May 25, 2018

Dear Families,

Here are just a few highlights from last week as well as upcoming events.

​Monday, May 28th--No School, Memorial Day​

Tuesday, May 29^th-- All School Field Trip, Henry Ford Museum

​Wednesday, June 13th--Field Day (rain date is the 14th)

Friday, June 15th--Last Day of School​ (1/2 day)

​Language Arts

:  

​This week we integrated our Social Studies lessons to line up with our Reading and Writing time. We took the inventors we learned about during Social Studies and learned more about them by practicing our close reading skills. Students needed to answer questions from the text by finding evidence and highlighting that part of the reading. Next week, we will start  researching information for our Need to Knows for our gardening project.

Math:   

​We started the week by exploring equal parts and identifying halves, thirds and fourths on shapes in lessons 9.1-9.4. The unit 9 test is scheduled for Friday, June 8th. A

ttached are the home links, the at-home review, and the IXL skills for our final unit. 

IXL Skills for Unit 9​:

​W.1Equal parts

W.2Halves, thirds, and fourths

W.3Identify the fraction

W.4Which shape illustrates the fraction?

​P.1Names and values of common coins

P.2Names and values of all coins

P.3Count money - pennies, nickels, and dimes only

P.4Count money - up to $1

P.5Count money - up to $5

P.6Equivalent amounts of money - up to $1

P.7Exchanging coins

P.8Comparing groups of coins

​N.5Estimate sums​

C.3Writing numbers up to 100 in words - convert digits to words

C.4Writing numbers up to 1,000 in words - convert words to digits

C.5Writing numbers up to 1,000 in words - convert digits to words

E.21Identify repeated addition in arrays: sums to 10

E.22Write addition sentences for arrays: sums to 10

E.23Identify repeated addition in arrays: sums to 25

E.24Write addition sentences for arrays: sums to 25

S​ocial Studies

-  This week we 

​focused on preparing for our field trips by diving into our history unit. We learned all about some important inventors like Henry Ford, the Wright Brothers, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison and Alexander Bell. We talked about some of their inventions and discussed how these inventions helped shaped the present day we live in. We also discovered a fun thinking routine called the Explanation Game--ask your child about it! We will continue this unit next week. 

Field Trips  

We

had a wonderful time atGreenfield Village and 

​are so appreciative to the parents and grandparents who were able to chaperone this trip. Please remember that on Tuesday (the 29^th) 

​we are going as a whole school ​to the Henry Ford Museum! 

Have a great weekend!

The Second Grade Teachers

May 18, 2018

Dear Families,

Thank you so much for joining us for our Celebration of Learning! Here are just a few highlights from the week as well as upcoming events.

Wednesday, May 23 --Spring Festival of the Arts 6-7 pm

Friday, May 25^th --2^nd Grade Field Trip to Greenfield Village 

Monday, May 28^th-- No school, Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 29^th-- All School Field Trip, Henry Ford Museum

Reading and Writing:  We did a lot of reflecting on our learning in preparation for our “Celebration of Learning” during this time! We hope you enjoyed seeing your child in the leadership role, sharing all the fabulous learning he/she did this year as well as some of his/her accomplishments!

Math:   This week we reviewed and took the test for Unit 8. Your child’s cover sheet will be coming home soon with his/her scores.  We'll take the  pretest for unit 9 and  start on our last unit of the year on Monday—Whoo-hoo!!! Attached are the homelinks, the at-home review, and the IXL skills for our final unit. 

IXL Skills for Unit 9​:

​W.1Equal parts

W.2Halves, thirds, and fourths

W.3Identify the fraction

W.4Which shape illustrates the fraction?

​P.1Names and values of common coins

P.2Names and values of all coins

P.3Count money - pennies, nickels, and dimes only

P.4Count money - up to $1

P.5Count money - up to $5

P.6Equivalent amounts of money - up to $1

P.7Exchanging coins

P.8Comparing groups of coins

​N.5Estimate sums​

C.3Writing numbers up to 100 in words - convert digits to words

C.4Writing numbers up to 1,000 in words - convert words to digits

C.5Writing numbers up to 1,000 in words - convert digits to words

E.21Identify repeated addition in arrays: sums to 10

E.22Write addition sentences for arrays: sums to 10

E.23Identify repeated addition in arrays: sums to 25

E.24Write addition sentences for arrays: sums to 25

Science-  This week we did a “Mystery Science” activity which answered the question…,”Do plants eat dirt?”. The kids worked in groups to make a root viewer in order to watch radish seeds grow.  We continued to watch and reflect on our grass heads (also from Mystery Science) and bean sprouts!  Thank you to those who donated the CD cases so we were able to make our root viewers! We're excited to see what happened to our plants over the weekend! 

Field Trips  We are excited for our two field trips coming up—Next Friday (the 25^th) to Greenfield Village and the following Tuesday (the 29^th) to Greenfield Museum! Please be on the lookout for special directions/reminders which we will be sending home soon! Thanks to all the parents who were able to help chaperone the trips! We appreciate your help and we know we will have a lot of fun on the trips.

Have a great weekend!

The Second Grade Teachers

 

 

May 11, 2018

Dear Families,

We had a busy week! Here are a couple of highlights from the week and upcoming events.

