February 19

Dear Families,

I hope everyone had a nice, relaxing break!  For our STEM activities next week we are asking for donations of small marshmallows and toothpicks.  Thank you in advance for any donations!

Here is what is happening in the Second Grade Team:

Lost two teeth on the same day!!! Ta Rah Rah Boom de yay!

Important Upcoming Dates:

Feb. 26-March 4: Book Fair (our shopping day is March 2)

March 1^st:  Milk and Cookies Night 6:00-8:00 PM

March 14^th: Science Fair  6:00-8:00

March 22^nd: Second Grade Spring Concert  7:00-8:00

March 25^th: Good Friday, No School

Language Arts: This week we started our non-fiction unit.  Students learned about text features and their purpose in helping us comprehend!

  Text Feature Hunt

Writing: Most have finished our Realistic Fiction stories! Students worked hard working through the writing process and have created some wonderful stories! Next, we will begin to work on writing paragraphs.

Amazing Realistic Fiction Stories! So proud of the perseverance and the effort! 

Math: This week we continued our study of Unit 6.  Next week we will find ballpark estimates and how to add numbers using base 10 blocks and adding place values, which will help them when we learn the addition strategy of Partial Sums!

Social Studies: In Social Studies we learned about the three branches of the local government and their responsibilities. Next week we'll learn about  individual rights and the common good, as well as personal vs. civic responsibility.

We have collected 32 toothbrushes toward our goal of 100! 

                           

Great assembly today! Thanks DCC!

Learning at Home:

*Math Homelinks

*IXL math, Everyday Math and Xtra Math Websites

*Read (15-30 minutes per night)

*Wordly Wise (vocabulary practice)

*Blog (great writing practice)!

Have a great weekend!