Thank you to all of our families who joined me on Monday at Back to School Night. It is always a pleasure to connect. If you were unable to attend here is the link to the slide show. Please let me know if you have any questions.

We started our NWEA assessments this week. This data will show us where each student is starting out second grade and allow us to measure their growth throughout the year. We also completed our first math checkpoint to check for understanding of the first half of unit one. 

Thank you for the snack donations! They are a blessing to our class.

Morning Meeting

Our “Would you rather…?” question was, would you rather have the power to be invisible or to fly? We do P2 in the morning. We do the news and on Friday there are puppets.

~Molly, Ruthie, Connor

P2-Teamwork

We work together to make a team! We sit and play fun games! We put a dot on our heads, but we can’t know what color it is and we can’t talk. We always have a way to solve problems as a team,

~Daphne, Sophia, Nella, Garrett

Math

We did NWEA test for math. We did “What’s behind my back?” We also did this game with cards within 20. We did a packet. Math is so good for your brain!

~Grace, Margo, Santiago, Armand

Reading-Daily 5

We have book boxes that hold our books. We can read to someone or read to self. When you read to self, you are quiet. When you read to someone you are whispering. When you are doing read to self you have to be quiet, because when you are noisy it makes other people not focus.

~Madeline, Kenna

Writing

We write lists. We write about nicknames and foods that are crunchy. We also write about math.

~Tendaji, Madison, Natalie, Mark

Science

We saved Bobby from falling to the ground. Bobby is a bobby pin. We made Bobby go to recess. We tested Bobby falling from a high view. We made paper parachutes for Bobby.

~Riley, Brooke, Dawson, Abby

September 17, 2021

 Welcome to 2nd Grade!

We have had a wonderful first two weeks of school getting to know each other! Our class feels like a team already and we are so happy to share our days learning together. Each week students will work with their tablemates to update you on their learning and hard work. I will also include any updates you may need about the happenings in our classroom. 

I’m looking forward to meeting you at Back to School night on Monday! Please read the Brown School Blog for information about what’s happening around the school. 

I love to hear from you! Please feel free to reach out anytime with questions or anything you would like me to know. My email address is ahooker@sjschools.org , this is the fastest way to reach me. My classroom phone number is 269-926-3560. 

P2-Curiosity

P2 stands for Positivity Project. The first thing we do is go to the carpet. Sometimes we watch videos. Curiosity is wondering. 

~Madeline and Kenna

Math

We do addition and subtraction. We play math games. We put 10 blocks behind our backs and we pull some to the front. Then we count. 

We also know our numbers. We know math.

~Nella, Sophia, Garrett, and Daphne

Reading-Daily 5

Daily 5 is very helpful for us and fun. It helps us learn and it helps us write. We are quiet and have our eyes on our books and notebooks.

~Molly, Ruthie, Wilson, and Connor

Writing

We did webs about each other. We did webs about a kite. We did webs about a pencil. We learned about our friends.

~Brooke, Riley, Dawson, and Abby

Science

We know about science. We did this bread experiment. We did dirty hands. We did clean hands. We did Chromebooks. We did hand sanitizer. We also did untouched bread. We’re waiting for the bread to get moldy.

~Santiago, Margo, Armand, and Grace