Dear Families,
Here are some updates from our week!
Important dates:
February 14: Valentine's Day, Don't forget your boxes and Valentines! Ice Cream Party in the afternoon!
February 15: 100th day of school! Yahoo! 100 Days smarter! 100 Pancake Celebration!
February 14: Valentine's Day, Don't forget your boxes and Valentines! Ice Cream Party in the afternoon!
February 15: 100th day of school! Yahoo! 100 Days smarter! 100 Pancake Celebration!
February 19-20: Midwinter recess/ no school
February 27: Science Fair 6:00-8:00
Science Fair Ideas:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/list
Science Fair Ideas:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/list
Reading: This week we continued with our book clubs. We practiced accountable talk during our discussions as well as how to organize thoughts while reading using a thinking routine. We will continue our book clubs next week with new books.
Our Book Tasting!
A book from one of our book clubs:
Math: We took our Unit 5 math test. Please look for the cover sheet for the test so you know how your child did on the test. Attached are the homelinks and IXL skills for unit 6. Please use them as you see fit. We are also sending the at home review for you now. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN A SAFE PLACE. The review will help your child practice the skills that we'll focus on this unit. You should have your child review with this packet during the unit and before the test. We tell the kids a great way to practice for the test is to:
1) Take the pretest by yourself at home
2) Have mom/dad look over your pretest and see what you still need to practice
3) Use a slate/marker to have mom/dad make up similar problems on the slate until you are secure with the skill.Please do not return the completed at home review. This is for you to keep at home to practice throughout the unit.
IXL SKills for Unit 6
E.12, E. 18, E.20, G.9, G.14-- Addition Word Problems
F.10, H.9, J.5-- Subtraction Word Problems
Section M--Place Value
Section R--picture and bar graphs only
Writing: We continued with our Realistic fiction writing unit! We worked on internal and external character traits of our main character, story elements, and leads. We practiced writing many different kinds of leads so that we can pull our readers in! Be sure to ask your child what they are planning on writing about!
Science: We began our Measuring Matters unit. We started with our entry event with our essential question which was, "How, can we as scientists, build a ramp that will make our sled travel the farthest?". This STEM/STEAM activity allowed students to practice their teamwork, problem solving and measuring skills while having fun building a ramp. We still haven't finished our ramps because we're trying to figure out what will make our sleds travel far. Is it the slant of the ramp? Is it the weight of the sled? Is it the friction of the sled causing a slow down? We'll continue to test as we watch luge and skiing videos from the Olympics! We also had frog jumping contests and measured how far our frogs jumped using inches and centimeters. We will continue our measuring unit next week, introducing area and perimeter!
Our Amaryllis Plants
How tall will they grow? Which one will grow the tallest?
How tall will they grow? Which one will grow the tallest?
Have a great weekend!
The Second Grade Teachers
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