This week our second grade students will be learning:
Reading: Students will learn to describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
Math: Students will learn to use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends. They will count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.They will also add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
Writing: Students will learn how to write an informative/explanatory text by introducing a topic by showing my prior knowledge of a topic and working on gathering information and notes on that topic.
Science: Students will learn about plants, label there parts and how they grow. They will explore life cycles of silkworms, mealworms and butterflies.
Social Studies: They will describe the natural, human, and capital resources needed for production of a good or service in a community. Identify businesses in the local community. They will describe how businesses in the local community meet economic wants of consumers. Students use examples to show that people cannot produce everything they want (specialization) and depend on trade with others to meet their wants.
