Ms. Zelenock's 2nd Grade

Handwriting Students are so excited to begin cursive.  This week we are practicing basic strokes- undercurve, overcurve, and downcurve. Our students will learn all about why SJPS still teaches cursive.  The International Dyslexia Association and John Hopkins University all agree that there are neurological benefits to learning cursive.  Students practicing will combine tactile, visual, and fine motor skills; similar to learning a musical instrument.  If you want to read more about this please check out these articles- https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-case-for-cursive-why-its-about-more-than-writing_3054078.html https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/memory-medic/201303/why-writing-hand-could-make-you-smarter Math Our primary focus this week will be to use our understanding of place value and properties of operations to add and subtract.  Students will use Frames and Arrows, Number Charts, and Open Number Lines as possible tools as they strategize...

January 13, 2020 Ms. Zelenock 2nd Grade Read!  Read! Read!    Are you still reading at home with your child?  Are they reading independently? Please keep up the habit of having your child read each day.  Need books? Let me know and I will make sure your child has a book to read. In class we are starting to investigate informational writing and reading.  Our students are looking over text, checking out the layout of informational writing, discovering the importance of text features, and discussing the author's purpose.               NWEA Testing starts this week and runs through the rest of the month.  For 2nd graders this is a pretty quick assessment for both math and reading.  Tests run about 30-45 minutes each. Please encourage your student to read each question, think about each question, and not to worry or get stressed out.    ...

I sure could feel your students’ energy as they arrived this morning.  It sounds like families had a wonderful break. I’m so happy to be back with your child, teaching full time.  We could use some extra help in the classroom. If you would like to come in from 8:45-10:00 any morning to work with students please let me know.  Also, if you would like to donate a snack or your time to our New Year New You celebration this Friday, January 10th from 2:30-3:30 please email me.  There is room for another helper.     Tuesday, January 7 Art Wednesday, January 8 Computer lab Thursday, January 9 Social and Emotional Learning, Art, Music  Friday, January 10 Music, New Year Celebration Monday, January 13 Gym, Music, Library NWEA Testing starts next week and runs through the rest of the month.  For 2nd graders this is a pretty quick assessment for both math and reading.  Tests run about 30-45 minute...