Mrs. Guevara's Classroom Blog ♡

Good Morning 2A Families, It was wonderful seeing everyone Friday/Saturday during our community Zoom! We are plugging along with our Google Classroom Curriculum! A note about grading going forward: Grading: We will still be sending back comments on all the work that gets turned in, but we will also be assigning a grade per day (1-4). This grade will reflect a combination of the percentage of work completed and the general quality of that work. It would be a great help to us if you are able to turn in each day’s work as it is finished. A great tip is to use the camera feature on the google classroom app. This will allow you to go to the day, snap a picture of your child’s work, and immediately upload it. Thank you for your help with this! If you are turning in the work under one day, please make a special note of where to find it. It will reflect "not turned in" on your end, however will not be counted as late, as we have the full week's work . Please look at the Goo

Good morning 2A Families! This week we will be touching base with how to read tables and graphs in math, as well as learning about magnets in Science! There is a special read aloud by Mrs. Smith we hope you enjoy! Don’t forget to continue to work on Xtra Math this week do you can be on the shout out list! Please look on the stream in Google Classroom for links to this week’s Zoom sessions. We can’t wait to see you all! With Grateful Hearts, Mrs. Guevara and Mr. Kiehne

Hello 2A Families! This week we are transitioning to Google Classroom! Please follow the instructions that were given on Friday in order to sign up and start exploring the classroom. There is a place for you to turn in packets one and two from the previous weeks, and find work for the upcoming week. The daily schedule is moreso a pacing guide. We understand that some families have parents still working from home and might have designated homework days, or have more than one child needing access to the computer to work. Work for the week will be due the following Monday, with the exception of the first due date (next Tuesday). Our weekly Zooms have changed slightly to Tutoring with Mr. Kiehne on Tuesdays, and our Zoom Community on Friday. This week’s community building will be discussing the virtue of the month, Integrity! We will be assisting with troubleshooting and updates on Google Classroom this week, and will be able to direct you to tutorials and answer questions you might

Hello 2A Families! It was a pleasure hearing from you all! I am excited to share that we will be able to host two Zoom Meetings this week with our class! 💜 Zoom is a site that is currently being used by all of our teachers and administration throughout the Great Hearts Network enabling us to Video chat and have some face time, which has been lovely throughout this ordeal. You are able to sign up with a free account on your computer or downloaded as an app on your phone. You can find the site HERE . We will have one meeting on Tuesday, 10:00-10:30 to say hello to everyone and have a small chat about our virtue of the month, Perseverance. Click the link below to join the meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7397869466 We will also have a meeting on Friday, 10:00-10:30 to answer any questions you might have concerning the packet. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7397869466 We cannot wait to see all of you! We had a few questions concerning the French portion of the packet. Pl

Hello Wonderful 2A Families! We cannot express again how much we miss all of our wonderful students and families. We hope during this time you are safe with your families, and possibly working on some new crafts and hobbies!  I for one, am catching up on my large stack of books, watching Disney Princess movies, and working on some fashion styling/drawing/stitching! My cat Abbie doesn’t think I’m funny 😒 My son Elias and I have taken a few walks last week to get fresh air! You have most likely by now received the 2nd Grade Packets. If you have somehow missed it, you may locate the online version of the packet HERE . I urge you to consistently check in with updates on the Great Hearts website, as the FAQ will have the most recent updates. Mr. Kiehne and myself will be calling families starting today throughout the week to answer questions about the packet that you might have, as well as to say hello to you and the kiddos! We are currently working on setti

Hello 2A Families! A few reminders before our spring break: 1. Please turn in field trip permission slips! If you need another copy, feel free to email me! 2. If your child needs a more challenging level, please make a note on the reading log so the following week we can increase the level.  Blog Blurbs: POETRY Scholars are reciting the Preamble to the United States Constitution throughout the  week . SPELLING There are 30 words this  week . Monday’s words are whole, hole, address, request, raise, August, struck, getting, get, don’t. Tuesday’s words are Thursday, Saturday, admission, canoe, captain, cautious, caution, cellar, covered, creature. Wednesday’s words are curtain, declared, declare, distance, distant, explain, floated, ghost, holiday, holy. Scholars are writing their words in manuscript and in cursive. LITERATURE We finish Little House in the Big Woods this  week ! Students put the finishing touches on our literature lapbook. Our next book is Sarah, P

