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Mrs. Stern's Second Grade

 Welcome to second/third grade.  We are excited for a new year full of active learning and fun.  We will be using the Responsive Classroom philosophy to learn to work together by being caring, assertive, responsible, empathetic, and show self-control.  This year we will also be using a new version of  Everyday Math as our math curriculumn.  We will also explore our world through reading, reading, reading. 
     I am very excited for our class to be partnering with Mrs. Bolstorffs third grade class from Lake Elmo.  This partnership is made possible through the EMID grant.  Students have the opportunity to use technology and also participate in 3 to 4 field trips throughout the school year in order to meet and reunite with their new friends.

If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at leah.stern@spps.org or call before or after school, or during specialist time at 2:40-3:30.

Helpers in our class: 
Kris Heim (ELL) Ms. Heim comes to our class and works with us on our reading..

We will have pre-student teachers from UW River Falls helping us throughout the year.


  Again, Welcome to Highwood Hills second grade!  An exciting place for learning!

Sincerely,
Leah Stern

 

 




 Starfall   This is a wonderful website for students to use to help learn new and practice reading skills
 Timeline_Biography.ppt   Use this file for creating timelines involving people.
 Timeline_Open.ppt   Use this file for creating timelines other than those involving people.

Wow! The school year is flying by!
We are off and running!  I am amazed at how quickly everyone is learning and becoming members of our community.  We have been doing a lot of reading, math, and ohh!! the writing!  We have been working on many writing activities and most recently we are reading and comparing/contrasting fairy tales and folk tales.  Our next unit of study will focus on Minnesota history and historical figures using time lines.





Schedule
8:50 - 9:10 Opening activities
9:10 - 9:35 Morning Meeting
9:35 - 11:00 Reader's Workshop
11:00 - 11:25 Word Work/Vocabulary
11:25 - 11:55 Math Games
11:55 - 12:45 Writer's Workshop
12:45 - 1:15 Recess/Lunch
1:15 - 1:50 Read Aloud
1:50 - 2:40 Specialist (Science/Social Skills/Phy.Ed.)
2:40 - 3:30 Math
3:30 - 3:40 Dismissal


Math

What is your favorite shape?