Distance Learning Letter

Hello Families,

Our classrooms will be using SeeSaw to facilitate learning during the time away 
from the school building if distance learning is put into effect. Below you will find 
your directions on how to log into SeeSaw for learning. Please help your child get 
logged in to their SeeSaw account.  We would like all students to be logged into
their SeeSaw Account by Tuesday, March 24th, so that we can offer 
assistance to anyone who needs help logging in. We have included a separate 
paper with your child’s SeeSaw login code. It is required that you login to 
SeeSaw each day. We are taking attendance each day and submitting it to 
the office. Here are the steps you will need to take to get your child ready: 

Here are other apps we will be using:

 Epic - This will be how your child will get new Book Bag books. Your child’s books 
will be at their reading level. You may notice the books may be one reading level 
lower than the level we are reading at school, that way they are successful at 
home with you. https://www.getepic.com/sign-in

Pearson- This will be how your child completes their math homework 

each day. Pearsonsuccessnet.com

Here are some important things to know:

Our classroom materials/lessons can be found on SeeSaw. We will assign 
different work at the start of each week. 

You will need to sign in each day, we are still taking attendance. 

Thank you for being flexible. We understand that not everyone will be able 
to do their school work during school hours, we will not look to see if you 
were active in the account until the following day. For example, if you did 
your work at 6:00 Monday night, we would check the Daily Check In on 
SeeSaw Tuesday morning. 

How to get in touch with us:
Please email your child’s teacher and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 
Here are our emails: Mrs. Schneider- schneiders@maplelake.k12.mn.us
Mrs. Skay - skayt@maplelake.k12.mn.us

Call our school number and leave a voicemail. 

Mrs. Schneider- 320-963-7484

Mrs. Skay- 320-963-7471

We know getting logged in and signed up for things like this can be frustrating. 
Please email any questions you have, and we will get it figured out together. We
 appreciate your patience and understanding. Together we can ensure your child 
continues to learn even though they are not “at school.”

~The Second Grade Team 

Seesaw Directions

Staff Video

Another staff YouTube video. Enjoy and know we are thinking about you each day!

https://youtu.be/cYPPuJA2zpw

Educational Websites

Throughout the upcoming weeks I will be posting many educational links others have found or shared with me. Spend some time looking through some of the links and use them as you see fit. If a distant learning plan is needed in the upcoming weeks we as a Second Grade Team will have each week specifically laid out with what our expectations will be for your child each week. Don't worry right now! Just enjoy your children and stay healthy!

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html

We miss you!

As we navigate the upcoming weeks together, please let your children know we miss them and hope to see them soon. Check out the following YouTube video made today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXJzrrof_Zc

Math

In math students are beginning to learn about 2D and 3D shapes. Throughout this math unit students will learn about vertices, edges, congruence shapes, and symmetry.

Websites to Electronic Flash Cards

The following are links to electronic flash cards.
http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/
http://www.allmath.com/flashcards.php
http://www.aaamath.com/
http://www.mathplayground.com/MathAttack.html

Writing

In writing your child continues to work through the writing process to write an Informational Report. This week your child included a hook within his/her report, your child made sure sentences are starting in different ways, and your child spent time learning more about regular plural nouns and singular nouns.

Upcoming Dates

March 23-27- Spring Break, No School
March 30- School Resumes

Spelling Words

Week Of:

March 16-20

1. ease

2. easy

3. squeak

4. squeaky

5. need

6. needy

7. gloom

8. gloomy

9. snoop

10.  snoopy

11.  goof

12.  goofy

13.  jerk

14.  jerky

15.  thirst

16.  thirsty

17.  worm

18. wormy

Leprechaun Traps

If you child chooses to make a leprechaun trap they are due to class on Tuesday, March 17th. In years past we have had no luck in catching those sneaky, little leprechauns but maybe this will be the year. Have fun making the traps!

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, March 10th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt
Wednesday, March 11th- Report Cards Go Home
Thursday, March 12th- Book Orders Due

Spelling Words

Week Of:

March 9-13

1. round

2. rounder

3. smooth

4. smoother

5. light

6. lighter

7. funny

8. funniest

9. early

10. earliest

11. pretty

12. prettiest

13. big

14. bigger

15. sad

16. sadder

17. hot

18. hottest

Outside Gear

I know the weather is slowly warming up but the playground is still very sloppy and wet. We are asking all students to continue to wear boots, snowpants, hats, and gloves until at least Spring Break. We will then see what the playground looks like and go from there after Spring Break!

Word of Month

Friendship- being kind, treating others the way you want to be treated, helping one another, working together

Science

In science students are learning about weather patterns and Earth's relation to the sun and how it defines our seasons and weather.

Cafe Strategy

This week our class used the story Alice the Fairy to make inferences. An inference means figuring out something that is not directly stated within a text. Inferences are often made based off of one or more clues from within a text. When reading texts, author's don't always tell readers everything but they include clues that readers can put together for themselves. Making inferences helps readers better understand the ideas within a text.