Thank you for all your work on the Walk-A-Thon and AR book drive last week. We got twenty-five new books for our classroom library. I know the parents are working just as hard as anyone else to make Fairmont a great school. The teachers would agree with me that we really appreciate you. Our story this week is another trickster tale, but one from the textbook. We will spend a week on compound nouns for ELA. We will continue to work on 2-digit addition and test on Friday. You should see a study guide come home Thursday for math. I think most of the students are reading on their new levels for AR. I am requiring two tests each day before recess to show that students are completing their AR homework. Friday is the Walk-A-Thon event at schools. Please make sure that if your child is dressing up like a book character, they are not covering his or her face. Mrs. McGill has placed a set of rules for the book character costume. If she feels that the costume is inappropriate, she will have the student change. If you have any questions, please let me know. I know it is a different day, but it went great two years ago! Thank you. -Mr. McDannald Math EQs: How do you write number sentences to represent a problem? What are ways to add three numbers? What are ways to add four numbers? How do we add 2-digit numbers? | Reminder: |
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Math EQs: How do you record the steps of regrouping? What are two different ways to write addition problems? How does drawing pictures help you solve addition word problems?
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I hope everyone enjoyed their Fall Breaks! We have a busy week, so I hope everyone is ready to get back to work. AR quizzes and STAR testing will be on of our first tasks! We are not working from the Journeys book this week. We will be doing a unit on Trickster Tales. On Thursday, I will send home a Reader’s Theatre that the student should practice reading with a parent. This helps the students see how the characters are different, and how the voices represents different speakers from a text. We will start working on 2-digit addition this week. We start by breaking numbers up into easy addends. Then we transition into building tens to add. After that, we will look at regrouping. This process helps build understanding of what carrying and borrowing mean in addition and subtraction. I understand everyone has different ways to solve an addition problem, and I will support that as we learn different regrouping strategies. Thank you for your support. Conference confirmations will be coming home this week. -Mr. McDannald | Reminder: |
Math EQs: How does breaking apart a number make it easier to add? How can you make an addend a ten to solve for addition? How do you break apart to add tens then ones? When do you regroup in addition?
Reading EQs: How do I understand and use my new vocabulary words? How do I describe how characters respond to events? How do I use different voices to reflect character?
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Mr. McDannald is a second grade teacher in Johnson City, Tennessee.
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