Canyon View is participating in Adopt-A-Family this year! Our class will be collecting donations for a family of 5 this year.  Please use the link below to sign up for a donation.  CODAC will be on campus December 12th and students will carry their gifts down to the front of the school to help load the trucks.  This is a wonderful opportunity for students to help their community and those in need during the holiday season.  Thank you so much for all of your support! 

Please visit the link below to view our family's wish list:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c44afad22a1f85-adoptafamily

Report Cards will be sent home at the end of the week with your child in his/her backpack.  

Here is a look as to how we will begin our second trimester of second grade:

Language Arts:

• Asking "THICK" questions
• Continue writing retells, making connections, and predictions
• Identify the different genres of books
• Revise and publish our first small moment

Math:  

• Continue adding with regrouping 3 digit numbers
• Word Problems
• Geometry
• Subtraction with regrouping

Social Studies:

• Learn about the Native Americans, Colonists, and Pioneer culture
• Create a timeline of events showing how we became America

REMINDER

Monday 11/24 NO EARLY RELEASE

Thanksgiving break:  Wednesday 11/26-Sunday 11/30

Important Reminder!  

Monday November 10 is a FULL DAY of school!  

NO SCHOOL Tuesday November 11th

PLEASE communicate to your child as to how they will be getting home on Monday since there will NOT be any Early Release classes

A HUGE thank you to all the parents that helped with our class Halloween party!!!! 

The kids had a wonderful time and enjoyed all the center activities!  

Thank you so much for all of your donations and time!  

Our Halloween party is coming!  

Please use the link below to sign up to donate goodies and/or volunteer to run a station at our Halloween party!  

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0D49ABA92DA3FF2-mrs1/21932935

Date:  Friday October 31

Time:  following the Halloween parade (roughly 8:45-9:45am however it will not exceed 10am)

Where:  Mrs. Kupper's classroom

Please be sure to tell your child how they get home Monday-Wednesday 

October 13-15 when dismissal is at 11:30am

Reminders:

• Fire Safety Day Snacks due Wednesday October 22
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• Fire Safety Day Friday October 24 9-10:30am on the big field
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• Canyon Boo Friday October 24 PLEASE bring in candy donations to the office!!!!
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• 2nd Grade Musical Thursday October 30
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• 2nd Grade Halloween Party Friday October 31 following the Halloween parade (Students are allowed to wear their costumes to school as long as they are appropriate)

Update! 

PLEASE be sure to sign up for a Parent/Teacher Conference as soon as possible so that you can find a date/time that works best for your schedule. 

http://ptcfast.com/parentlogin.php

Entry Code:  09S17754

We will be making our Arizona salt dough maps Thursday Sept. 25th from 1:50-2:50 in our classroom.  If you would like to come in and help students make their map you are all more than welcome!  

Parent Teacher Conferences

I will be starting Parent/Teacher Conferences next week (September 22).  As I know many of you work and have busy schedules, I am starting them a few weeks early and doing some before school and after school times.  Please sign up as soon as possible so that you can receive a date/time that is most convenient for you.  I do need to meet with everyone, so if you do not sign up I will be contacting you directly to arrange a date/time.  I will be using the http://ptcfast.com website and I will also be sending home a letter with your child with the website and entry code.  Conferences will last about 15 minutes each and you will receive a handout with concepts taught this year so far, strengths, and areas of improvement for your child.  Thank you so much for your support and I look forward to meeting with you! 

Weeks of September 8-September 19

Language Arts:

• Retell/Summarize fiction text
• Read with fluency and expression
• Work on Writing: begin creating personal narratives that include bold beginnings, mighty middles, and exciting endings

Math:

• Add 30 facts in 1 minute and complete 100 facts in 5 minutes
• Build 2 and 3 digit numbers using base 10 blocks 
• Compare and order numbers
• Solve addition word problems using draw a picture, counting on, 100s chart, or facts we know as a strategy

Social Studies:

• Learn facts about Arizona (identify it on a map and locate Tucson)
• Identify the mayor, governor, and president
• Draw, explain, and locate landforms on a globe or map (mountains, valley, coast, ocean)
• Discuss human and physical features on a map
• Create a web of facts about Arizona using Kidspiration
• Take our Geography assessment

Reminders

If you are still interested in volunteering during our Robotics time we go every Wednesday from 8:15-9:10am in the 4th grade pod!  We still have about 6 or 7 sessions left!  

Robotics has started!  

Our class had its first Robotics class on Wednesday.  We will have Robotics every Wednesday for the next 7 weeks from 8:10-9:10am.  We would LOVE to have volunteers at this time to help students perform missions and program their robots!  If you would like to volunteer during this time please feel free to meet us in the 4th grade pod at 8:10 on Wednesday mornings.  

Hope to see you there! 

Website to use at home!

Students have been enjoying listening to stories being read aloud online in class!  We have been using the website Storylineonline.net.  We will use this site often in class and occasionally for homework!  The link is below for you to enjoy with your family!  

