Peek of the week for Dec. 16-20th

Hello second grade families! Just a reminder there is NO SCHOOL December 23- January 3^rd! We are back on Monday, January 6^th! I hope everyone has a great Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!

Math: We will continue Unit 5. We will learn about addition and subtraction. We will explore: Using coins to buy things, Counting up with coins, Coin calculations, and Exploring arrays, Time and Shapes.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will be working on 2 writing projects. We will write about My Snowman Adventure and My Pet Reindeer.  

Spelling: This week we will not have spelling!

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We will review and have the Unit 3 assessment on Government this week!

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Tree Parade Ornaments & Decorations- We have our Teacher Tree Parade coming up next week. We need you help with sending in any decorations, ornaments, garland or any other Christmas things you are willing to donate to our class. NO GLASS decorations please! This is an event that the students have so much fun decorating the teacher and watching the parade! Please send things with your student this week!

Upcoming School Events:

December 19^th- Holiday Tree Parade

December 20^th- Pajama Day! This is a free dress day.

Dec. 23- Jan. 3- NO SCHOOL- Winter Break

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Dec. 9-13th

Hello second grade families!

Math: We will be starting Unit 5. We will learn about addition and subtraction. We will explore: Using coins to buy things, Counting up with coins, Coin calculations, and Exploring arrays, Time and Shapes.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will continue Unit 4. We will learn about Different Characters, Different Points of View.

Spelling: This week’s phonics skill is r-Controlled Vowels: ear, eer, ere. This week’s words are: year, deer, near, clear, cheer, fear, ears, here, steer, and hear. Please study the spelling words with your child every night at home! The test will be on Friday.

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We have started Unit 3 in Social Studies! In Unit 3 we will learn about Government and how it works.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Tree Parade Ornaments & Decorations- We have our Teacher Tree Parade coming up next week. We need you help with sending in any decorations, ornaments, garland or any other Christmas things you are willing to donate to our class. NO GLASS decorations please! This is an event that the students have so much fun decorating the teacher and watching the parade! Please send things with your student this week!

Upcoming School Events:

December 20^th- Pajama Day! This is a free dress day.

Dec. 23- Jan. 3- NO SCHOOL- Winter Break

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Dec. 2-6th

Hello second grade families! I hope everyone had a great break and Holiday!

Math: We will be finishing Unit 4, Place Value and Measurement. We will learn about Clocks and Telling Time, Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes, A.M. & P.M., Place Value and Using Place Value to Compare Numbers. We will have the unit assessment at the end of the week.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will start Unit 4. We will learn about Different Characters and Different Points of View.

Spelling: This week’s phonics skill is r-Controlled Vowels: or, oar, ore. This week’s words are: fork, oars, more, store, corn, roar, before, horn, sports, storm. Please study the spelling words with your child every night at home! The test will be on Friday.

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We have started Unit 3 in Social Studies! In Unit 3 we will learn about Government and how it works.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.

The winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, hat and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Nov 25-26th

Hello second grade families! We only have 2 days of school this week!

NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY THIS WEEK!!

Math: We will be continuing Unit 4, Place Value and Measurement. We will learn about Clocks and Telling Time, Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes, A.M. & P.M., Place Value and Using Place Value to Compare Numbers.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will be continuing our unit on Narrative Writing. We will learn what a narrative story is and be writing our own narratives!

Spelling: NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!!

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We have started Unit 3 in Social Studies! In Unit 3 we will learn about Government and how it works.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-November 27^th- 29^th NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Nov 18-21st

Hello second grade families!

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK!! Our Heggies Pizza Fundraiser order forms and CASH is DUE NO LATER THAN THURSDAY this week!!

Math: We will be continuing Unit 4, Place Value and Measurement. We will learn about Clocks and Telling Time, Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes, A.M. & P.M., Place Value and Using Place Value to Compare Numbers.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will be doing our unit on Narrative Writing. We will learn what a narrative story is and be writing our own narratives!

Spelling: NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!!

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We will have our test on Unit 2, Changing Matter on Tuesday this week!

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events: 

-November 21^st- Heggies Pizza Fundraiser Order Forms & Cash Due

-November 22^nd- NO SCHOOL for students

-November 27^th- 29^th NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Nov 11- 15th

Hello second grade families!

Math: We will be starting Unit 4, Place Value and Measurement. We will learn about Clocks and Telling Time, Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes, A.M. & P.M., Place Value and Using Place Value to Compare Numbers.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will be on Unit 3, Week 3. We will continue to learn how to determine the importance of a text, recognize the Central Idea (Main Topic) of a story. We will also learn how to use text clues to understand the meaning of compound words. Our phonics skill this week is r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur.

Spelling: Spelling words this week have r-controlled vowels er, ir, ur: bird, hurt, her, nurse, girl, shirt, burn, third, never, and winter. Please help your child practice the words every night. The test will be on Friday.

