Miss Wittmann's 2nd Grade Blog

Hello, Next week we will be celebrating Read Across America week! See below for the dress up days. We will also be starting a friendly competition at our school for March Madness. That is where each class selects a book and books go against each other until only one remains! This year we chose The Cool Bean by Jory John and Pete Oswald! Upcoming Events: 2/27: Field Trip 2/27: Funset Night 2/28: Early Release 3/2-3/6: Read Across America Week! 3/2: Wear Stripes or Hat (Cat in the Hat) 3/3: Wear Green (Green Eggs and Ham) 3/4: Wacky Wednesday 3/5: Wear Red and Blue (Red Fish Blue Fish) 3/6: Twin Day (Thing 1 and Thing 2) 3/8: Daylight Savings Time Starts Specials this week: Monday: Gym and Dental Talk Tuesday: Art Wednesday: Gym and Library Skills Thursday: Gym and Music Friday: Library Check Out and STEAM Reading: In reading this week we are continuing our unit: Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power. This week we will work on understanding literary language. N...

Upcoming Events: 2/17: No school for students 2/18: How to Help Family Night 2/18: Field Trip Forms Due 2/27: Field Trip 2/28: Early Release Photos from last week! The many faces you make during a game of Jenga:

Hello, This week we will have our valentines celebration on Friday. Student can bring in their mailbox and valentines that day. Let me know if you are bringing a treat for the class so I can make sure there are no repeats or not too many sweets :). Upcoming Events: 2/11: Yearbook Orders Due 2/13: Family Night Sheet Due 2/13: Yoga 2/14: Valentine’s Party 2/14: Postcards for seniors 2/14: Last day of collecting pennies for K9 2/17: No school for students 2/18: How to Help Family Night 2/18: Field Trip Forms Due 2/27: Field Trip 2/28: Early Release Specials this week: Monday: Gym and Music Tuesday: Library Check Out and STEAM Wednesday: Gym and Music Thursday: Gym and Music Friday: Art Reading: In reading we will be starting a new unit called Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power. For the first part of this unit we will practice reading with fluency. We will rehearse reading voices, scoop up words in phrases, notice dialogue tags, and use meaning to read fl...

Hello, Happy February! This week I will be sending out some information for our Valentine’s Day party. It is also the 100th day of school on Friday, students can dress up if they’d like. Upcoming Events: 2/3: Last Day to Order Books! https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Class Code: QJMYM 2/3: K9 Penny Drive (goes until 2/14/20) 2/7: 100th Day of School!! Dress like you are 100. 2/11: Yearbook Orders Due (see below) 2/14: Valentine’s Party (more information coming soon) 2/14: Postcards for seniors Specials this week: Monday: Library Check Out Tuesday: Gym and Music Wednesday: Gym and Music Thursday: Art Friday: Library Skills and Gym Reading: This week in reading we will be wrapping up our current unit. We have been studying our characters and getting to know them in longer and longer books. We have also been focusing on our book talk in read aloud and at partner time. Writing: This week in writing we are picking out a letter that we would like to publish. We will be...