Dear 2A,
I hope you had a restful weekend and feel ready for a new week! Here is what's coming up for us in 2A this week! :)
Literature: We are continuing to follow the adventures of Mario, Chester Cricket, Tucker Mouse, and their friends through reading chapters 6-8 of The Cricket in Times Square. We are going to read about an adult who does something special for Mario! We will discuss adults in our own life who have done
Writing and Grammar: We will be revising and editing paragraphs about our two favorite colors. We will also continue working on writing direct quotations.
Spalding Words Next Week:
Monday: election, elect, aboard, jail, shed, refuse, district, restrain, royal, objection, object
Tuesday: pleasure, please, measure, treasure, navy, forty, fourteen, fourth, four
Wednesday: population, proper, judge, weather, whether, worth, contain, figure, sudden, instead
Math: We're wrapping up our current unit on multiplication and division! We will have a cumulative test over multiplication and division on Thursday then we will begin our new unit over money!
Science: What kind of nutrients help keep our bodies healthy and strong? We will explore those next week. We will also create a well-balanced meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! We have LOVED learning about the Human Body. Please ask your child what they remember about the digestive and excretory systems, using their new scientific vocabulary :-).
History: We are digging into American history starting with the Constitution! Our scholars will learn about how the Constitution relates to the Revolutionary War and why it was written. Ask your child about the "Father of the Constitution," James Madison.
Upcoming Events:
A Day for Friendship - Wednesday, February 14th is Great Hearts Day! We have reserved this special day to focus on the virtue of friendship and celebrate the traits that make a great-hearted student. Teachers are planning interactive and fun activities centered around these topics, and time will be set aside for students to create hand-made Great Hearts Day cards for their classmates. Archway Arete strives to cultivate a rich, academic environment rooted in the classical tradition. This many times requires popular culture to be left at the door. On that note, students will not be permitted to bring store-bought valentines, candy, or gifts to school. Thank you for partnering with us.
Happy Monday!
-Mr. High
Monday, January 29, 2018
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Happy Sunday!
Dear 2A,
This past week was awesome! From learning about the great thinkers of Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great to the four different types of tissue found in our bodies there were so many exciting things to discover and discuss. It was so nice seeing some of you at the Daddy Daughter Dance! Here is some information about upcoming events:
Tax Credit Drive Contest:We have not yet reached our Tax Credit goal so we will be holding a "Royalty for a Day" classroom contest! The classroom that brings in the most TC dollars by GREAT HEARTS DAY will have their teachers crowned "Royalty for a Day". Teachers will receive a special gift card prize, and the entire class will be able to wear spirit shirts on the royal day to celebrate. We'll also give your children something extra special too! More details will be coming home with your child. If you have not had the chance to donated your Tax Credit quite yet, please give today!
Field Day Information:Athletic Field Day will be held Friday, February 2nd from 8:30-11:00AM! This fun event will be held on campus on the field and in the gym. It is going to be a long busy day, so no school lunch will be provided on Athletic Field day. Please send your child to school with a lunch.
Attire: Each student will need to be dressed in the color shirt assigned to their class to match their classmates, which can be decorated with the Greek City State their class is representing. Our section is A so our color is Red. Our Greek City State is Macedonia!
Volunteers: In order to assure that Athletic Field Day is fun and runs smoothly, Coach Gethings and Coach Warren need your help! Volunteers are needed for setting up and running the event. If you are able to come in on Friday, February 2nd and help, please use the following link to sign up.
We need a few volunteers for class to help with donating a cooler and snacks. Please sign up hereto volunteer for our class.
This week in 2A:
Literature: We will read chapters 4-5 of The Cricket in Times Square, answering comprehension questions after each chapter. We will also use context clues to figure out meanings of unknown vocabulary words!
Writing and Grammar: We are starting paragraph writing next week! Our first type we will learn about is called explanatory.
Spalding Words Next Week:Monday: cheerful (keep), chicken, driving, drive, echoes, echo, fairy, knock, leather, linenTuesday: mixture, nation, pause, peace, permission, rough, social, society, steal (weak), steelWednesday: strange, trophy, voices, voice, eight, ate, afraid, uncle, rather, comfort
Math: We are going to continue practicing multiplying and dividing our 4's, 5's, and 10's fact families this week! Quick mental math tip/idea: Ask your mathematician how many 4's, 5's, and 10's there are in a given number. Example: How many 5's are in 20? How many 4's are in 20? How many 10's are in 20?
History: We are wrapping up our Ancient Greece unit! Look for a study guide to be sent home on Monday. This was a long unit with a lot of information. Please help your child study for their test on Wednesday. We will be celebrating on Friday with a small classroom party!
Science: We will continue learning about the human body by studying the digestive system and excretory system (insert giggles and laughter from our 2nd graders)! We will also be conducting a fun (and maybe a little gross?) demonstration of the DIGESTIVE system PLUS we will be making a MODEL of the excretory system using some common items! Please ask your child what they remember about cells, tissues, and organs!
