Second Grade Travels

It seems Fall has arrived!
Science
Please see the note in your child's folder about an exciting opportunity to learn more about soil when the Field Museum's Soil Adventure Mobile comes to Beye! The cost for this program is $4.00 per child. Please send payment in no later than Tuesday, October 6.
We have been learning a lot about rocks and minerals. Students learned that rocks are made up of minerals. We are learning to sort rocks by properties and we are learning about different types of rocks. Thanks to all of you who generously shared your rocks from home!
See the link to the left for a fun way to do some cyber mining! Can you find gold?
Conferences
A sign up sheet for conferences will go home on Monday with the homework. RETURN IT THE NEXT DAY! You will have a chance to indicate your first three preferences for conference times. On Tuesday I will compile the list and send home a complete list of conferences. I look forward to sharing your child's work and progress with you!
Tastings
We had our first tasting of the year on Tuesday. Yummy! Please see the note in your child's folder for more information about this second grade tasty tradition.
Reading
Everyone is doing a great job on the reading logs! I am sure you must be noticing the great progress your child is making in reading with these extra minutes of sustained silent reading at home. I know it is not always easy to make your active second grader sit down and read. (Try making 24 of them do it!) Your efforts are showing up in the classroom every day.
Scholastic Book orders are due Monday! Go to the link on the left to place an order.
Writing
We published our first stories. They are fantastic. I'll share them at conferences. We will learn a trick to make our stories more interesting next week. We will introduce a problem into our story!
Math
Practice the basic addition and subtraction facts every day! Buy or make a set of flashcards. We will send home fact triangles next week that should be kept in a safe spot.