Storylineonline.net

Please do not forget to return your contact info that you received at open house and your guest reader sign up sheet if you are interested in reading to the class.  I will be making the schedule over the weekend and passing them out to those of you who signed up next week!  

Welcome to the 2014-2015 School Year! 

Thank you so much for visiting our classroom blog page! I will be updating the blog every 2 weeks to keep everyone up to date on important events coming up, reminders, and content we are covering in each subject for those 2 weeks.  

This is a great place to visit if you are curious as to what skills and concepts your child is currently learning and can be very helpful if your child has a tutor and they would like to know what skills they can work with your child on. 

REMINDERS

Please return the contact information sheets and any volunteer forms (green and orange papers) that you received during open house to Mrs. Kupper as soon as possible.  

Don't forget to go onto our Canyon View home page and print/sign the Student Conduct and Student Verification pages and return to Mrs. Kupper as soon as possible.  

End of the Year Events

Monday May 19:  Market Day

Tuesday May 20:  End of the Year Party

Wednesday May 21:  Water Day! Last Day of School! 

Book Fair!

April 28-May 2

Monday 4/28:  1:30-4pm 

Tuesday 4/29:  7:30-4pm

Wednesday 4/30:  7-8am Dad's bring your kid(s) and shop while you enjoy some pastries! Our class will also be going during the school day to shop! 

Thursday 5/1:  7:30-4pm

Friday 5/2:  7:30-4pm FINAL day to shop! 

Canyon View Spring Carnival:  Friday May 2nd

 from 4-8pm! 

April 21- May 2

Language Arts:

• Write persuasive paragraphs using at least 3 supporting details
• Identify the most important event in the text and explain their reasoning
• Use nonfiction text features to locate facts in fiction and nonfiction text

Math:

• Solve multiplication word problems using a picture, array, repeated addition number sentences, and a multiplication sentence
• Solve 1 and 2 step word problems using more that one strategy
• Solve 100 addition and subtraction facts in 5 minutes

Social Studies:

• Create a town flag
• Fill out a job application
• Discuss town laws and consequences
• Review town fines
• Practice how to use pay sheets
• Discuss needs/wants, good/services, consumers/producers, supply/demand

Reminders

Stanford 10 testing begins Thursday April 10- Monday April 14th

Please send your child with an extra morning snack during testing days

Math Madness donations are due Friday April 11th

Carnival Basket:  "Candy and Ice Cream" due by 

Friday April 18th 

Week of April 7-April 18

No Spelling for the week of April 7 due to testing! 

Language Arts:
Animal Research
Locate facts
Write persuasive paragraphs citing at least 4 details

Math:
Draw Arrays 
Write multiplication sentences
Write the repeated addition sentence that go with their multiplication sentence

Science:
Finish their animal research and their quadrama

Social Studies:
Learn about China, India, and Japan
Begin our Mini Society unit:  create town name, choose business teams, and products to make

Please be sure that your child is keeping up with reading, writing, and math over the Spring Break!  Your child has been given practice worksheets to use at home over the break to help keep their skills and knowledge fresh in their heads! Educational websites and apps are also beneficial to work on over the break as well! 

I hope everyone has a fun and relaxing week! 

Weeks of March 17- March 28

PLEASE remember your Math Madness packet on Wednesday March 19!  We will be taking the Math Madness in class between March 19th and March 21st! 

Field Trip to the Desert Museum Thursday March 20th!  Please send your child to school on time, wearing appropriate clothes and shoes, a disposable water bottle, sack lunch, and small snack!  

Spring Break:  March 30-April 6

Stanford 10: begins Thursday April 10- Monday April 13

Math:  

• Subtract 100 facts in 5 minutes
• Solve 1 and 2 step word problems and explain their thinking
• Measure to the closest inch and centimeter, describe which measurement tool they would use to measure different objects
• Begin our Geometry unit (side, vertices, symmetry, irregular, and regular shapes)
• Introduce Arrays (multiplication) as repeated addition and how to use a picture to help you solve (columns and rows)

Language Arts:

• Locate facts in fiction and nonfiction text
• Use nonfiction text features to research an animal
• Write and publish a variety of poems
• Write personal narratives, expository text, and persuasive essays

Science:

• Learn about different habitats, animals and plants that live there, and adaptations

Social Studies:

• Learn about the culture of China, Japan, and India

March 3- March 14

Math:

• Subtract 100 facts in 5 minutes
• Read/Create/Analyze tally charts, bar graphs, and pictographs
• Use standard and nonstandard units of measurement
• Measure objects using inches and centimeters
• Solve word problems using multiple strategies
• Stanford 10 Test Prep- review strategies, using scratch paper, bubbling answers, etc.

