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