Thursday, May 17th                Unit 8 Math Test

Friday, May 18th         Celebration of Learning (schedule below)

                                    1:15-2:00 3rd and 4th Grade Classrooms

     2:10-2:35 Community Circle

     2:45-3:30 K, 1st and 2nd Grade Classrooms 

Friday, May 25^th         2^nd Grade Field Trip to Greenfield Village 
Monday, May 28th: No school, Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29th: All School Field Trip, Henry Ford Museum

Reading and Writing:  Next week we'll finish up one of our persuasive/opinion writing pieces, the book review. Students will have an opportunity to choose a book to review and persuade others to read it also.

Math:     This week we continued working on Unit 8 which is a Geometry Unit. It got a little more difficult as we learned about 3D shapes, how to partition rectangles, and arrays.  

Our unit 8 math test will be Thursday, May 17th.  Be sure to use the at home review and other resources sent home to study!

polygons            Polygons               quadrilaterals                  parallelogram   

Here are the IXL skills for Unit 8:

1.    T.1Name the two-dimensional shape

2.    T.2Select two-dimensional shapes

3.    T.3Count sides and vertices

4.    T.4Compare sides and vertices

5.    T.5Flip, turn, and slide

6.    T.6Identify congruent shapes

7.    T.7Symmetry

8.       U.1Name the three-dimensional shape

9.    U.2Select three-dimensional shapes

10. U.3Count vertices, edges, and faces

11.  U.4Compare vertices, edges, and faces

12. U.5Identify faces of three-dimensional shapes

13. U.6Identify shapes traced from solids

14. U.7Shapes of everyday objects I

15. U.8Shapes of everyday objects II

16.    Y.1Count equal groups

17. Y.2Identify multiplication sentences for equal groups

18. Y.3Write multiplication sentences for equal groups

19. Y.4Relate addition and multiplication for equal groups

20.Y.5Write multiplication sentences for arrays

Science: We spent Wednesday morning cleaning up our garden areas in the courtyard. We are asking for donations of trays of flowers such as marigolds or petunias, and garden decor to put out in our courtyard. We had fun making our "green houses" and starting to observe our seeds grow!  We also did a fun Mystery Science activity where groups of students got to name and make grassheads.  The students can't wait to see our grasshead's hair grow and are excited to show you everything at Celebration of Learning on Friday! 

Have a great weekend!
The Second Grade Teachers

May 4, 2018

Dear Families,
We had a great week. We enjoyed spending time at recess in the sunshine and warmth, finally! We're looking forward to some fun springtime activities!

Monday, May 7th:    NWEA TESTING Math

Tuesday, May 8th:     NWEA TESTING for Reading

Friday, May 18th         Celebration of Learning (schedule below)

                                    1:15-2:00 3rd and 4th Grade Classrooms

     2:10-2:35 Community Circle

     2:45-3:30 K, 1st and 2nd Grade Classrooms 

Friday, May 25^th         2^nd Grade Field Trip to Greenfield Village (Be sure to send in your permission slips and money).
Monday, May 28th: No school, Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29th: All School Field Trip, Henry Ford Museum

Reading : This week we continued to learn about various genres and their characteristics.  We learned about myths, fairy tales, fables and tall tales. 
Writing: We tried out a new thinking routine called Tug of War using a book called "Old Henry," about a man who didn't follow traditional expectations of behavior and we shared our opinions about this behavior, while explaining our reasoning. This helped to prepare us for our persuasive/opinion writing which will be a book review. 

Old Henry

Math:     This week we began working on Unit 8 which is a Geometry Unit. We had fun learning about quadrilaterals, parallel and perpendicular lines, angles, vertices, edges, faces, and polygons. 

polygons            Polygons               quadrilaterals                  parallelogram   

Here are the IXL skills for Unit 8:

1.    T.1Name the two-dimensional shape

2.    T.2Select two-dimensional shapes

3.    T.3Count sides and vertices

4.    T.4Compare sides and vertices

5.    T.5Flip, turn, and slide

6.    T.6Identify congruent shapes

7.    T.7Symmetry

8.       U.1Name the three-dimensional shape

9.    U.2Select three-dimensional shapes

10. U.3Count vertices, edges, and faces

11.  U.4Compare vertices, edges, and faces

12. U.5Identify faces of three-dimensional shapes

13. U.6Identify shapes traced from solids

14. U.7Shapes of everyday objects I

15. U.8Shapes of everyday objects II

16.    Y.1Count equal groups

17. Y.2Identify multiplication sentences for equal groups

18. Y.3Write multiplication sentences for equal groups

19. Y.4Relate addition and multiplication for equal groups

20.Y.5Write multiplication sentences for arrays

Science: We had fun observing seeds and finding the embryo, seed coat and cotyledon!  We planted our seeds and put them in our greenhouse and under our plant lab lights. We're looking forward to learning about taking care of our seedlings. We had a great time learning about worms and observed and completed a thinking routine called "See, Think, Wonder." We explored and read about worms so that we know how they help our plants to grow. Some of us changed our opinions about worms because we learned how they help our gardens! 

Have a great weekend!
The Second Grade Teachers