Hello 2A Families! FIELD TRIP Our field trip to the Pioneer Living History Museum is on Friday, March 20! We will be leaving at 8:15 am and returning around 2:00. A   permission slip  has already been sent  home in your child's homework folder.  If you would like to chaperone this fun field trip, please email me by Wednesday, March 4 . We will select and send more information to chaperones after that date. Please be sure your child brings the following:  Sack lunch (everything should be able to be thrown out after eating) Disposable water bottle Wear tennis shoes and sunblock Hat & sunglasses (optional) MATH We are finishing up our money unit with understanding equations and word problems. We are finishing up this unit with a cumulative test on Friday. SCIENCE Next  week  we will continue our study of simple machines by learning about inclined planes, wedges, and screws. HISTORY Next  week  your child will become an American pioneer! We begin our un

Hello 2A Families! This week we are starting leveled readers ! Your child will be bringing home a blue book bag with their name in the tag. They will be using these the remainder of the year, so please encourage them to take extra special care for them and the booklets inside (we are hoping to remake booklets every 2 years!) . On Mondays (or Tuesdays in the case of shorter weeks), books will be switched out. Please indicate on the reading logs in the bookbags if the book is either too easy or difficult, and we are able to assess students prior to changing the level the following week.  SCIENCE This week, we begin a new unit all about simple machines. Review the following simple machines with your student: lever, pulley, wheel and axle, wedge, inclined plane, and screw. See if you can find examples of each in your home or neighborhood. HISTORY We are wrapping up the unit on the War of 1812 this week. Our last lesson will cover the Battle of New Orleans and then your studen

Hello 2A Families! We are in need of a few classroom supplies, as spring time is around the time things get a little low in the classroom.  2A Wishlist: #2 Pencils Expo Markers Paper Towels Erasers HISTORY We are continuing the unit on the War of 1812. We will learn about James and Dolley Madison, the burning of Washington, and Old Ironsides. We will also learn about the creation of our National Anthem. SCIENCE This week we will study for and take a test about the human body. Look for a study guide coming home on Tuesday.  POETRY Scholars will be start to memorize the Preamble to the United States Constitution. This will their focus over the next three weeks. Recitations of "Smart" are ongoing all of week 25. SPELLING There are 30 spelling words this week. Mondays words are  trophy, voices, voice, eight, ate, afraid, uncle, rather, comfort, election,  and  elect.  Tuesdays words are  aboard, jail, shed, refuse, district, restrain, royal, o

Hello 2A Families! Just a reminder, Picture Day is tomorrow, February 3rd. :) POETRY Scholars should focus on memorizing the fifth and final stanza of "Smart" by Shel Silverstein. Remember, your child is working towards complete memorization of this poem by this Thursday, February 6th. SPELLING We continue cursive instruction. There are NO spelling words. There will be handwriting homework each evening. Scholars will learn how to write cursive capital letters and then how to write each multi-letter phonogram. LITERATURE and WRITING Scholars read Chapter 6 and 7 of Little House in the Big Woods. They will meet two bears in the woods and learn how to bleed maple trees for syrup! Our copywork is a lengthy sentence from our story. We summarize “The Story of Pa and the Bear in the Way” and then a passage on “bleeding” trees. GRAMMAR Scholars learn how to identify the part of speech of a single word this  week . Then your child will begin to learn to learn ab

Hello 2A Families! We need a few volunteers for class to help with donating a cooler and snacks.  Please be on the lookout for a separate email for our class! Athletic Field Day is Friday, January 31st from 8:30-11:00 for K-2 classes and from 12:00-2:30 for grades 3-5!  Each year classes are assigned a Greek City State for their team. This year, your child’s team is Macedonia, and our team color is red . Your child may wear a plain red shirt (no logos) other than class section or Greek City State and athletic pants or shorts. There will be no school lunch offered on Athletic Field Day.  Please send your child to school with a lunch. V olunteers for field day are also needed. Please sign up using the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b4aa8af28a2fc1-field to help with the events.  MATH We are well into our Multiplication Unit with working on our 4s and 5s this  week ! It is very important to practice with your child memorizing the different fact fam

Hello 2A Families! If you have received a notice from the Library about overdue books, don't fret! It turns out our classroom cleaning crew accidentally put a few of the library books in our classroom library.  😬  Books will be turned in today! POETRY Scholars are working to memorize stanza 3 of "Smart" by Shel Silverstein. Remember, they will be memorizing the entire poem by February 6th. LITERATURE We continue to read and enjoy  Little House in the Big Woods.  We finish reading Chapter 3 and then read through Chapter 4. We see how our characters celebrate Christmas this  week . SPELLING We have 20 spelling words since this  week  is shortened. Please see the breakdown below. Tuesday: apple, ate, author, bread, brown, dog, eats, fast, food, jump Wednesday: sleep, wash, yellow, nine, face, miss, rides, ride, tree, sick WRITING Little House in the Big Woods  is full of moral vignettes that illustrate the dangerous aspects of the front