June 1, 2018

Dear Families,

We had a great All School Field Trip! Thank you to all who chaperoned!

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

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

​Language Arts

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​This week we enjoyed practicing our reading fluency while practicing our Readers' Theater scripts! We also had fun reading about Wacky Fruits and Vegetables in our Scholastic News! 

We're looking for some books to fill up our Little Library. If you're cleaning out book shelves and would like to donate, please send them in!

Math:   

We continued working on Unit 9.  The unit 9 test is scheduled for Friday, June 8th. Be sure to use the Home Links, At home review and IXL to practice these skills.

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 continued to learn about plants! We did a Mystery Science lesson that taught us how plants travel. We made models of flying seeds by creating gliders, rotocopters and spinners. We also had special guests visit to teach us about bees and pollination and endangered bees.

                                                    Enjoying our pet worms in our worm composting bin!

Have a great weekend!

The Second Grade Teachers