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Notes: 2nd Grade

Second Grade News- May 25th
Posted by: Rylan Stewart Published: 5/25/18
Reminders

May 28th - Memorial Day - No School

June 1st- Early Dismissal 1:37pm

June 7th- Early Dismissal 1:37pm

June 8th- Last day of school - Early Dismissal 12:30pm-Report Cards go home!

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reade... Read full story

Second Grade News May 20th
Posted by: Rylan Stewart Published: 5/20/18
 

Reminders

May 28th - Memorial Day - No School

June 1st- Early Dismissal 1:37pm

June 7th- Early Dismissal 1:37pm

June 8th- Last day of school - Early Dismissal 12:30pm-Report Cards go home!

 

Reader’s Workshop... Read full story

Second Grade News- May 6th
Posted by: Rylan Stewart Published: 5/6/18
Reminders

May 15th - STEAM Expo 6:00-8:00pm

May 28th - Memorial Day - No School

June 1st- Early Dismissal 1:37pm

June 7th- Early Dismissal 1:37pm

June 8th- Last day of school - Early Dismissal 12:30pm

 

Reader’s Wor... Read full story

Second Grade News- April 26th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 4/26/18
Reminders

May 1st - Field Trip to the Youth Science Institute @ Alum Rock Park

May 15th - STEAM Expo 6:00-8:00pm.

June 1st- Early Dismissal 1:37pm.

June 7th- Early Dismissal 1:37pm.

June 8th- Last day of school- Early Dismissal 12:3... Read full story

Second Grade News- April 15th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 4/15/18
April 16th-20th -Spring Break

May 1st -Field Trip to the Youth Science Institute @ Alum Rock Park

May 15th- STEAM Expo Night

 

We had a wonderful week at school this week. Students finished their opinion pieces and published ... Read full story

Second Grade News- April 8th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 4/8/18
Reminders

April 16th-20th -Spring Break

May 1st -Field Trip to the Youth Science Institute @ Alum Rock Park

 

This week was filled with so much learning and excitement. Our week was mostly dedicated to our Oil Spill Design Challen... Read full story

Second Grade News- April 1st
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 4/1/18
 

Reminders

April 2nd - Field Trip to Montalvo

April 16th-20th - Spring Break

May 1st - Field Trip to the Youth Science Institute @ Alum Rock Park

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students have bee... Read full story

Second Grade News- March 23rd
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 3/22/18
 

Reminders

April 2nd - Field Trip to Montalvo

April 16th-20th - Spring Break

May 1st - Field Trip to the Youth Science Institute @ Alum Rock Park

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, we have been doin... Read full story

Second Grade News- March 11th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 3/12/18
 

Reminders

March 13th and 14th- Minimum Days- Parent Teacher Conferences

March 15th and 16th- No School

March 20th- Field Trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

Writer’s Workshop: In Writer’s Workshop, students ha... Read full story

Second Grade News- March 4th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 3/4/18
Reminders

March 9th- Report Cards Go Home

March 13th and 14th- Minimum Days- Parent Teacher Conferences

March 15th and 16th- No School

March 20th- Field Trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader&rsqu... Read full story

Second Grade News- February 16th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 2/15/18
 

Reminders

February 19th - 23rd- Winter Break - No School

March 2nd- Minimum Day- Dismissal at 1:37pm.

March 9th- Report Cards Go Home

March 13th and 14th- Minimum Days- Parent Teacher Conferences

March 15th and 16th- No Sc... Read full story

Second Grade News- February 10th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 2/10/18
 

Reminders

February 16th - Minimum Day - Dismissal at 1:37 p.m.

February 16th - PTA Presents Our 1st Annual Sweethearts Dance

February 19th - 23rd- Winter Break - No School

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s ... Read full story

Second Grade News- February 4th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 2/4/18
 

Reminders

February 16th- Minimum Day - Dismissal at 1:37 p.m.

February 19th-23rd- Winter Break - No School

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students have been learning how to solve keywords using th... Read full story

Second Grade News- January 26th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 1/25/18
 

Reminders

January 31st- Authors’ Celebration- In the Cafeteria from 8:30-9:00 am

February 2nd- Comedy Sportz Show- Tickets are on sale

February 16th- Minimum Day- Dismissal at 1:37 pm.

