Ms. Mangos, Mrs. Recendez and Mimi Welcome You to the 2015-2016 School Year!

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Dear Parents

   Welcome to our classroom for what promises to be an exciting and productive year for all of us.

How you can help. . . .

1.Read The Science Ladies blog at  whesmangos.blogspot.com/ for up to date information about our class, including pictures, lessons, and upcoming events in the classroom and school-wide.

2.Listen to your child read every day for a minimum of 30 minutes.

3.Log your child’s nightly reading on their reading log.

4.Check your child’s homework assignments every night.

5.Write your child’s name on their supplies and school clothes.

A Special Note From Ms. Mangos and Ms, Recendez

Our classroom is science- and technology-based where each student has their own Ipad. We also  conduct an experiment a week on Science Thursday. I believe that all of my students are talented and fabulous. I use my unique teaching skills and experiences to bring out the love of learning and creativity in each of my students.  I can’t wait for our learning journey to begin!   

What to Expect in First Grade

•Students will continue to learn to read and retell stories. They will also describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using key details.

•Students will write opinion, narrative, informative, and explanatory texts.

•Students will use their IPads to learn to type and create texts using apps that integrate pictures, writing and graphics.

•Students will learn the scientific method through the exploration of solids and liquids, plants and animals, and air and weather.

•Students will conduct a weekly experiment in science, and create and display a science fair project.   

•In math, students will gain a deeper understanding of number sense, place value, geometry, and many other math concepts. 

Students will do daily enrichment activities in the Math curriculum and create a Math Journal.

What to Expect in Second Grade

•In Language Arts, students will read fables and folktales, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and expository writing to understand and respond to key details in a text.

•Students will write narratives and expository texts in which they introduce a topic and use facts to develop ideas that lead to a concluding statement.

•Students will use their IPads to type and write texts with apps that integrate graphics and writing.

•Students will learn the scientific method through the exploration of balance and motion, insects, pebbles, sand, and silt, and plants and animals.

•Students will conduct a weekly experiment in science, and create and display a science fair project.   

•In Math, students will learn multiplication, place value, estimating, geometry, money, and many more math concepts.

•Students will do daily enrichment activities in the Math curriculum and create a Math Journal.