Blog #5- May 10th ๐Ÿƒ

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Grade 2- Week 5- May 6-10th, 2019

LOOKING BACK
Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a nice time during Golden Week- whether you traveled around or spent time with your family here in Osaka! I did a little bit of both, and it was a great chance to recover some energy!
Students compete in Jack and Aiya's "Basketball Relay" game.
The class tries out Rima and Shosuke's "Exercise Roulette" game!
Speaking of energy- we learned all about spending and saving energy this week. Students shared what sorts of exercise they did over the vacation. They also created games to teach the class- games that helped us to get exercise, or taught us about physical fitness! Students also learned about the importance of good sleep, and good hygiene. We asked questions and researched the answers through videos and texts.
Kyle and Mahmoud begin working on their dream-catchers.
Yua and Ichika design their dream-catchers!
Dream catchers in the making!
In math, students practiced their mental addition. They got faster and faster at adding and subtracting numbers within 20. They also continued to improve on their abilities to solve word problems.
Yua and Aika try to subtract in their heads as fast as they can!
Ryosei and Haruhito compete to get the answer quickest!
In writing, students continued to tell about their small-moment stories. They mad sure to stretch out their stories with more details- more thoughts, more feelings, more dialogue, and more juicy words!! They practiced giving feedback to one another during Author's Share. 

LOOKING AHEAD
Next week we will finish up learning and teaching about good hygiene. Then we will move on to one more important health choice... mental health! We will learn how to take care of our mental health and well-being! In math, we will practice skip-counting by 10s. We will also begin to add two-digit numbers using mental math strategies! Finally, in writing, we will begin to revise and edit our stories in preparation for our first publishing party!
Grade 4 students came to present about place value to our class!
Yuto and Aika sketch about their physical fitness from Golden Week.
Yusuke and Shosuke share how they exercise over Golden Week!
 LOOK OUT
(Announcements and Important Dates)
*Thank you for helping your child to get all homework and reading finished each night! This week we had 14 students who earned a merit for 100% homework completion. That is 4 more than last week!!! Great job Grade 2!!

*Before Golden Week your child received a health (doctor and dental) packet. Please have them go to the doctor and dentist as soon as possible. Then, bring the forms back to school. Thanks!

*Friday, May 24th- Publishing Party @ 8:30 am- 9:00am- Grade 2 Students will "publish" their favorite small-moment story. They will get to read their story, as well as walk around the room and read other students' stories. We will have a small donut snack to celebrate! Please let me know if you do not want your child to eat the donut snack. Parents are welcome to join us for this event! 

 *May 20- May 24th- Literacy Week- More details coming soon!

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