{"id":1849,"date":"2018-05-20T07:56:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T11:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2018-05-20T07:56:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T11:56:25","slug":"focus-for-the-week-of-may-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/2018\/05\/20\/focus-for-the-week-of-may-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus for the week of May 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/02\/images-1-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1588\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2018\/02\/images-1-1-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>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\u00a0compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Math<\/strong>: \u00a0Students 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing<\/strong>: \u00a0Students will work on narrative writing\u00a0in which they recount a well\u2010elaborated 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 \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.\u00a0 Students will be drawing, writing, comparing and contrasting\u00a0 the life cycles of\u00a0 insects and plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Studies-<\/strong>Students will\u00a0be learning about citizens and how they are an integral part of a community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week our second grade students will be working on: Reading: \u00a0Students will learn how to\u00a0compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures. Math: \u00a0Students will learn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/2018\/05\/20\/focus-for-the-week-of-may-21st\/\">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-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","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=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bridger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}