TEAM 2B
NOVEMBER NEWS
SPECIAL EVENTS
November 6th Parent Visitation Day!
November 11th Veterans’ Day -- No School
November 19th Report Cards Distributed, Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 20th No School -- Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 23rd PARENT HELPER DAY: Come help us make Kachina Dolls! 1:15-2:30pm
November 25th-27th Thanksgiving -- No School
CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS
Math 2B is currently working on a study of place value, breaking large numbers into 10’s and 1’s, and reviewing and extending knowledge of number patterns. Later this month we will begin studying money. Remembering coin values, as well as adding and subtracting groups of mixed coins are often a challenge for second graders. You can help by asking your child to count loose change at home, add up coin values while shopping, and calculating change in money amounts up to $1.00.
Language Arts I have completed the Fall reading assessments with your child. I will review these results and discuss your child’s reading level at our parent/teacher conference later this month. November also marks the beginning of our study of personal narrative writing. The students will look at several model texts and use their knowledge to write their own personal narrative stories. This will be a major writing project and we will invite you to our writing celebration in December.
Social Studies During November we will turn our focus back to social studies to look at communities of long ago. We will be making Kachina Dolls, a Hopi Indian tradition, on November 23rd. Please come help us with this project. It is a lot of fun and the more helpers we have the better.
MRS. B’s NOTES
*** Please come help us make Kachina Dolls on Monday, November 23rd! Let me know ahead of time if you will be able to attend so I know how many stations I can set up.
*** I’ll see you at our parent teacher conference this month! We will talk about your child’s Fall reading level, classroom performance, and make plans for continued success.
Mrs. Polly Benjamin * 895-8310 X428 * pbenjamin@duanesburg.org
http://TeacherWeb.com/NY/DuanesburgCentralSchoolDistrict/MrsPollyBenjamin