I hope this all finds you well. I truly enjoyed our parent conference times and appreciated all of the conversations. If any other further questions pop up, please don't hesitate to reach out. This week we continued our study of geography. We learned about land forms, bodies of water and which of these features we had in our own town. We also talked about how our town was built around some of these features. The students then worked in groups to create their own town and they had to incorporate some land forms and some bodies of water. In math, the 1st graders focused on math facts, and complements of 10, 20 and/ or 100. The students played a card game, a basketball game, and used dice to practice these concepts. The students also continued to work with telling time to the hours and half hours. I am very pleased with the group's progress with these skills. Ms Figdor had this to say about 2nd grade math. "This week the second graders wrapped up unit two with the end of unit assessment. The students did an amazing job on the assessment. I was especially impressed with their ability to use mathematical equations to show their thinking. During unit three, students will continue to develop efficient strategies for adding and subtracting numbers. Unit three will push students to work with larger numbers."
On Wednesday, the students were able to see the snowplow that our school named. They were able to meet the driver and ask him questions about the plow. We learned that our plow is the one that plows the mountains near us and that during a snow storm, it will use over 210 gallons of fuel. As you are out and about this winter, look for the "Waitsfield" plow on the road.
Notes:
*There will not be a blog next week. Today's post will be the last one until after Thanksgiving.
*The homework bags will go home today but not Monday and Tuesday of next week. That way I can get them all back and start fresh when we get back from break.
That is all for now. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Peace,
Mr. Young