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We will start Unit 2, Changing Matter. We will Observe Changes in Matter, Temperature and Matter, Matter within Objects.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a sweat shirt or jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweat shirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events: 

-November 21^st- Heggies Pizza Fundraiser Order Forms & Cash Due

-November 22^nd- NO SCHOOL for students

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Nov 4- 8th

Hello second grade families! It was great to meet with all the families that came to conferences.

Math: This week we will be finishing Unit 3 on More Fact Strategies. We will learn about addition strategies, subtraction from addition, fact families, subtraction strategies using counting up and counting back, -0 & -1 fact strategies. We will assess Unit 3 on Friday.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will be on Unit 3, Week 2. We will learn how to determine the importance of a text, recognize the Central Idea (Main Topic) of a story. We will also learn how to use text clues to understand the meaning of compound words. Our phonics skill this week is r-controlled vowel “ar”.

Spelling: Spelling words this week have r-controlled vowel “ar”: car, star, march, smart, hard, farm, large, shark, garden, and yard. Please help your child practice the words every night. The test will be on Friday.

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We will finish Unit 2 on People, Places, and Nature. We will learn what the world is like. We will learn how to read and understand a map, learn about different physical features of the earth, why people move place to place and the different types of living environments.  We will assess Unit 2 at the end of the week.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a sweat shirt or jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweat shirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is Purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events: 

-November 7^th Picture Retake Day- Free dress day for all students!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Oct 28- Nov 1st

Hello second grade families! NO SCHOOL FRIDAY FOR STUDNENTS!! We look forward to meeting with all our parents Wednesday and Friday for conferences! If you have not signed up yet, please use this link to sign up!   https://pickatime.com/home

Math: This week we will be continuing Unit 3 on More Fact Strategies. We will learn about addition strategies, subtraction from addition, fact families, subtraction strategies using counting up and counting back, -0 & -1 fact strategies.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will be starting Unit 3, Week 1. We will learn about Long “u” vowel teams and spellings. We will also practice adding an initial and final sounds on a word.

Spelling: Spelling words this week are: music, menu, January, few, rescue, cue, use, cute, huge, and cube. Please help your child practice the words every night. The test will be on Thursday.

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We will continue Unit 2 on People, Places, and Nature. We will learn what the world is like. We will learn how to read and understand a map, learn about different physical features of the earth, why people move place to place and the different types of living environments.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. The weather is getting cooler, please remember to send a sweat shirt or jacket with your student each day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweat shirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is Purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events: 

-October 29^th- Bingo for Books Family Night

-October 30^th Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:45- 6:45pm

-October 31^st- Super Hero & Animal Day

-November 1^st No school- Parent/Teacher Conferences 7:25- 12:45pm

-November 7^th Picture Retake Day

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Oct 21- 25th

Hello second grade families!

Math: This week we will be starting Unit 3 on More Fact Strategies. We will learn about addition strategies, subtraction from addition, fact families, subtraction strategies using counting up and counting back, -0 & -1 fact strategies.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will finish up our opinion paragraph. We will also start Unit 2, Week 3. We will learn about Long I vowel teams and spellings. We will also practice parts of a blend in the final position on a word.

Spelling: Spelling words this week are: pie, tie, child, sky, high, lime, bright, kind, dry, and light. Please help your child practice the words every night. The test will be at the end of the week.

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We will start Unit 2 on People, Places, and Nature. We will learn what the world is like. We will learn how to read and understand a map, learn about different physical features of the earth, why people move place to place and the different types of living environments.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  

Upcoming School Events: 

-October 29^th- Bingo for Books Family Night (More info coming)

-October 30^th Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:45- 6:45pm

-October 31^st- Super Hero & Animal Day

-November 1^st No- school- Parent/Teacher Conferences 7:25- 12:45pm

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Oct 14- 16th

Hello second grade families! No school Thursday and Friday this week!

Math: This week we will be reviewing and assessing Unit 2. We practiced several different Fact Strategies in Unit 2 and will show what we learned!

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will learn what an opinion is and how to write an opinion paragraph.

Spelling: No spelling this week due to the short week!

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We will have our Unit 1 assessment on Properties of Matter. We will show what we learned about how different materials can be used and what we learned about solids, liquids, and gases.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  

Upcoming School Events: 

-October 17 & 18 -No School MEA Break

-October 29^th- Bingo for Books Family Night (More info coming)

-October 30^th Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:45- 6:45pm

-October 31^st- Super Hero Day

-November 1^st No- school- Parent/Teacher Conferences 7:25- 12:45pm

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Oct 7th-11th

Hello second grade families!

