Phew!  What a week!  Last week was an assessment week in Wonders, for us, so the children worked on parts of the assessment throughout the week.  I was very proud of this group for working so hard, and persevering when things were challenging.

 

Since there were no spelling words, the children worked on writing their name, address, phone number and birthday.  They did a very nice job with this, however, this information is so important for our second graders to know, that we will revisit this information, again.

 

Last week, we also participated in the cardboard challenge.  Wow!  so much fun bottled into two days!  The children spent Tuesday afternoon building with their book buddies, adding onto a school-wide build.   On Wednesday, the children had an opportunity to create on their own cardboard creation.  I was so impressed with the amount of thought and creativity that the children put into their creations this week.

 

On Friday, we worked on our third Growth Mindset lesson.  We watched a short dojo video, and focused on the word “yet”.  Instead of saying they can’t do something, they will be saying, “they can’t do it YET!”  It was fun to listen to the children talk about things that they couldn’t do yet, with determination and motivation, rather than frustration.

 

In math, we will be continuing on with unit 2.  We will also continue to focus on basic facts, like sums to ten and double facts.  The children will practice these throughout the year.  Even if you believe your second grader is fluent with these facts, additional exposure with increase their automaticity with them!  We will continue to do some quick practice for morning work, as well as play games and activities with them during a math rotation.

 

This week, the children will have the wonderful opportunity to participate in a visit from the NBFD.  We are so fortunate that the children get to participate in this experience.