February 19th-23rd- Winter Break- ... Read full story

Second Grade News- January 19th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 1/19/18
 

Reminders

January 23rd- Hidden Villa Farm

January 31st- Author’s Celebration in Our Classrooms

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop students have been growing their brains in their nonfiction readi... Read full story

Second Grade News- January 12th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 1/12/18
 

Reminders

January 15th- No School

January 16th- History San Jose

January 23rd- Hidden Villa Farm

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop we have started a new unit on Non-Fiction. This week we modeled ho... Read full story

Second Grade News- December 21st
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 12/19/17
Reminders

January 9th- School resumes

January 16th- History San Jose Field Trip

January 23rd- Hidden Villa

 

We hope that you have a restful and wonderful holiday season. Thank you for continually supporting... Read full story

Second Grade News- December 15th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 12/15/17
Reminders

December 21st- Early Dismissal @1:37pm.

December 22nd-January 9th- Winter Break

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, we have been reading different fairytales and learning what fairytales are all about.... Read full story

Second Grade News- December 8th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 12/8/17

 

Reminders

December 21st- Early Dismissal @1:37pm.

December 22nd-January 9th- Winter Break

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, we have continued to read different versions of The Three Little PIgs and... Read full story

Second Grade News- December 1
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 12/1/17

 

Reminders

December 22nd-January 9th- Winter Break

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, we have been reading different versions of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. One of our reading standards ... Read full story

Second Grade News- November 17th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 11/16/17
 

Reminders

November 21st- Report Cards Go Home and Minimum Day - Dismissal at 1:37pm

November 22nd, 23rd, and 24th- No School - Thanksgiving


 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, we have finished assess... Read full story

Second Grade News- November 3rd
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 11/3/17

 

Reminders

November 7th - Natural Bridges

November 10th- No School- Veteran’s Day

November 21st- Report Cards Go Home and Minimum Day- Dismissal at 1:37pm

November 22nd, 23rd, and 24th- No School- Thanksgiving

 ... Read full story

October 25 News
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 10/20/17
Reminders

October 23rd and 24th - No School

October 27th- Fall Festival @5pm-7pm

October 31 - Parade @ 8:45am

November 2nd -49er Field Trip

November 7th - Natural Bridges

November 10th- No School

 

Reader’s Work... Read full story

Second Grade News- October 13th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 10/12/17

 

Reminders

October 23rd and 24th - No School

October 31 - Parade

November 2nd -49er Field Trip

November 7th - Natural Bridges

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students have been learning abou... Read full story

Second Grade News- October 6th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 10/5/17
Happy October!



Reminders:

October 23rd and 24th- No School

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students continued to learn the importance of why authors write books and why they make books the way they do. T... Read full story

Second Grade News- September 29th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 9/29/17
Reminders

October 23rd and 24th- No School

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students are learning that when authors write books they do it with intention. As authors come up with story ideas, they think about ho... Read full story

Second Grade News- September 22nd
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 9/22/17
 

Reminders

September 25-28th- Conference Week- Early Dismissal every day at 1:37pm

October 23rd and 24th- No School

 

Reader’s Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students have learned strategies to help themselve... Read full story

Second Grade News- September 15th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 9/14/17
Reminders:

 

September 22nd- Magic Garden at 9:25 - Mrs. Tang

September 22nd- Magic Garden at 10:40 - Miss Winslow

September 29th- Magic Garden at 9:25 - Rylan

September 25th-29th- Parent Teacher Conferences

 

Reader... Read full story

Second Grade News- September 8th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 9/8/17
Reminders:

The Magic Garden Field Trip is around the corner. We still need a few more chaperones!

 

September 22nd- Magic Garden at 9:25- Mrs. Tang

September 22nd- Magic Garden at 10:40-Miss Winslow

September 29th- Magic Garden... Read full story

Second Grade News- September 1st
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 8/31/17
Reminders:

-Conferences are around the corner! Be on the lookout for information about scheduling conferences!

-No School on Monday in observance of Labor Day!

 

Reader's Workshop: Books! Books! Books! These 2nd graders have a... Read full story

Second Grade News- August 25th
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 8/25/17
Reminders!

Back to School Night- Tuesday, August 29th- 6:00-6:30pm. 2nd Grade Teachers will be presenting together in the Cafeteria!


 

Readers Workshop: In Reader’s Workshop, students are learning the routines of ch... Read full story

Awesome First Day!
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 8/16/17
We had a fantastic first day in 2nd grade. Students were smiling and teachers were happy! As we started our day, we introduced Morning Meeting. Morning Meetings give students and teachers an opportunity to greet each other, share, participate... Read full story

Happy Summer!
Posted by: Tesin Dosch Published: 8/9/17
Happy Summer! We hope that you are all enjoying your summer. Last week, we participated in some awesome training in Monterey Bay. In our training, we learned about the ocean habitat, science inquiry, and how the aquarium helps animals. We are so e... Read full story