Thank you so much for all of your support with student-led conferences this past week. I was really proud of the way your students took ownership of their learning, everyone did a fantastic job.
Important Dates -Monday October 24 Tualatin Hills Nature Park fieldwork (we will be using parent drivers, thank you to those of you that volunteered!) -Tuesday November 1 Portland Bridge Tour (we will be using a bus and will need some chaperones, if you are interested in helping out please let me know by Wednesday 10/19) Homework for this week: -Read each night for at least 20 minutes! -Math Home Connections: A math game called Spin & Add will be coming home that you can play as a family. *I just set up Biblionasium accounts for each student and you will be receiving an email with a unique random login. Once you login, it will allow you to merge any previous accounts your student might have had in second grade. Math This week we did our best to solve some word problems without any teacher help as a form of another assessment. We used a lot of our math periods this week to brainstorm and discuss strong math goals. Math was also used a lot during our bridge strength testing this week. We quickly added the weights being used in our heads and calculated the total costs of our bridges. Ask your student how much weight their bridge held Listen to your student explain what method they use to solve word problems (words, pictures, or numbers) Extend the learning by discussing how you can help them achieve their math goals at home Literacy Since it was a short week for goal-setting conferences, much of our time was used practicing for student-led conferences. We also had the chance to listen to a video presentation on Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) and a lot of students got really excited about reading! Many of us are really invested in our new read aloud book and we took some time on Tuesday afternoon to soak up some sun and did our read aloud outside. Ask your student if they are interested in participating in OBOB Listen to your student describe what more happened in "The One and Only Ivan" Extend the learning by reading or writing together as a family Expedition This was a really exciting week for expedition because it was our first bridge strength testing! We met as a large group with the second grade class and watched our bridges be put to the test. It was a great learning process for everyone, because now we know for next time that we will need higher tables to test our bridges, since many maxed out the weight capacity when the bucket hit the floor. Our next steps will be to learn all about bridge structure and the history of the Portland bridges to help inform our next strength testing. Ask your student what they might do differently when we build our next set of bridges Listen to your student describe the name, cost, and story of their bridge Extend the learning by looking up pictures of bridges around the world to compare with their own bridge Please let me know if you have any questions or comments!
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