Mrs. Reynolds
Week of: May 5th-9th
Everything You Need to Know This Week:
- Spirit Wear Day is Friday, May 9th
- NWEA MAPS testing is April 28th-May 9th
- 2nd Grade Field Trip to the Butterfly Pavilion is Thursday, May 15th
- 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.
- Mystery Reader Sign-Up: Mystery Reader
Important Information:
- Art is our rotation for STEAM this week! Friday specials this week: PE
- 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.
- 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:
May:
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, May 9th
- Free Dress of Choice Day: Friday, May 16th
- Field Day: Tuesday, May 20th
- Free Dress of Choice Day: Thursday, May 22nd
- End of the Year Party: Thursday, May 22nd
- Last Day of School: Thursday, May 22nd (Dismissed at 11:30am)
Weekly Curriculum & Homework:
Mrs. Reynolds' Math Skills Group: Volume 2
- Math Morning Meeting - Calendar Math
- Selecting Appropriate Tools for Measuring Length
- Identifying Metric Units of Length
- Measuring & Drawing Line Segments Using Centimeters
- Multiplying by 1
- Multiplying by 100
- Finding Perimeter
- Fact Assessment
- Subtracting 9 Facts
- Written Assessment
- Writing Observations from a Graph
Mrs. Reynolds' Reading Skills Group: Skills 6
- Reading: Text Features in Informational Text
- Run-On Sentences
- Grammar: Building Sentences
- Close Reading of Informational Text
- Review: Tricky Spelling 'i'
- Spelling Alternatives & Tricky Spelling: Introduce /ee/ > 'i'
- Skills 6 "The War of 1812" Readings
*Please be sure your child is reading for up to 20 min. daily at home!
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 10: The Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition
- The Digestive System
- The Excretory System
- Nutrients
- A Well-Balanced Diet
- Review & Domain Assessment
- Vocabulary Words: systems, observations, functions, nourish, absorb
Writing: Journal Writing & Informational Writing: Insect Project
- Review Paragraph Conventions and Writing
- Handwriting Practice
- Writers Workshop
- Write about a topic, including a beginning and ending sentence, facts and examples relevant to the topic, and specific steps (if writing explanatory text).
- Group similar information into paragraphs.
- Use linking words such as also, another, and, etc. to connect ideas within a paragraph.
Science: Human Cells & Digestion
The Human Body: Cells and Digestion Cells, Tissues, and Organs:
- All living things are made up of cells too small to be seen without a microscope.
- The human body is made up of different types of cells including: stem, bone, blood,
muscle, fat, skin, nerve. - Cells combine to form tissues.
- Tissues combine to form organs.
- Organs combine to form organ systems.
The Digestive and Excretory Systems:
- The human body has complex systems, including the digestive and excretory systems.
- The digestive system includes body parts that take in and process food (salivary
glands, taste buds, teeth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine). - The excretory system includes those body parts that eliminate some kinds of wastes
(kidneys, bladder, urethra).
Taking Care of Your Body:
- A healthy lifestyle involves performing certain behaviors and avoiding other behaviors.
- The body needs specific foods, vitamins, and minerals in certain quantities to function
properly. - Organizations make recommendations about what nutrients people need to stay healthy.
Daily Schedule Room 203:
| 8:00-8:20 |
Arrival/ Morning Meeting |
| 8:20-9:20 | Math |
| 9:25-10:25 |
CKLA Reading |
| 10:30-11:15 |
STEAM: TECH/ART/STEM/MUSIC |
| 11:20-11:40 & 11:20-12:00 | Recess & Lunch |
| 12:05-12:40 | CKLA/Writing |
| 12:40-1:25 | Specials: Library/PE/Spanish/Character Education |
| 1:25-1:40 | CKLA/Writing |
| 1:45-2:05 | Recess & Snack |
| 2:05-2:35 | Intervention |
| 2:35-3:25 | Science & History |
| 3:25-3:30 | Pack Up |
| 3:30 | Dismissal |
Parent Resources:
Reading every night you can is so important! Look at the statistic below:
DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored through out. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
NWEA (MAPS) Assessment: is also administered three times a year. You will receive these results as well in Thursday folders.
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
Reading Resources: Some of these may cost money but wanted you to know they are out there.
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in (Lots of great online books to read we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading
Math Resources:
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy: Kahn Academy (Great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
A Quick Note For My Class & Meet Mrs. Reynolds:
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!
I'm Mrs. Alexandria Reynolds and I am thrilled to be teaching 2nd Grade at Aspen View Academy! This will be my ninth 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.
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 this summer! 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.
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 6 years old, and the other one is 3. 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!