Warmest,
Mr. High
This past week was awesome! From learning about the great thinkers of Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great to the four different types of tissue found in our bodies there were so many exciting things to discover and discuss. It was so nice seeing some of you at the Daddy Daughter Dance! Here is some information about upcoming events:
Tax Credit Drive Contest:We have not yet reached our Tax Credit goal so we will be holding a "Royalty for a Day" classroom contest! The classroom that brings in the most TC dollars by GREAT HEARTS DAY will have their teachers crowned "Royalty for a Day". Teachers will receive a special gift card prize, and the entire class will be able to wear spirit shirts on the royal day to celebrate. We'll also give your children something extra special too! More details will be coming home with your child. If you have not had the chance to donated your Tax Credit quite yet, please give today!
Field Day Information:Athletic Field Day will be held Friday, February 2nd from 8:30-11:00AM! This fun event will be held on campus on the field and in the gym. It is going to be a long busy day, so no school lunch will be provided on Athletic Field day. Please send your child to school with a lunch.
Attire: Each student will need to be dressed in the color shirt assigned to their class to match their classmates, which can be decorated with the Greek City State their class is representing. Our section is A so our color is Red. Our Greek City State is Macedonia!
Volunteers: In order to assure that Athletic Field Day is fun and runs smoothly, Coach Gethings and Coach Warren need your help! Volunteers are needed for setting up and running the event. If you are able to come in on Friday, February 2nd and help, please use the following link to sign up.
We need a few volunteers for class to help with donating a cooler and snacks. Please sign up hereto volunteer for our class.
This week in 2A:
Literature: We will read chapters 4-5 of The Cricket in Times Square, answering comprehension questions after each chapter. We will also use context clues to figure out meanings of unknown vocabulary words!
Writing and Grammar: We are starting paragraph writing next week! Our first type we will learn about is called explanatory.
Spalding Words Next Week:Monday: cheerful (keep), chicken, driving, drive, echoes, echo, fairy, knock, leather, linenTuesday: mixture, nation, pause, peace, permission, rough, social, society, steal (weak), steelWednesday: strange, trophy, voices, voice, eight, ate, afraid, uncle, rather, comfort
Math: We are going to continue practicing multiplying and dividing our 4's, 5's, and 10's fact families this week! Quick mental math tip/idea: Ask your mathematician how many 4's, 5's, and 10's there are in a given number. Example: How many 5's are in 20? How many 4's are in 20? How many 10's are in 20?
History: We are wrapping up our Ancient Greece unit! Look for a study guide to be sent home on Monday. This was a long unit with a lot of information. Please help your child study for their test on Wednesday. We will be celebrating on Friday with a small classroom party!
Science: We will continue learning about the human body by studying the digestive system and excretory system (insert giggles and laughter from our 2nd graders)! We will also be conducting a fun (and maybe a little gross?) demonstration of the DIGESTIVE system PLUS we will be making a MODEL of the excretory system using some common items! Please ask your child what they remember about cells, tissues, and organs!
Warmest,
Mr. High
Monday, January 15, 2018
Happy MLK Jr. Day!
Dear 2A,
I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful holiday and 3 day weekend! We had a really great first week back and are so excited to see what 2018 has in store for us. :)
Here is what this week is going to look like in 2nd grade:
Language Arts: We're moving from Reading Logs to Book Reports! We will be sending chapter books home next week with your child. They will have 3 weeks to finish, reading 20 minutes each night. Thank you for your help with this and please reach out if you have questions.
Grammar: We're reviewing parts of speech and jumping back in with marking and editing sentences to help us prepare us for writing paragraphs!
Literature: We will be reading from our new book, The Cricket in Times Square. If you have not already please send the book in with your child. We will discuss what it is like to move from one place to another. We will also have a group discussion about a time we wanted something really badly and our parents wouldn’t let us have it. We will ask the kids if they were able to talk their parents into it, or if they realized why their parents told them no. We will read chapters 1-3 in the book and discuss characters.
Spalding Words: There will only be 20 words next week since there is no school on Monday.
Tuesday: yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor, size, December, dozen, there (not here), their (they), they're (they are)
Wednesday: tax, number, October, reason, fifth, baking, bake, bowl, cheap (eat)
I hope you're all enjoying this beautiful holiday and 3 day weekend! We had a really great first week back and are so excited to see what 2018 has in store for us. :)
Here is what this week is going to look like in 2nd grade:
Language Arts: We're moving from Reading Logs to Book Reports! We will be sending chapter books home next week with your child. They will have 3 weeks to finish, reading 20 minutes each night. Thank you for your help with this and please reach out if you have questions.
Grammar: We're reviewing parts of speech and jumping back in with marking and editing sentences to help us prepare us for writing paragraphs!