Math: This week we will continue Unit 2 on Fact Strategies. We will learn about the turn-around rule for addition, subtraction and the turn-around rule, odd and even numbers, patterns and shapes, even numbers and equal addends, name-collection boxes.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit 2 on Characters and Learn and Grow. We will learn what we can do when we face problems. We will have the Unit 2, week 2 test on Thursday. The phonics skills this week will focus on long e and vowel teams and spellings.

Spelling: This week’s words are: here, clean, happy, key, queen, leaf, piece, funny, thief, and need. Please practice these words with your student every day. The spelling test will be at the end of the week. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science: We will continue Unit 1 on Properties of Matter. We learn how different materials can be used. We will also learn about solids, liquids, and gases.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  If you have not paid the $20 activity fee for your student yet, please log into your parent portal account online and pay this fee as soon as possible.

Upcoming School Events: 

-October 8^th Grandparents Breakfast

-No school October 17 & 18- MEA Break

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Sept 30- Oct 4

Hello second grade families!

Math: This week we will be starting Unit 2 on Fact Strategies. We will cover grouping by 10’s, addition number stories, doubles and combinations of 10, making-10 strategy, and near-doubles strategy this week.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: This week we will start Unit 2 on Characters and Learn and Grow. We will learn what we can do when we face problems. The phonics skills this week will focus on long o and vowel teams and spellings.

Spelling: This week’s words are: broke, both, grow, globe, toe, bowl, float, throw, roast, and going. Please practice these words with your student every day. The spelling test will be at the end of the week. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We finish our first unit in Social Studies, so now we will switch to the first unit in Science.

Science: We will start Unit 1 on Properties of Matter. We learn how different materials can be used. We will also learn about solids, liquids, and gases.

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  If you have not paid the $20 activity fee for your student yet, please log into your parent portal account online and pay this fee. If you did not send a new 1 inch 3-ring binder with your student at the beginning of the year, please send one with your student. We are starting a new take home binder program this year.

Upcoming School Events: 

-October 3^rd Picture Day- This will be a Free Dress Day

-October 8^th Grandparents Breakfast

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Sept 23-27

Hello second grade families!

Math: This week we will be finishing Unit 1 with reviewing skip counting, comparing numbers with greater than, less than, and equal numbers. We will review and have the Unit 1 Test at the end of this week!

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: This week we will finish Unit 1, and learn about the different habitats around the world and how living things get what they need to survive. This week’s phonics skills focus long vowels and vowel teams: a, ai, ea, ay, a_e.

Spelling: This week’s words are- break, chain, April, great, mail, paint, play, blame, cake, and stay. Please practice these words with your student. The spelling test will be at the end of the week. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 1 about Families Today and in the Past. We will learn how does life change throughout history. We will learn about family, different kinds of families, and life then and now. 

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  If you have not paid the $20 activity fee for your student yet, please log into your parent portal account online and pay this fee as soon as possible. If you did not send a new 1 inch 3-ring binder with your student at the beginning of the year, please send one with your student. We are starting a new take home binder program this year.

Upcoming School Events: 

-September 27^th Minnesota Sports Day

-October 3^rd Picture Day- This will be a Free Dress Day

-October 8^th Grandparents Breakfast

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Sept 16-20

Hello second grade families!

Math: This week we will continue Unit 1 reviewing finding equivalent names for numbers, making combinations of 10, even and odd number patterns and skip counting.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: This week we will continue Unit 1 and learn about the different habitats around the world and how living things get what they need to survive. This week’s phonics skills focus on closed and open syllables.

Spelling: This week’s words are- go, we, she, no, open, den, dentist, napkin, problem, and silent. Please practice these words with your student. The spelling test will be at the end of the week. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 1 about Families Today and in the Past. We will learn how does life change throughout history. We will learn about family, different kinds of families, and life then and now. 

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  If you have not paid the $20 activity fee for your student yet, please log into your parent portal account online and pay this fee as soon as possible. If you did not send a new 1 inch 3-ring binder with your student at the beginning of the year, please send one with your student. We are starting a new take home binder program this year.

Upcoming School Events: 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the Week for Sept. 9th - 13th  

Hello second grade families! We made it through our first week of school! We spent the week getting to know one another, building community in our classrooms. We learned routines and expectations for this school year.  

Math: This week we will begin Unit 1 reviewing adding and subtracting using number lines, tally marks, coin values and values of coin combinations, and using patterns to help solve math problems. 

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: This week we will begin Unit 1 and learn about the different habitats around the world and how living things get what they need to survive. This week’s phonics skills focus on short vowel sounds, a, e, i, o, u and blends at the beginning of a word.  

Spelling: This week’s words are- graph, stand, chest, fetch, flip, this, cloth, shop, just, budge. Please practice these words with your student. The spelling test will be at the end of the week. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies: We begin Chapter 1 about Families Today and in the Past. We will learn how does life change throughout history. We will learn about family, different kinds of families, and life then and now. 

Other Reminders: Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day.  

Upcoming School Events: 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to communicate.   

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811