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Mrs. Reynolds

 

Week of: September 8th 

Everything You Need to Know This Week:       

  • Labor Day-No School: Monday, September 7th  
  • Check your child's backpack for their Friday Journal. Don't forget to write in your student's Friday Journal and return it to their backpack.
  • Spirit Wear Day: Friday, September 11th
  • Please return ALL homework on Friday, September 25th. Thank you! 
  • We started our fundraiser! You can register your student at mybooster.com
  • Boosterthon Fun Run (Prek-5th): Wednesday, September 16th

 

 

Important Information:

  • Music is our rotation for STEAM this week! Friday specials this week: Character Ed.      
  • Be sure to check your student's Math and Reading teacher's websites:
  • Mystery Reader Sign-Up: Coming Soon!
  • Please make sure your student is wearing comfortable shoes for PE. 
  • Please send your student with a labeled water bottle and a nut free snack daily.
  • To avoid lost or broken student items, please leave toys and personal items at home.
  • Please label all student items with your student's name & grade level.
  • Please keep checking your student's Thursday Folder and make sure they bring it back to school. 
  • Please read your student's Friday Journal, write them a note back, and make sure they bring it back to school. 
  • Dress for the weather! Don't forget labeled coats, hats, and gloves when necessary. 
  • We will go outside if the temperature "feels like" it's above 20 degrees, so please have students bring coats, boots, and cold weather gear as needed.
  • Your student's Homework Folder will go home on Fridays and it is due the next Friday.
  • On the back of your student's Homework Folder, they have their Clever QR Code. Your student can go onto Clever at home and access reading and math resources! 
 
 

SPECIALS & STEAM Schedule:

STEAM Rotation:

TECH: Red

ART: Orange

STEM:  Green

MUSIC: Blue

 

 

SPECIALS:
Monday: Library 
Tuesday: PE
Wednesday: Spanish
Thursday: Character Education
Friday: Rotates
 

Upcoming:  

 
September: 
  • Curriculum Night (K-5th): Thursday, September 3rd 
  • Labor Day, No School: Monday, September 7th 
  • Spirit Wear Day: Friday, September 11th 
  • Jersey Day: Monday, September 14th 
  • Boosterthon Fun Run (PreK-5th): Wednesday, Sept. 16th
  • PD Day (No school for students): Monday, September 21st
  • Dress of Choice: Friday, September 25th  
 
October: 
  • Parent Teacher Conferences (Regular School Days): October 6th & 8th (4:15-8pm) 
  • End of Quarter 1: Thursday, October 8th  
  • Spirit Wear Day: Thursday, October 8th 
  • Comp Day (No school): Friday, October 9th 
  • Fall Break (No school): October 12th-16th
  • Individual Picture Retake Day: Monday, Oct. 19th 
  • Elem. & PreK Class Picture Day: Tues. Oct. 20th 
  • Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, Oct. 21st 
  • Dress of Choice: Friday, October 30th 
  • Fall Party (PreK-5): Friday, October 30th  
 
 
 

Weekly Curriculum:

 

Mrs. Reynolds' Reading Skills Group: Skills 1 

 
  • Tricky Words and Spelling Alternatives
  • Two-Syllable Words with Short Vowels
  • Tricky Spelling ‘g’
  • Tricky Spelling ‘c’ 
  • Tricky Spelling ‘s’
  • Review: Sound/Spellings
  • Spelling Assessments
  • The Cat Bandit Readings
  • Freckle Juice chapter book reading & journal response
 

Short O

Spelling Test: Friday, September 11th 

  1. lost
  2. mop
  3. stop
  4. mom
  5. dog
  6. blob
  7. frog
  8. job
  9. drop
  10. plop
 
*Please be sure your child is reading for up to 20 min. daily at home!
 
 
 

Mrs. Reynolds' Math Skills Group: Module 1

 
  • Group Tens as Hundreds
  • Understand 3-Digit Numbers
  • Represent 3-Digit Numbers
  • Represent Numbers with Hundreds, Tens, and Ones
  • Place Value to 1,000
 
*Please be sure your child is practicing their math facts at home!
 
