Mrs. Bridgeman's 2nd Grade

Reading:  Students will learn how to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Math:  Students will learn to solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and cent symbols appropriately. Students will understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amount of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. They will read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Students will learn to mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 of 100 from a given number 100-900. They will understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Also, they will  read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.They will solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?

Writing:  Students will work on narrative writing.  They will work on drafting, editing, revising and publishing.

Science: Students will continue to learn about plants and insects.  We will be investigating and discussing butterflies, mealworms/beetles, silkworm moths and brassica plants.  Students will be drawing, writing, comparing and contrasting  the life cycles of  insects and plants.

Social Studies-Students will understand that communities have to solve issues by taking sides on a community issue and giving facts to support their decision.  We will be studying and taking our unit test this week.

Reading:  Students will learn how to acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.

Math:  Students will learn to estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. They will measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length differences in terms of a standard length unit.

Writing:  Students will work on narrative writing.  They will work on drafting, editing, revising and publishing.

Science: Students will continue to learn about plants and insects.  We will be investigating and discussing butterflies, mealworms/beetles, silkworm moths and brassica plants.  Students will be drawing, writing, comparing and contrasting  the life cycles of  insects and plants.

Social Studies-Students will understand that communities have to solve issues by taking sides on a community issue and giving facts to support their decision.

Reading:  Students will learn how to compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.

Math:  Students will learn to measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen. They will also learn to estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.  Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.Students will measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length differences in terms of a standard length unit.

Writing:  Students will work on narrative writing in which they recount a well‐elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure  They will work on drafting, editing, revising and publishing.

Science: Students will learn about plants and insects.  We will be investigating and discussing butterflies, mealworms/beetles, silkworm moths and brassica plants.  Students will be drawing, writing, comparing and contrasting  the life cycles of  insects and plants.

Social Studies-Students will be learning about citizens and how they are an integral part of a community.