Traditions Unit

We have been studying traditions in our class. We learned that traditions are things that we repeat and that have been passed down or will be passed down from generation to generation.

We read the book: When the Box is Full, written by Patricia Lillie. In the book, a child adds something into her box each month to represent the time of year. We were inspired to make our own boxes, based on traditions throughout the year.

We have worked our way through a few months so far, but we still have a bunch of months of traditions to go! These are our boxes so far...

You might have noticed your child brought home a brainstorm paper tonight that elaborated on a tradition. Each child chose a tradition they enjoy and filled out their details through illustration. Here are a few:

Ask your child what his/her favorite tradition is and why!

ELF

Wow! We had a great time with ELF early this November (yikes, is tomorrow really December already?). Miss Laurie came in and taught us about erosion.

We watched a puppet show, performed by our very own second grade cast members (and Laurie!) We learned about different rocks and their journeys as the erode.

We watched what water could do to a mountain! The higher and more powerful the water falls, the more the mountain will change.

We got to do check out wind power and how it can move things! We used straws to blow rice around in a cup.

Water is so strong! We each shook a jar of water with some rocks in it. In the end, a lot of sediment was left in the water.

Thanks again for coming in to help with ELF, Miss Laurie. We hope to see some more families join in on the fun next time too! :)

Parent-Teacher Conferences

The Parent-Teacher Conference Online Scheduler is now available! The scheduler will close on Tuesday and conferences are scheduled on a "first come, first served" basis. 

Here are the directions that were emailed in yesterday's Happy Friday. If you would like my help in scheduling a conference, feel free to email me and I will schedule it for you or help you with the process. 

Looking forward to seeing you all!

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Step-By-Step Parent/Guardian Instructions

1. Visit our school's homepage, TBPS.org and select Parent Conference Sign-up link or go to this web site https://www.canyoncreeksoftware.com/scheduler/vt/wwsu/downloads/index.cfmt for the Online Scheduler icon/link.
2. From the Online Scheduler Home Page
a. Choose your student's school from the drop down list and click "GO"
b. Enter the school password: tbps
c. Enter your student's "Student ID". If you do not know their Student ID, use the LOOKUP STUDENT ID button to access the system.
d. Verify the student's birth date
e. A list of your student's teachers will be displayed. Check the box next to the name of each teacher(s) you would like to meet with.
f. If you have more than one student in the school you can see all of your students' teachers' schedules at one time by answering YES to this question "Do you want to schedule conferences for another student?" then repeat the steps above for your other students. If you only have one student, answer NO to that question.
g. You will then see the available time slots for each teacher you selected.
h. Select the times that work best for your schedule.
i. Enter your email address (recommended) if you would like an email reminder sent to you. (Your email address is kept private.)
j. Once you have finished you can confirm your appointment details and print your conference schedule.
k. Write down the Confirmation Number (you will need this number to cancel your appointment)

• We estimated the number of seeds in our class pumpkin. 

• Estimates ranged from 18-300 seeds in our pumpkin.

• We read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin by Margaret McNamara. 

• We learned so many interesting facts about pumpkins and how to estimate the number of seeds in a pumpkin. We also learned some strategies to count pumpkin seeds efficiently and accurately!

• We made new estimates. Our new range was 200-700 seeds in the pumpkin.

• We cut into the pumpkin, cleaned the seeds, and put our seeds into piles of 10.

 

Good mathematicians always double check...

We circled our groups of 10, just to be sure.

We reported out how many seeds we had on each desk group (we counted by 10's, of course).

• We wrote the numbers down and solved our HUGE number string by adding the 100's, making 100s, adding the 10's, and adding on the 1's.

150+130+170+176=

We ended up with _____ pumpkin seeds!!!

Newsletter for the Week of October 29th

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Cursive Update

We're on to those strange cursive letters that hardly look like their "print" versions!

"k" and "r"...

10 more cursive letters....we're all so excited!