Thank you for a spectacular year! I will miss your child so much. Your child has made a huge impact on me and your child is so special and unique in his/her own way. I hope everyone has an awesome summer with a ton of fun! I can't wait to see these amazing students walk down the hallway next year as 3rd graders! Keep shining your light onto others 2nd graders!
Email:schneiders@maplelake.k12.mn.us Telephone:320-963-7484
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Upcoming Dates
We are on the final stretch of school. Here are some dates of events for the last week of school.
Monday, May 29th- No School
Thursday, June 1st- Field Trip to Hemker Zoo, Students should wear their green Irish Pride shirts, bring a bagged lunch that can be thrown away, bring an extra water bottle or drink that can be thrown away, wear sunscreen
Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of 2nd Grade, Walking to City Park, Wear Sunscreen
Plays
Groups of students performed the following plays this week:
- Just Like This
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- The Stinky Cheese Man
Writing
In writing this week your child finished the following story starters:
- A Big Day at School
- The Recess Mess
- A Crazy Class
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Next Wednesday, May 31st our class will be watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to go along with our class read aloud. On this day your child may bring in a chocolate treat to enjoy, a special drink, a stuffed animal, and a blanket if they choose.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
May Word of the Month
Courage- Be brave and dare to be nice even when it is hard
To go along with the word of the month students listened to the story: Be Brave Little One. Students continued to do several activities to go along with this story.
Guided Reading Books
Please have your child look one last time at home for any guided reading books that may need to be returned to school.
Upcoming Dates
Friday, May 19th- Track & Field Day, 2nd Grade Wear Blue, All Library Books Due
Monday, May 29th- Memorial Day, No School
Thursday, June 1st- Field Trip to Hemker Zoo
Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of School, Walking to City Park
Track & Field Day Reminders
- The weather looks on the chillier side for Friday so please have your child dress in layers and wear blue if possible.
- Please send a water bottle or two along with your child.
- Please put sunscreen on your child before he/she leaves the house in the morning.
- Students are not allowed to leave the school grounds for lunch. You may bring in lunch if you like but students need to stay at school.
- At the end of the day please check in with me if you are taking your child home with you. Then go to the checkout table as well to sign your child out for the day.
This is such a fun day for MLE students and I hope many of you are able to come and watch!
Phonics
This week in phonics your child spent time working with the "Bossy R" within words as in ar, er, ir, or, and ur. Using these letter patterns your child made words, sorted words, and played a game focusing around the above letter patterns.
Writing
In writing students have been working on finishing the following story starters:
- A Weird Wake-Up
- Even Robots Need Breakfast
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
Guided Reading
This week the students practiced and performed the following plays:
- Room for More
- A Pinch of Pepper
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Happy Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms and special individuals who make a difference in the lives of these special students daily. Enjoy your special day!
Phonics
Time this week was spent in phonics working with Greek Roots. Students spent time taking words apart and finding the meaning of words using the known Greek Root parts.
Math
In math students are working on adding and subtracting numbers up to 1,000. Students have been using open number lines, base-ten pieces, partial sums, and repeated reasoning to help them make sense of numbers. Encourage your child to keep practicing their addition and subtracting math facts. Weekly assessments will be given on facts!
Upcoming Dates
Friday, May 19th- Track & Field Day, 2nd Grade Wear Blue, All Library Books Due
Monday, May 29th- Memorial Day, No School
Thursday, June 1st- Field Trip to Hemker Zoo
Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of School, Walking to City Park
Spelling
Your child will not have any more weekly spelling tests starting next week. For the remainder of the school year your child will be working on many different review spelling activities throughout each week.
Plays
This week students performed:
That Goat Has Got to Go
The Gingerbread Man
You Must Never Look Under the Bed
It is so fun to see the students using expression, dressing up as their character in the play, and acting out their parts. Plays are definitely a fun way to wrap up May.
Field Trip
- If your child has not yet brought back their signed permission slip along with $21 for the Hemker Zoo field trip please do so as soon as possible.
- Chaperones are also able to join us on our field trip. The admission cost for chaperones to Hemker Zoo is $13 per person. If you will be joining us for the field trip please sign and return the chaperone permission slip along with $13 as soon as possible.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Animal Presentations
A big thank you to all of you who were able to come watch our Animal Presentations last week. The students did an amazing job on their google slides and they rocked presenting in front of all of you.
