{"id":1733,"date":"2018-04-21T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2018-04-22T08:33:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T12:33:54","slug":"focus-for-the-week-of-april-23-2018-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/2018\/04\/21\/focus-for-the-week-of-april-23-2018-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus for the Week of April 23, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week our second grade students will be working on:<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong>: \u00a0Students will learn how to compare and contrast\u00a0the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Math<\/strong>: \u00a0Students will\u00a0partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing<\/strong>: \u00a0Students will work on opinion writing. \u00a0They will work on drafting, editing, revising and publishing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science<\/strong>: Students will learn about plants and insects. \u00a0We will be investigating and discussing butterflies, mealworms\/beetles, silkworm moths and brassica plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Studies<\/strong>: \u00a0Students will learn about\u00a0resources to help us understand \u00a0about the past. They will be looking at an artifac<a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/02\/cropped-images-4-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1610\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/02\/cropped-images-4-1-150x150.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/02\/cropped-images-4-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/02\/cropped-images-4-1-300x300.jpeg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>t and other information to learn and understand about the past.\u00a0 We will beg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This week our second grade students will be working on: Reading: \u00a0Students will learn how to compare and contrast\u00a0the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Math: \u00a0Students will\u00a0partition circles and rectangles into two, three, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/2018\/04\/21\/focus-for-the-week-of-april-23-2018-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}