Hello Second Grade Families!

I can see that most of you are logging in to Schoology.  We will continue to learn as we go together.
I have a new math site that I'd like you start exploring whenever you want.  It is called I Know It!  I think it might be good to see something different every now and then.  I will add the link to the button for online/math.
To login to I Know It!  The username is your first name with a capital letter to start it.  (BrookeD and BrookeS, you need your last name initial too, no space).  Then the password is your usual Its....

I miss seeing you.  If you want to send me an email with pictures, you are welcome to do that.  I will then post some here so your classmates can see what you've been doing!

​Love, Mrs. Fromm

Hello Families and Students,

I miss you very much!  I know this is a very unusual situation we have going on.  I wanted to touch base with you here before our UCS initiative begins next week.  We will be using Schoology to keep in touch.  I am currently being trained on this system.  Once we have some beginning information, I will start to communicate there.  I will try to add a link to this site from there in case the students want to continue the links from here.

While your at home, please note that being creative at this age is perfect lessons for them.  Go ahead and pull out the bin of Legos and let them create a city, tower, farm, boats, cars, ships, etc.  You can take some time and do some baking together, that will reinforce all the measurement that have learned.  Your family can do scavenger hunts looking for items to measure with inches and centimeters.  Practice telling time, counting money, and tying shoes.  When you use play dough or clay, really encourage your child to squeeze the dough to build fine motor muscles.  Send the children on a timed hunt around the house to find materials to build a fort, a rollercoaster for a toy car, or build bridges for stuffed animals;  all of which they must use household items to create!

Please note, I am completely available to each of you via email.  If you have any questions at all, or your child would like to send me a note, they can use my school email and I will reply!

Continue to stay healthy and safe.  Give your children a big hug from me!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fromm
​Lisa.Fromm@uticak12.org

So much information will be coming your way.  Try to "play school" each day with your child creating some form of routine with reading, writing, math, and some games!  You can even include recess!  


March 13, 2020
Dear Families,                                   
 
As we all know this is an unusual situation that has occurred around the world, in our country, and of course in our state and at Morgan.
 
I’d like to remind each of you that www.mrsfromm.comdoes have online support for learning.  I will send home login information with the students. Our class is linked to all the programs they use in our classroom on a daily basis.  
 
Reading should be done every single day for at least twenty minutes. I hope you will encourage thoughtful questions to reinforce comprehension.  They are also ready to do some writing based on their reading.  Things like character summaries (describe the characters point of view, setting, etc), students can also write summaries of the stories.  If they are reading expository text, they can write key topics with at least three supporting details that support the topic.
 
Writing is set up for you during this time of missing school. EVERY CHILD IS EXPECTED TO DO THEIR WRITE AND TELL.  You have a rubric of expectations.  I would encourage your child to remember to indent to start the paragraph.  If you are looking for more, you can encourage your child to write a paragraph twice a week. Then they can choose their best ones to return to school.
 
Our math unit right now is all about telling time and building graphs. These are perfect to practice at home. You can also practice counting money, double digit addition and subtraction, and you can quiz your child on basic math facts up to 20 or higher.  It might be fun to set up an after breakfast math test.  You can set the timer on your phone or microwave and give your child 20 addition and subtraction equations.  They should accomplish those in about 1 minute of they are facts under 20.  If you are giving them double digits, you may want to give them 5-7 minutes to work on them (and give them 10-15 problems with regrouping and ungrouping). The children who are competitive will love this challenge.  PLUS, we will be starting a timed test practice upon our return. There are online games and worksheets you can print off from our math series that you can use as well.
 
I will miss seeing your child’s sweet face each day.  I hope that you can find time to support them in their learning during these next few weeks.  We have been working so hard and I’m very proud of them.  May you stay healthy.
 
Sincerely,
Mrs. Fromm

Hello Families,

Just a quick note about the importance of washing hands.  I did post a photo directions up in the classroom at our sink.  Hopefully this is a good reminder for the students.  I have some hand sanitizers around the room near Kleenex.  I cannot emphasis enough how important it is to allow your child to rest and heal when they are ill.  As much as it may be difficult to change home schedules, the spreading of germs can be reduced drastically if fever, headaches, chills, coughing, and sneezing are kept at home.  Thank you for the help in this health matter.

On some other better notes, we started telling time with paper clocks today.  Miss. Newton did a vocabulary lesson with them, practiced skip counting by fives to help build the understanding of the minute hand, and then the children made a paper clock.  Watch for those to come home today.

Tomorrow is "Bring a Book From Home" day for March is Reading Month.  Please be sure your name is in the book.  We also have library and our class library, so we don't want them to get mixed in.  Thank you. 

Friday is hat day.  The children are invited to wear a hat all day!  If they have a hat that someone can read, that would be wonderful.

​Have a great evening!

A busy day in room 14.  We started Unit 5 in our reading series which starts with what it's like to be a good citizen.  The kids in our class are amazing with their kindness and caring!  

We also started our Unit 5 in math.  This is all about telling time and collecting data with graphing.  

Today was Sophia's 8th birthday.  Her family surprised us all with a pizza party!  It was fun to celebrate together.

We had another Flat Stanley return.  It was from April's aunt who also teaches second grade.  Thank you for the book donations to our classroom library!  We sent the two new books home with April to read for March is Reading Month.  When she is done, we will return them to our class for us all to enjoy!

Watch for our field trip note coming home today.  We will be going in May, but all the paperwork and payments need to be done several weeks ahead of time.

​Tomorrow is no school due to voting.  I'll see everyone back on Wednesday.  Have a great evening!