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, May 9th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt
Thursday, May 11th- Last Book Order Due
Friday, May 19th- Track & Field Day, 2nd Grade Wear Blue, All Library Books Due
Friday, May 26th- Makeup Track & Field Day If Needed
Monday, May 29th- No School
Thursday, June 1st- 2nd Grade Field Trip to Hemker Zoo
Friday, June 2nd- Last Day of School, 2nd Grade Walking to the City Park in the AM
Spelling
Spelling Words
Week Of:
May 8-12
1. biography
2. geography
3. biology
4. geology
5. telegraph
6. television
Next week will be the last week of weekly spelling tests. After next week we will spend time reviewing all spelling skills and spelling words that have been taught all throughout the year.
Phonics
In phonics this week your child worked with the suffixes sion, tion, and ion as in:
suggestion
collision
companion
Guided Reading
This week in reading your child practiced, made props, and performed one of the following 3 plays:
- The Very Cranky Bear
- Supper With the Queen
- I Know An Old Lady
The students had so much fun preparing for the final production of their play!
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Upcoming Dates
Thursday, May 4th- Class Picture Day
Friday, May 19th- Track & Field Day
Friday, May 26th- Alternate Track & Field Day If Needed
Thursday, June 1st- Field Trip to Hemker Zoo
Spelling
The spelling focus for next week is working with base words that have the suffix ion added to the end of them as in suggestion, direction, decoration, etc.
Spelling Words
Week Of:
May 1-5
1. suggest
2. suggestion
3. direct
4. direction
5. decorate
6. decoration
7. celebrate
8. celebration
9. add
10. addition
11. define
12. definition
Jenga Donation
I am still looking for a few more Jenga game donations. I came across a fun way to incorporate more addition facts into math by using the game Jenga. Thanks in advance for your donation if you are able to help!
Guided Reading
In reading this week the main focus was comparing and contrasting animals, characters, settings, problems, and solutions within a story or within several stories. Students also compared and contrasted frogs and fish and students compared and contrasted penguins and parrots.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Science
In science students continue learning about plants and their parts. Hopefully some much needed warmth will come our way so students can start to watch the life cycle of living things outside start to grow.
Upcoming Dates
Thursday, April 27th- Come and watch animal presentations at 10:00 in our classroom
Friday, April 28th- Wear blue for autism awareness month
Spelling
The spelling focus for next week is adding the suffix less to the end of base words as in:
price-priceless
use-useless
power-powerless
cloud-cloudless
fear-fearless
Spelling Words
Week Of:
April 24-28
1. price
2. priceless
3. use
4. useless
5. power
6. powerless
7. cloud
8. cloudless
9. breath
10. breathless
11. fear
12. fearless
Phonics
In phonics this week your child worked with high-frequency words, your child worked with the prefixes dis, un, and re, and your child worked on fluency by partner reading short passages.
Guided Reading
In reading this week students used a reader's theater script called The Tricky Garden to work on phrasing, dialogue, and to work with antonyms. This reader's theater was a favorite for many students. In May students will spend some time practicing and performing several different plays.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Phonics
In phonics this week your child worked on adding the prefix re to the beginning of base words. Your child learned that when the prefix re is added to the beginning of a word it changes the meaning of that word to mean to do over again or redo.
Spelling Words
Week Of:
April 17-21
1. order
2. disorder
3. agree
4. disagree
5. obey
6. disobey
7. trust
8. distrust
9. honest
10. dishonest
11. grace
12. disgrace
13. appear
14. disappear
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Writing
Students continue to work on their google slides presentation using their Informational Report research topic.
Guided Reading
As your child continues to read at home, continue to have him/her make predictions before, during, and after reading a text.
Class Donation
I came across a fun way to incorporate more addition facts into math by using the game Jenga. I am asking for any Jenga game donations if you are able to help. Thanks in advance for your donation if you are able to help!
Word of the Month
Patience- Be sure to ask your child about the egg and spoon race we did this week focused around the word of the month patience. Time and endurance are 2 important words when learning about and practicing being patient.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, April 11th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt
Thursday, April 13th- Book Orders Due, PTA Bingo Night
Friday, April 14th- Wear Blue for Autism Awareness
Autism Awareness
Students are encouraged to wear blue every Friday in April for Autism Awareness Month.
