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