 
 

Writing: Handwriting, Journal Writing, Writing Foundations

 

    • Handwriting Practice
    • Review Paragraph Conventions and Writing
    • Writers Workshop
    • Review basic writing foundations
 
 
 
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 1: Fairy Tales & Tall Tales
 

Lesson 1: The Fisherman and His Wife

Lesson 2: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Lesson 3: Beauty and the Beast, Part I

Lesson 4: Beauty and the Beast, Part II

Pausing Point 

Lesson 5: Paul Bunyan

Lesson 6: Pecos Bill

Lesson 7: John Henry

Lesson 8: Casey Jones

Domain Review

Domain Assessment

      
 
 

History: Making the Constitution

  • Through analogies to familiar settings—the family, the school, the community—discuss some basic questions regarding the American government, such as: “What is government?“ 
  • “What are some basic functions of  American government?“ (Making and enforcing laws; settling disputes; protecting rights and liberties, etc.)
  • The American government is based on the Constitution, the highest law of our land.
    • James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”
    • Government by the consent of the governed: “We the people”
 
 
 

Science: Exploring Land & Water

  • Hills, mountains, valleys, rock arches, plains, geysers, volcanoes, sand dunes, and beaches are types of landforms.
  • Landforms can be created quickly or slowly.
  • Quick changes to landforms include rockslides, landslides, mudslides, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
  • Wind and water can erode rock, sand dunes, and beaches.
  • There are different solutions to prevent water from changing the shape of rock and to prevent sand erosion.
  • Glaciers are frozen forms of water.
  • Flowing water moves earth materials.
  • The land and water features of an area can be modeled.
  • Water soaks into the ground.
  • Geysers and volcanoes bring underground materials to Earth’s surface.
  • Sand landforms include dunes and beaches.
  • Sand dunes and beaches are formed in different ways.
 
 

Daily Schedule Room 203:

8:00-8:20    

Arrival - Morning Work                                                                                              

8:20-9:05
CKLA Skills                                                                                                                  
9:05-9:50
Writing
9:50-10:05

Handwriting                                                                                

10:05-10:45

STEAM: TECH/ART/STEM/MUSIC                                                                                                                                                      

10:50-11:10 Recess                                                                                             
11:10-11:30 Lunch 
11:35-12:35 Math                                                                                 
12:35-1:30 Knowledge/History/Science                                                            
1:35-2:15 Specials: Library/PE/Spanish/Character Education                                                                                  
2:15-2:45 WIN (What I Need)                                                                                                  
2:45-3:00 SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)                                                                                    
3:00-3:20 Recess
3:25-3:30 Read Aloud & Pack Up 
3:30 Dismissal

 

Parent Resources:

Reading every night you can is so important! Look at the statistic below:
 
Reading Stats
 

DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark.

 
NWEA (MAPS) Assessment: is also administered three times a year. You will receive these results as well in Thursday folders.
 
Reading Resources: Many of these resources will be on Clever (You can access at home too): 
 
Math Resources: Many of these resources will be on Clever (You can access at home too): 

 

A Quick Note for My Class:

Hello and Welcome to 2nd Grade! I look forward to working with you and your child this year! Get ready for lots of fun activities, new friends, and amazing discoveries. This will be a fun-filled year full of learning! I am so grateful to start this journey with you!
 

Meet Mrs. Reynolds:

I'm Mrs. Alexandria Reynolds and I am thrilled to be teaching 2nd Grade at Aspen View Academy! This will be my eleventh year teaching. In addition to teaching 2nd Grade, I've also taught 1st and
3rd Grade. It is my passion working with children and helping them learn and grow.
 
I am from Nevada. My family and I relocated to Colorado two years ago! We are loving all there is to do here!
 
I graduated with honors from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Elementary Education. Before that, I graduated with high honors from the College of
Southern Nevada with an Associate of Arts Degree in Elementary Education.
 
My husband and I have 2 daughters. One is 8 years old, and the other one is 5. They are our world! We have a travel trailer, and we love to travel across the United States whenever we can. We also love going to Disneyland! You can say we are very adventurous! On weekends, we like to shop at farmer’s markets and attend other events. We love spending family time together.
 
I am looking forward to a fun school year of learning together!