J ANUARY 26 TH , 2018

Grade 2 in Room 2
M R . W ILLSON ’ S S ECOND G RADE N EWSLETTER

Showing off our “d esert island hats .”

We’ve had a great week! We read books together and independently, we created amazing structures during
Inquiry, and we started our new math unit. On top of all that, we took the winter NWEA reading and math tests.
It’s been a busy week!

As I mentioned in the last few newsletters, we’ve been getting hands-on during Inquiry. The Creation Station has
been a central part. Students have been designing amazing structures, such as bridges, office buildings, houses,
and more. We’ve also been studying some fundamental architectural forms, which will help as the kids move into
our culminating project: testing and selecting materials to design (and write about) the playground of their
dreams. Finally, we imagined being stranded on a desert island and created protective hats – using only the
materials found in a bagged lunch!

In Math, we revisited currency. We pretended to buy fruit and vegetables at a market (making sure to pay the
 U PCOMING E VENTS …

o J A N . 29— F A M I L Y L I T E R A C Y N I G H T – B L A C K
MEN READ

o J A N . 30 — L E A R N ABOUT I B @S C A R L E T T

o J A N . 31 — E A R L Y R E L E A S E ( S T U D E N T S
D I S M I S S E D @ 1:29)

o J A N . 31 — F E B . 2 – PTO B O O K F A I R Keeping the hat to gether was a challenge!

correct price and get the right amount of change).
o F E B . 2 — PTO M O V I E N I G H T
In Reading, we read a number of books together,
o FEB. 3 — MITCHELL FOOD DISTRIBUTION –
FREE FOOD! including Vera Williams’ classic A Chair For My
o Mother. And, of course, we continued working on
o F E B . 5 — S T O R Y T E L L E R V I S I T (L A ’R O N our reading stamina, handwriting, spelling, and
WILLIAMS) ASSEMBLY
comprehension.
o FEB. 6 — FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT – LATINOS
CON LIBROS

o F E B . 12 — N A T I O N A L A F R I C A N -A M E R I C A N
P A R E N T I N V O L V E M E N T D A Y (NAAPID)
ASSEMBLIES

Look at the focus during the NWEA t est!

As you can see, there are a lot of upcoming events!
Please note that Wednesday, January 31st will be an
early release day. Also, we will be visiting the PTO
book fair next week (probably Thursday or Friday).
The proceeds go towards school events and field
trips. Toys and books are usually between $2-$20.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns,

please reach out to me. =)
- Mr. Willson
willsonl@A2schools.org
Hard at work on a C reat ion Stat ion stru cture. 734.997.1216 x25519