Spelling Words
Week Of:
April 10-14
1. paint
2. repaint
3. pay
4. repay
5. group
6. regroup
7. new
8. renew
9. turn
10. return
11. check
12. recheck
Writing
In writing this week students began the planning process for their Informational Report. Students made a chart focusing on what they already know, what they wonder, and what they want to learn about their topic. Students then began researching their topic, writing an introduction to their report, and collecting more facts for their report. Be watching for an invitation to be sent home later this month for you to come watch their presentations!
Word of the Month
Patience- Being calm and understanding that some things take time and endurance. All throughout the month of April we will do several team building activities as a class focused around patience and sticking to the task!
Guided Reading
All this week in guided reading students have been working on making predictions using picture and text clues. Students learned that a prediction is just like making a guess using what clues you know. Keep reminding your child to read nightly at home and to get their yellow reading sheet signed each night.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Math
In math students continue to work on solving one and two step story problems. Students have been taught to:
- circle the numbers they are using in a story problem
- look for key words that tell whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- solve the problem using pictures, numbers, or a math equation
- write their answer with a label
Spelling Words
Week Of:
April 3-6
1. fair
2. unfair
3. happy
4. unhappy
5. load
6. unload
7. fold
8. unfold
9. afraid
10. unafraid
11. likely
12. unlikely
Informational Reports
This week in writing your child brainstormed a list of topics he/she could use to write an informational report on. Students then went to the library to check out a nonfiction book on their chosen topic so that your child can begin researching facts about their topic. Students are so excited to learn more about their chosen topic. They keep asking me when they can start writing?
Spring Break
Spring Break is upon us and it is a great time for your child to recharge for the last stretch of this school year. Whether you are traveling or enjoying some extra home time, encourage your child to play some games, read, and be active in some way. Have a well-deserved break and hopefully some needed sunshine and warmth will come our way soon. Mrs. Schneider is ready for flip flops!
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Math
In math students are continuing to subtract 2-digit numbers with and without borrowing from Mr. 10. This strategy will help students solve double-digit subtraction word problems. Graphing will be the next math topic up after subtracting.
Upcoming Dates
Friday, March 24th- Last Day Before Spring Break
March 27-31st- No School, Spring Break
Spelling Words
Week Of:
March 20-24
1. close
2. closely
3. friend
4. friendly
5. real
6. really
7. gloomy
8. gloomily
9. happy
10. happily
11. angry
12. angrily
13. quiet
14. quietly
15. safe
16. safely
17. luck
18. luckily
Phonics
In phonics this week time was spent learning about nouns and how to turn those nouns into adjectives by adding the y suffix.
Word of the Month
Honesty- Being Truthful and Fair
All throughout the month we will read a variety of stories focused around honesty and what that word looks like.
Writing
This week in writing students focused on:
- Regular Past Tense Verbs
- Capitalization at the Beginning of Sentences
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, March 14th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt
Wednesday, March 15th- Report Cards Go Home
Thursday, March 16th- Bingo Fun Night
Friday, March 17th- St. Patrick's Day, Wear Green, Bring Leprechaun Traps
Spelling Words
Week Of:
March 13-17
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
Guided Reading
In Guided Reading your child has been working on summarizing. When summarizing the following story elements are focused on:
Somebody- Who are the main characters?
Wanted- Tell what the main character(s) wanted or hoped would happen.
But- What was the problem that the main character had that stopped him or her from getting what he or she wanted?
So- How did the main character solve his or her problem?
Finally- What was the main character able to do since he or she solved the problem?
And- Tell any other important fact that helped the main character at the end of the story.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Spelling Words
March 6-10
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
Writing
In writing this week your child worked on revising their Realistic Fiction story and then publishing and illustrating their final copy.
Guided Reading
This week all guided reading groups worked on fluency and expression by reading John Henry, a Reader’s Theater script in groups.
Math
Use a clock at home and ask your child the following questions:
¨ What time is the clock showing right now?
¨ What time will it be 10 minutes from now?
¨ What time will it be in one hour?
¨ What time was it five minutes ago?
¨ What time will it be in 15 minutes?
¨ What time was it one hour ago?
¨ What time was it 30 minutes ago?
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