Literature: We will be reading from our new book, The Cricket in Times Square. If you have not already please send the book in with your child. We will discuss what it is like to move from one place to another. We will also have a group discussion about a time we wanted something really badly and our parents wouldn’t let us have it. We will ask the kids if they were able to talk their parents into it, or if they realized why their parents told them no. We will read chapters 1-3 in the book and discuss characters.
Spalding Words: There will only be 20 words next week since there is no school on Monday.
Tuesday: yesterday, among, question, quest, doctor, size, December, dozen, there (not here), their (they), they're (they are)
Wednesday: tax, number, October, reason, fifth, baking, bake, bowl, cheap (eat)
Math: We are continuing to develop our understanding of multiplication and division and will have a test on Thursday. Keep an eye out for a study guide coming home on Wednesday evening to review with your mathematician!
Science: All living things are made up of microscopic cells. We will describe the relationship among cells, tissues, organs, and systems. Ask me about the body systems at home! What are they and what functions do they perform?
History: We will finish up our lessons on Ancient Greece. We will be learning about three great thinkers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. We will also talk about Alexander the Great, a brave man who conquered many lands and spread Greek ideas to many new places.
Have a great rest of your day!
Science: All living things are made up of microscopic cells. We will describe the relationship among cells, tissues, organs, and systems. Ask me about the body systems at home! What are they and what functions do they perform?
History: We will finish up our lessons on Ancient Greece. We will be learning about three great thinkers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. We will also talk about Alexander the Great, a brave man who conquered many lands and spread Greek ideas to many new places.
Have a great rest of your day!
Warmest,
Mr. High
Sunday, January 7, 2018
3rd Quarter, Here We Go!
Dear 2A,
I hope you all had a wonderful Winter Break and enjoyed the holidays with your loved ones! Thank you all so much for thinking of Mrs. Gerhart and myself and sharing so many fun and thoughtful gifts. We feel so honored to have such an incredible group of parents and students be a part of 2A this year. Thank you again!
When we return from break...
Spalding Words 1/8/18:Monday: broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god, teacherTuesday: November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, personWednesday: nor, or, January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be
Poetry: After the break we will learn a new poem: Smart by Shel Silverstein.
Grammar: Students will be introduced to linking verbs through reading a story called The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We will also review parts of speech through singing our jingles from last semester and classifying sentences.
Writing: We will read a story called The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning.
Literature: We will start discovering the setting of our next book: The Cricket in Times Square! Students will learn about Connecticut and New York, as well as plot points on a map! Please send your child to school with their copy of this novel.
Math: We will pick right back up with some strategies for mental addition and subtraction and have a cumulative assessment over units 1-7 on Thursday. Beginning on Thursday, we will start practicing multiplying and dividing by 4. Pro-tip! Practice skip counting with your child by 2s, 3s, 4,s, 5s and 10s on the way to school or daily to help her/him build their fact automaticity. :)
Science: We will start a new unit on the Human Body. We will begin with learning about the five senses associated with our body and will identify these important systems: skeletal, circulatory, nervous, digestive, and excretory. We will also learn about the significant contributions of Anton van Leeuwenhoek and talk about bacteria!
History: We are jumping right back into our study of Ancient Greece. We will be learning about the ancient Olympic Games on Monday, then continuing our journey in Athens. Ask your scholar about Greek symposiums (a dinner party that included many forms of entertainment).
Best,
Mr. High
I hope you all had a wonderful Winter Break and enjoyed the holidays with your loved ones! Thank you all so much for thinking of Mrs. Gerhart and myself and sharing so many fun and thoughtful gifts. We feel so honored to have such an incredible group of parents and students be a part of 2A this year. Thank you again!
When we return from break...
Spalding Words 1/8/18:Monday: broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god, teacherTuesday: November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, personWednesday: nor, or, January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be
Poetry: After the break we will learn a new poem: Smart by Shel Silverstein.
Grammar: Students will be introduced to linking verbs through reading a story called The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We will also review parts of speech through singing our jingles from last semester and classifying sentences.
Writing: We will read a story called The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning.
Literature: We will start discovering the setting of our next book: The Cricket in Times Square! Students will learn about Connecticut and New York, as well as plot points on a map! Please send your child to school with their copy of this novel.
Math: We will pick right back up with some strategies for mental addition and subtraction and have a cumulative assessment over units 1-7 on Thursday. Beginning on Thursday, we will start practicing multiplying and dividing by 4. Pro-tip! Practice skip counting with your child by 2s, 3s, 4,s, 5s and 10s on the way to school or daily to help her/him build their fact automaticity. :)
Science: We will start a new unit on the Human Body. We will begin with learning about the five senses associated with our body and will identify these important systems: skeletal, circulatory, nervous, digestive, and excretory. We will also learn about the significant contributions of Anton van Leeuwenhoek and talk about bacteria!
History: We are jumping right back into our study of Ancient Greece. We will be learning about the ancient Olympic Games on Monday, then continuing our journey in Athens. Ask your scholar about Greek symposiums (a dinner party that included many forms of entertainment).
Best,
Mr. High
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