Sorry this is coming to you on Tuesday night. I was out of town all weekend and between playing catch up at school, meetings, and getting end of six weeks stuff turned in, I am running a late!
We took end of 6 weeks tests last week and they did AWESOME! I am so proud of their hard work. I need to confirm, but I do believe we may have been one of the highest scoring classes.
Spelling - words that have ee and ea. My students seem to be doing MUCH better with spelling. I am impressed with how many 110's I have been having. Keep it up!
Reading at home/reading logs are getting better. As of today, there were only 3 that weren't signed. That's down from last weeks 5-6 on any given day. Thank you for making reading a priority!
Last week we conquered telling time. They blew me away with how much they already knew! It seemed to come easy for them and they did very well. This week we started money. Again, I am super proud of how much they already know! These are both pretty hard concepts and usually 2nd graders struggle…. but not these kiddos!
Last week I also re-tested them on their PM (reading) levels. Many of them moved up and have showed a lot of improvement in their reading. This is awesome and we are right on track for the year! Keep up your hard work at school and at home.
Friday we will have an early release… be looking for notes in their black binders.
Next week is only a 2 day week for Thanksgiving. Enjoy the time with your families.
Thank you for all you do with your children to help them succeed in school.
Mrs. Hilbig
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
What we've been doing... in pictures!
This past Friday we had "Book Club". We wrote about the book we had been reading, glued it to a paper bag, then filled our bag with popcorn. We enjoyed telling others about what we had been reading during "book club" and really enjoyed the popcorn, too.
We also practiced telling time on the floor using BIG clocks!!
Nov. 11-15
This week....
Tuesday we will go to the Jr.High auditorium to watch the 4th grader perform their Veteran's Day musical.
All book orders are due on Wednesday, Nov. 13th. Please have money and order form back to me on this date!
Thursday is our Thanksgiving meal at GE. The parent forms were due today and have been turned in to the cafeteria. If you are coming, see you Thursday!
Today is Veteran's Day! We have already discussed what a Veteran is and what they have done for us. We will continue talking about their sacrifices and our freedom throughout the week.
Spelling: (long /a/ words) save, wait, rain, say, stay, safe, ate, day, play, may
BONUS: crayon, holiday
We are still reviewing NonFiction and text features, as well as working on finding the Main Idea of an article. We ended up moving the 6 weeks test to this week. I am unsure of the day, but it will be a test grade for this six weeks.
In Math we are finishing up our Telling Time unit. When grading papers this weekend, a handful are still mixing up the minute and hour hand. Please, review this at home with your child and reinforce telling time. They will be proud to show you what you what they know!!!
Continue signing reading logs NIGHTLY! They should read 20 minutes each night, along with math flashcards and practicing spelling.
As always, call, email or send a note if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week!
Mrs. Hilbig
Tuesday we will go to the Jr.High auditorium to watch the 4th grader perform their Veteran's Day musical.
All book orders are due on Wednesday, Nov. 13th. Please have money and order form back to me on this date!
Thursday is our Thanksgiving meal at GE. The parent forms were due today and have been turned in to the cafeteria. If you are coming, see you Thursday!
Today is Veteran's Day! We have already discussed what a Veteran is and what they have done for us. We will continue talking about their sacrifices and our freedom throughout the week.
Spelling: (long /a/ words) save, wait, rain, say, stay, safe, ate, day, play, may
BONUS: crayon, holiday
We are still reviewing NonFiction and text features, as well as working on finding the Main Idea of an article. We ended up moving the 6 weeks test to this week. I am unsure of the day, but it will be a test grade for this six weeks.
In Math we are finishing up our Telling Time unit. When grading papers this weekend, a handful are still mixing up the minute and hour hand. Please, review this at home with your child and reinforce telling time. They will be proud to show you what you what they know!!!
Continue signing reading logs NIGHTLY! They should read 20 minutes each night, along with math flashcards and practicing spelling.
As always, call, email or send a note if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week!
Mrs. Hilbig
Monday, November 4, 2013
November!!!
Hard to believe it's already November and days off from school are just around the corner! Although time off is nearing, we still have a lot of work to do. We are about to take 6 weeks test in Math & Reading...these are very important. This Thursday is the Reading test and next Wednesday we will take Math. These two tests cover everything from this 6 weeks!
We have been reading Non-Fiction text and studying text features. The students are able to find them in their own books now! We will continue with this topic the rest of the week as well.
We are also finding the MAIN IDEA of the story. This can be tricky because sometimes students want to choose tiny details in the story as the main idea. We are thinking of it as an umbrella and the rain drops are the details. While reading at home, ask your student what the main idea of their book is and have them pick out some supporting details of their main idea.
Which brings me to my next point... I STILLLLLLLLL have students not reading at home. This is very frustrating. I have asked many times, AND it's their homework!!! I have no choice but to take away privileges and write DHalls since this is a continuing problem. Please please please have your child read at home AND sign their log. All I am asking is for 20 minutes of their night. I am checking reading logs daily and expect to see parents' signatures.
Spelling this week is words that end in -ice and -ide. Their words are nice, rice, mice, slice, dice, side, ride, wide, hide, slide, and BONUS: ice cream, glider.
Telling time is our topic in Math. Students should know from 1st grade their basic time telling skills; like the hour hand is short and the minute hand is long. We are working on skip counting around the clock by 5 to find the minute. I sent a paper clock home today with your student. Please use it to practice telling time. We will soon move on to telling time to the quarter and half hour and this involved new vocabulary like "a quarter to" and "half past". So, it is imperative that we are able to tell basic time once these skills come up.
Have a great week! I'll try to post some pictures as soon as my email quits acting up!
We have been reading Non-Fiction text and studying text features. The students are able to find them in their own books now! We will continue with this topic the rest of the week as well.
We are also finding the MAIN IDEA of the story. This can be tricky because sometimes students want to choose tiny details in the story as the main idea. We are thinking of it as an umbrella and the rain drops are the details. While reading at home, ask your student what the main idea of their book is and have them pick out some supporting details of their main idea.
Which brings me to my next point... I STILLLLLLLLL have students not reading at home. This is very frustrating. I have asked many times, AND it's their homework!!! I have no choice but to take away privileges and write DHalls since this is a continuing problem. Please please please have your child read at home AND sign their log. All I am asking is for 20 minutes of their night. I am checking reading logs daily and expect to see parents' signatures.
Spelling this week is words that end in -ice and -ide. Their words are nice, rice, mice, slice, dice, side, ride, wide, hide, slide, and BONUS: ice cream, glider.
Telling time is our topic in Math. Students should know from 1st grade their basic time telling skills; like the hour hand is short and the minute hand is long. We are working on skip counting around the clock by 5 to find the minute. I sent a paper clock home today with your student. Please use it to practice telling time. We will soon move on to telling time to the quarter and half hour and this involved new vocabulary like "a quarter to" and "half past". So, it is imperative that we are able to tell basic time once these skills come up.
Have a great week! I'll try to post some pictures as soon as my email quits acting up!
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