Dear Grade 2/3 Families,
We started our week with a spooktacular Halloween party-- thanks to all the parents who planned, set-up, and cleaned-up so we could get right back to the grind the following day! Here’s what it looked like:
We started our week with a spooktacular Halloween party-- thanks to all the parents who planned, set-up, and cleaned-up so we could get right back to the grind the following day! Here’s what it looked like:
We want to invite you to our Parents’ Day on Thursday from 8:30 to 10:00. This will be a chance for you to get a peek at what we do each day in the classroom. We look forward to having you.
In Grade 2
Math Workshop: This week we will focus on using the hundred chart. We will continue to work on adding and subtracting tens. We will also look for mystery numbers and describe mystery numbers to others. We will work on ordering numbers, and we will continue working on breaking numbers apart. We will look at finding half of larger numbers by breaking them into smaller pieces.
Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop: It’s been exciting to see the fairy tales the children are writing come together. We will work on those a bit this week, but mostly we will focus on our unit writing. Children have taken on a role as an immigrant, and they will be writing journal entries as that immigrant.
In Grade 3
Math Workshop: our conceptual understanding of multiplication continues to deepen with more experience with arrays. They’re not sick of them, yet-- and that’s great. We are currently working on our candybox pitch posters where creative directors are making a pitch to Dulce Chocolatiers for their seasonal chocolate bar. What are all the possible array shapes for a 6, 12, 24, or 36 piece chocolate bar-- and which do they think is the best shape to go with? Why? What should the packaging look like? What ingredients are likely to catch the attention of children? And lastly-- what should they name this fine candybar?Their pitch posters should be hanging up in the classroom by the end of the week once they present them to the class.
In Readers’ Workshop, we have wrapped up DRAs. Ask your learner what a DRA is and why they are helpful! We began discussing journaling in character of our immigrant. We read part of a book titled Jessie’s Journey Across the Sea-- the story of a brave, risk-taking immigrant teenage girl who leaves her homeland uses her newfound learning of sewing ,that her grandmother taught her, in order to survive and start a new life in America. We also read several pieces discussing what migrants might pack for their journeys including a poem and a journal entry.
In Writers’ Workshop, learners are deep in the development of their immigrant character so that they will be able to journal in character this upcoming week once they create journals out of leather patches and beads.
In our 2/3 learning community
IB Unit Inquiry: We continue reading about the journeys of many different kinds of immigrants. We continued researching in order to inform us of what the life of our character might have been like.
Important Dates and Reminders:
Hope to see you there!
In Grade 2
Math Workshop: This week we will focus on using the hundred chart. We will continue to work on adding and subtracting tens. We will also look for mystery numbers and describe mystery numbers to others. We will work on ordering numbers, and we will continue working on breaking numbers apart. We will look at finding half of larger numbers by breaking them into smaller pieces.
Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop: It’s been exciting to see the fairy tales the children are writing come together. We will work on those a bit this week, but mostly we will focus on our unit writing. Children have taken on a role as an immigrant, and they will be writing journal entries as that immigrant.
In Grade 3
Math Workshop: our conceptual understanding of multiplication continues to deepen with more experience with arrays. They’re not sick of them, yet-- and that’s great. We are currently working on our candybox pitch posters where creative directors are making a pitch to Dulce Chocolatiers for their seasonal chocolate bar. What are all the possible array shapes for a 6, 12, 24, or 36 piece chocolate bar-- and which do they think is the best shape to go with? Why? What should the packaging look like? What ingredients are likely to catch the attention of children? And lastly-- what should they name this fine candybar?Their pitch posters should be hanging up in the classroom by the end of the week once they present them to the class.
In Readers’ Workshop, we have wrapped up DRAs. Ask your learner what a DRA is and why they are helpful! We began discussing journaling in character of our immigrant. We read part of a book titled Jessie’s Journey Across the Sea-- the story of a brave, risk-taking immigrant teenage girl who leaves her homeland uses her newfound learning of sewing ,that her grandmother taught her, in order to survive and start a new life in America. We also read several pieces discussing what migrants might pack for their journeys including a poem and a journal entry.
In Writers’ Workshop, learners are deep in the development of their immigrant character so that they will be able to journal in character this upcoming week once they create journals out of leather patches and beads.
In our 2/3 learning community
IB Unit Inquiry: We continue reading about the journeys of many different kinds of immigrants. We continued researching in order to inform us of what the life of our character might have been like.
Important Dates and Reminders:
- November 7, Monday - ASG - PJS Spirit Day!
- November 10, Thursday - PJS Parents' Day - 8:30-10:00am
- November 15, 2016 7:30 – 9:00 pm Princeton Common Ground Talk on Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age. Dr. Richard Freed will speak on how to build your child’s bond with family and foster school success amid the allure of digital screens. Our kids’ overuse of video games, social media, and texting is denying them a connection with family and school—the two most important contributors to their well-being. The result is a generation of kids who suffer from extraordinary rates of emotional and academic problems, and are falling prey to an epidemic of video game and internet addictions.This talk will give you the confidence and skills you need to safely navigate your children through a rapidly shifting media landscape. Dr. Freed offers concrete parenting strategies that will help you create the strong family kids need and encourage their school success. You’ll also learn how to protect kids from destructive tech addictions, and instead guide them to use technology productively as a positive force for their future.
Hope to see you there!