers for the Clydesdales from 12:30-1:30. The following week the Appaloosas will be testing. If you volunteer in the afternoon and want to switch to the morning those weeks that would be fine. Otherwise, Ms. Salas could always use some volunteers to listen to the children read in Spanish to practice fluency. We will not have a spelling and vocab test next week, but the following Friday, April 19 we will.
I will be gone next week Tuesday-Friday at a math training in New Mexico. I will have a fantastic substitute here taking care of your children. She was Mrs. Pawelko's maternity leave substitute. Volunteers please still come in to give her a hand. We will need extra hands here Tuesday -Thursday for a special project the connects to Art class. There is a lot of creativity and writing with this activity so any help Mrs. Lowrey can get is always appreciated!
The year is winding down to our last 7 weeks. I love these classes and every minute we have together.
Have a fantastic week. Hopefully we will start to see signs of Spring soon!
Mrs. Montes
We are closing up our Ingenious Inventors unit this week. On Friday, we will have a test on the vocabulary words and the pictures that go with them. They will identify the word, meaning, and connect the inventor and his invention. A study sheet will go home Thursday.
Next week we begin MAP testing on the computers for the Clydesdales from 12:30-1:30. The following week the Appaloosas will be testing. If you volunteer in the afternoon and want to switch to the morning those weeks that would be fine. Otherwise, Ms. Salas could always use some volunteers to listen to the children read in Spanish to practice fluency. We will not have a spelling and vocab test next week, but the following Friday, April 19 we will.
I will be gone next week Tuesday-Friday at a math training in New Mexico. I will have a fantastic substitute here taking care of your children. She was Mrs. Pawelko's maternity leave substitute. Volunteers please still come in to give her a hand. We will need extra hands here Tuesday -Thursday for a special project the connects to Art class. There is a lot of creativity and writing with this activity so any help Mrs. Lowrey can get is always appreciated!
The year is winding down to our last 7 weeks. I love these classes and every minute we have together.
Have a fantastic week. Hopefully we will start to see signs of Spring soon!
Mrs. Montes
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