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Learning Ideas for the Break

As families prepare for the break, consider the following ideas for continuing learning at home, or on the road as you travel!

Reading: Please have your child read every day!  Students have already been introduced to the Reading World Cup Challenge sponsored by the Lower School library. More information can be found on the Library website. Remember, there are loads of reading resources on this site! For example, Tumblebooks.com (Username: Graded, password: books) can be used to complete the World Cup Challenge.

If you need some book recommendations while on the break, here is a great recommended book list.  

Don't forget to log-in to Raz-kids.com to read loads of "good-fit books". Your child's account is still active!

Writing:  It is always a great idea to keep a journal!

Math:  Students may work on completing all the remaining units in Mathletics.com. Also unit 12 in their Everyday Math journal is a great review of all the concepts that have been covered so far this year. Math is more than completing a worksheet. Math is everywhere around us! Here are some ideas about how to make math connect to the real world:

• Go grocery shopping and have your child present the correct amount of money to the cashier.  Talk about how much different items cost, and how that will affect the total bill. Estimate the cost of the bill.

• Follow a recipe together, and talk about the fractions you are using in your measuring cups

• Go on a shape find around Sao Paulo.  What 2D and 3D shapes do you see in the different buildings?

• Talk with your child about graphs you see in newspapers, and what information you can learn from the graphs.

Second grade students were exposed to cursive writing this year. Students can work on their cursive booklets if they haven't yet finished it.

Please refer to this site for ideas on how to make mathematical thinking visible to your child.

Thank you again for a fabulous year! It was a pleasure getting to know you and your children. Have a safe and joyful holiday and best of luck in third grade!

Semana Literária 2019

As duas últimas semanas foram muito especiais para os alunos do 2o ano. Durante a Semana Literária, os alunos tiveram a oportunidade de assistir e intergir com a apresentação da contadora de histórias Suzana Diniz da Cia Clara Rosa. Eles assistiram, atentos, à encenação de Chapeuzinho Vermelho e Os Três Porquinhos.

Além disso, visitaram a Library e leram alguns dos livros separados especialmente para eles, que, nas aulas de Português, também estão lendo, escrevendo e encenando Contos de Fadas.

 

2C Marketplace!

Our Social Studies Economy Unit has been an enormous success in our classroom! Students are learning what are goods and services, how to make items in a factory, what's an assembly line,what it means to profit, and how to sell their "goods" and "services" to our customers!
Ms.Burnquist's 1st grade class, Ms. Beckley, Ms. Begonia, Ms. Bobbie,and Kenia came to our marketplace today! They enjoyed buying our goods and services!
Here are some of the highlights of our mall!

Manicures!

Nails polished!

Bookmarks made in an assembly line!

Beautiful nails!

Massage Therapy!

Ladies getting their nails done!

Paper Airplanes!

Book Marks cost $1 each!

1 minute back massage!

Manicures!

Snack Bar! Juice and cookies!

Paper Airplanes!

Bookmarks!

Art Gallery!

Homemade Posters!

Oreos and Grape Juice!  

Paper Airplanes were very popular!

Massage Therapy!

Manicures were very busy! 

The entrance to our Mall!

Personal Safety

The Lower School Counselors will be delivering classroom lessons on Personal Safety. The information presented will be developmentally appropriate in content and concepts.  This curriculum will teach children the difference between safe touch and unsafe touch. They will learn the anatomically correct names for body parts, and that these parts of the body should never be touched by others except to keep one clean and healthy.  

Students will be encouraged to identify adults in their lives within the home and community that they could talk to if the “touching rule” is ever broken.  The students will learn how to say no in a “big voice”, how to run away and tell the trusted adult.

At Graded we realize that these lessons are just a small piece of what we all need to do to keep children safe. Research shows that young children retain skills when they are practiced and reinforced at home so please help your child review her/his learning by asking questions at home and reminding your child about safe and unsafe touch.

If you have questions or would like further information, please feel free to reach out to Bobbie at bobbie.olio@graded.br, or Heidi at heidi.pierce@graded.br.   Thank you for the continued support to keep all children safe both inside and outside the school setting.

Regards,

Bobbie and Heidi

Money Exchange Game, Carnaval Break Journals, and ZOOMERS!

MARCH 15th, 2019
We've been growing a lot of knowledge lately in our classroom!
This is only a snapshot of all the hard work that the students are showing every day in Grade 2!

Proud Writers!

A lot of fun during Carnaval!

Lots of details in the stories!

Zoomers!

Physical Science!

Trying to zoom!

Hard Work and Perseverance Bring Reward!

The string gets tangled! Trouble shooting is part of our experiments!

Rewarding experience!

A bit frustrated? That's part of life!

Yes! 

Team spirit!

Sharing stories!

This is our own authors book share moment!

Reading Aloud!

Authors!

Money Exchange Game!

Playing and teaching a Math Game!

Who won?

Place Value is important!

$100 dollars Bill!

Counting $

Rolling two dice and adding up!

How many 10's are there?