Language Arts:

• Read and write variety of poems 
• Identify rhyme, rhythm, alliterations, main idea in poetry
• Locate facts while reading
• Identify the author's purpose 

Science:

• Learn about the desert, tundra, rainforest, forest, and ocean.
• Learn about why and how each animals survives in its environment (adaptations)
• Explain how plants and animals depend on one another
• Choose an animal of interest and write a research report on that animal using StoryKit
• Create a quadrama depicting 4 habitats and the plants and animals that live in them

Upcoming Events!

Dr. Seuss Week begins March 3:

Monday- Pajama Day

Tuesday- Crazy Sock Day

Wednesday/Thursday: Backwards Day

Friday- Dress like your favorite Dr. Seuss character

Math Madness begins March 7-March 21 all funds help put up a shade structure over the kinder playground!

NO EARLY RELEASE: Monday March 10

Parent/Teacher Conferences: Friday March 14

Half  Day: Dismissal @ 11:30am

Desert Museum Field Trip- Thursday March 20

Weeks of February 17- February 28

Math:

• Count mixed coins
• solve word problems using multiple strategies and explain their thinking
• add/subtract money amounts
• show different ways to make the same amount of money
• Stanford 10 prep

Language Arts:

• Read fiction and nonfiction text and identify the main idea and supporting details
• Read and write poems (learn about rhythm, rhyme, alliterations)
• Locate facts while reading
• Stanford 10 prep

Science:

• Identify different states of matter (solids, liquids, gases)
• Conduct matter labs (solid and liquid lab)

Upcoming Events:

*No ER Monday 2/17

*Rodeo Break: Thurs. 2/20-Sun 2/23

*Field Trip: March 20th

Week of February 10-February 14

Math:

• Count mixed coins and bills
• Solve addition and subtraction money word problems
• Show the same amount of money using different coins

Language Arts:

• Identify the main idea and supporting details in fiction and nonfiction text
• Write an acrostic poem 
• Publish their small moments in StoryKit

Science:

• Draw and explain why the Earth has seasons
• Draw and describe 4 cloud types (cirrus, stratus, cumulus, cumulonimbus) 
• Begin looking at the 3 states of matter (solids, liquids, and gases)

*Class Valentine's Day Party: February 14th 10:15-11:15 

*Please have your child bring his/her box and Valentines to school Thursday Feb. 13

Stanford 10 Test Dates Have Changed! 

Thursday April 10- Reading Assessment

Friday April 11- Math Assessment

Monday April 14- Language Assessment 

Valentine's Day Class Party

February 14 10:15-11:15am

Desert Museum Field Trip

March 20- Please email me if you are interested in volunteering

Apps to download at home:

Telling Time

StoryKit

Thinking Blocks Addition/Subtraction

Week of January 27- February 7

Language Arts:

• Identify the moral of the story providing evidence from the text
• Identify the main idea and supporting details in fiction and nonfiction books
• Compare/Contrast fiction and nonfiction books with similar content
• Use correct capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar while writing

Math:

• Subtract 30 facts in 1 minute and 100 facts in 5 minutes
• Tell time to the minute
• Solve elapsed time word problems
• Know basic conversions such as there are 60 seconds in minute, 60 minutes in a hour, 24 hours in a day, etc.
• Solve 1 and 2 step word problems using multiple strategies and explain their thinking

Science:

• Begin our weather unit by recording the temperature, learn about thermometers, use adjectives to describe the 4 seasons, and explain WHY we have seasons on Earth

Upcoming Events:

Thursday March 20:  2nd graders will be taking a field trip to the Desert Museum.  I would greatly appreciate 6-7 parents that would like to volunteer to chaperone.  This would mean riding the bus with your child and about 3 other students and being responsible for them at the Desert Museum.  The field trip last almost all day, therefore students will eat lunch at the museum.  More information will be sent home as the time gets closer, however if you are interested please email me. 

Stanford 10 Testing dates are April 15-April 17 please try not to schedule any appointments or vacations during these days as it is very important that your child is at school to take this test. More information will be sent home regarding the testing at a later time.  

Puppet Show

Wednesday January 22

10:20-11:30 

3rd Grade Pod

Website to use:  Mathplayground.com

                                  Storylineonline.net

January 6- January 17

Language Arts:

*Read with fluency

*Retell just right books

*Make predictions and ask questions while reading

*Identify the genre and moral of a story

*Use correct language conventions when writing

*Write a personal narrative about one event that happened over the winter break

*Publish one piece of writing (personal narrative or expository text)

*Begin Stanford 10 test prep:  test taking strategies

Math:

*Subtract 100 facts in 5 minutes

*Solve a variety of word problems using multiple strategies and explain their thinking

*Begin our fractions unit:  fractions of a whole and fractions of a set

*Review 2-3 digit addition and subtraction with/without regrouping

*Begin Stanford 10 test prep: test taking strategies

Help your child prepare for Stanford 10 at home:

App:  Splash Math (2nd grade)- Review a variety of math skills/concept

Website:  thinkingblocks.com- Word Problems

Science:

*Begin learning about the human body and nutrition:  Digestive, Respiratory, and Circulatory systems

Thanks to all the parents that helped make our holiday party a success!