Focus for the week of April 16, 2018

This week our second grade students will be working on:

Reading:  Students will describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.

Math:  Students will partition 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.

Writing:  Students will work on informational writing.  They will work on 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.

Social Studies:  Students will learn about resources to help us understand  about the past. They will be looking at an artifact and other information to learn and understand about the past.  We will begin to discuss timelines and what they mean.

MyON Reading Contest!

Help our class earn a Pizza party! We need to have the most MyOn reading minutes! Make sure your child is reading as much as possible using MyOn at home! If your MyOn login information isn’t working….try adding @dearbornschools.org after your child’s username. Example: 20081234@dearbornschools.org

Focus for the week of March 19-23

This week our second grade students will be working on:

Reading:  Students will ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Math:  Students will solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. For example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? 2NBT.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

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

Science: Students will learn how to classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties by reading about how materials change when they are heated or cooled.

Social Studies:  Students will learn what features have changed over time such as travel, buildings, clothes, and businesses by looking at a chart and comparing to what we have today.

Math Test Part 2

I told the students that I will let them review their answers tomorrow since we were short on time. Please review the math study guide tonight so they can complete the test tomorrow. Please focus on adding numbers (up to four two-digit numbers), arrays, and bar graphs.

Math Test Tomorrow

Our Unit 6 Math test is tomorrow. Your child has a study guide in their blue folder. Please focus on bar graphs, arrays, add up to four two-digit numbers, and word problems involving addition and subtraction. They may use the break apart strategy, base ten blocks, number lines, or the traditional method to add the numbers.