Dear Families,
Here is what is happening in the Second Grade Team:
Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, February 5 - Jump Rope For Heart! 6:15 - 8 @ Deerfield
Tuesday, February 9 - Bingo Night
Thursday, February 11- Cabin Day—don’t forget to wear your shirt!
Friday, February 12 - Valentine's Day celebration
Monday, Feb. 15/Tuesday, Feb. 16 - No School (Feb. Break)
Language Arts
Reading Workshop: The second graders continued to work on Book Clubs. Students are practicing how to discuss books and follow the reciprocal teaching protocol. They are discussing their questions, predictions, summaries and they are monitoring and clarifying confusing parts or words as they read (comprehension). We finished the week with an informational reading about a groundhog named Ms. G., in our Scholastic News. Have your child read the article to you!
Word Work: Don't forget to practice vocabulary at:
Be sure to go to the free activities at the bottom of the page and go to “student page.”
Writing: We are continuing to work on our Realistic Fiction stories and are almost ready to publish! We've taken our stories through the writing process, spending lots of time on revising and editing. Next week we'll begin creating our books!
Math: This week took our Unit 6 pretest and began Unit 6. We began by learning about creating graphs using data. Next week, we will continue to work on solving different number stories (lessons 6.2-6.6). Remember to try to log on to the Everyday Math Website to practice skills from those lessons. Try out the tutorials, they are great!
Solving a story problem together
Social Studies: We worked on our STEM activity of the week which was creating a ground hog burrow. Student teams had to create a burrow with an entrance and a separate exit, and a sleeping chamber. Teams had to plan first and then make a shopping list for materials. They had twenty dollars to spend on materials and had to add up their totals and shop for materials needed to create their burrow. They had fun working together and using accountable talk! Next week in Social Studies we will learn about the branches of government, the services provided by the local government and our individual rights as citizens.
Creating a shelter for Olaf (to keep him out of the sun)
**STEM:
Thank you for all of your donations! We are enjoying learning through challenging explorations, collaboration, and imagination. We don't need anymore materials at this time!
Homework:
*Math Homelinks and finish up any unfinished pages in the old math workbooks!
*IXL math, Everyday Math and Xtra Math Websites
*Read (second graders should be able to read 10-20 minutes)
*Wordly Wise- Explore the website!
We participated in Global Play Day!
Have a great weekend!
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