My Week As Student of the Week by Shelby

Dear Parents,

It is  my first week being student of  the week and I am excited. Also I wanted to thank my friends that voted for me. When I found out who did I will vote for them. I also wanted to thank Mrs. Mueller for making me student of the week. I was so excited when my name was called. Thank you Mrs. Mueller and my friends.

- shelby

Partner Reading & Math & Science Night

Partner Reading
One way we practice reading fluently is to read and re-read the story of the week with our reading partners. We had this opportunity last Thursday. We found that "lights" are an ironic tie into Diwali - a holiday many of our students celebrated last week. As our students shared their customs, we learned about the significance of "lights." Later, we read in the dark using our flashlights and tea-lights.

Math & Science Night
Many of us were able to come out to Math & Science Night last week. It was a fun way to learn. Students who attended received a homework pass! Please don't worry if you missed it. We will be doing science experiments in class this week.

My Week as Student of the Week by Kendall

My Week as Student of the Week

This week I was student of  the week and I'm so excited.  All of  the students and my  famliy were so excited.   Everyone gives me respect each day.  This week we did an assembly for Socktober. So far we have over 207 pairs of socks.  We went outside this week for math. It was fun. It was very, very exciting to be your student of the week. Love Kendall Perino.

Spelling Practice, Technology Time & Place Value

Spelling Practice
As a fun way to prepare for our spelling test, we worked with partners and student whiteboards. You wouldn't believe how quiet the room was when they prepared. They took this time very seriously.

Technology Time
We have 40 minutes of scheduled technology time with Mrs. Hooper every week. This past week we completed our i-ready.com diagnostic tests. This means that students can now use i-ready.com at home. Please use the link to the right to logon and practice both math and reading concepts that are individualized for your student.

In addition to the scheduled technology time, each classroom can sign up for open lab times. This past week we used our time to finish our i-ready.com tests. This coming week we will be using our open lab time to create skits for our Socktober videos in Social Studies.

Place Value
We are working really hard to read, write, and understand large numbers in terms of standard form, expanded form, and word form. We have also compared numbers using >, < and = signs. One way to practice place value is working with new numbers and changing the digits around to get the largest and smallest number. We did this as a whole group. Students were very engaged in this even though they were a little hesitant about the concept. By the end of the week, we got pretty good. We will be working with place value again this week.

Student of the Week Audrey

My week as Student of the Week

My week as Student of the Week was awesome! I got to pick my job. When Ms.Muller called my name I was so happy . I love second grade.  Mrs. Mueller is the best teacher ever.  I want to say thank you. When I was student of the week, I had so much fun as student of the week.  When I told my family, they were so proud of me. It was so much fun. Thank you! It was a super fun week.

Student of the Week Grace

My Week As Student of the Week

I didn't have to do my homework this week, instead, I had fun all week. I got to play video games, and go to Target and look for christmas presents that I want this year. I even got to go for a bike ride.
Being student of the week is awesome! I think you would really like being student of the week.  I hope you get a chance to be student  of the week this year.  -Grace

Place Value Games & Skating Party

Place Value Games
To practice place value, we played a matching game in small groups using pictures of base-ten blocks and numbers in standard form. We also played a whole group game of "I have Who has." We are getting pretty good at this.

Skating Party
It was nice to see some friendly 2nd Grade faces at Skatin' Station II. I missed a few of you. If you have pictures you want to share, please send them in.

Science, S'mores, Socktober & Spelling

Science & S'mores

As a way to finish up our Science unit on investigations and connect our Reading Street story about camping, we created s'mores. This fun way to work 'cross the curriculum gave us a chance to experiment, learn, and have fun.

Soctober

We are collecting new and gently used socks for our community project in Social Studies. Please consider donating to our charity of choice: SOS Community Services of Ypsilanti. We have until October 27th to donate.

Spelling

Spellingcity.com/dottiemueller is updated this week. I will try to update it every week so that students can go online to practice their words. Please let me know if spellingcity.com is not updated; that is something I tend to forget, but can do it quickly.

After we take the pretest on Friday, your child will learn if they should study list 1 or the challenge list (list 2). Your child is eligible each week for a higher score if they get 100% on the pretest or their list for the week AND get both dictation sentences correct. Typically, the higher score is a 3.5. In very rare cases a 4.0 is given depending on the difficulty of the skill presented in the dictation sentence.  

My week as Student of the Month

Student of the Week

I'm going to write about me! First, I go home and then I play with a friend. We play catch. Sometimes we even play subway surfers. We also play tennis. We play baseball. I even play in his house. We play Trouble. Also, student of  the week is amazing. My teacher Mrs. Mueller is AMAZINGEST teacher on Earth. So she is my student of the month. So way to go MS.MUELLER. NICE JOB MS.MUELLER.

Note from Mrs. Mueller: Thanks for the encouraging words. You have earned this! Your peers nominated and voted for you. Well done.