Our second grade students will be working on:

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.  They will also learn how to use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

Writing:   Students will write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and,also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.Students will with guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.  They will recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Math:  Students will learn to recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a gibe number of equal faces. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.

Science:  Students will plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of liquids by their observable properties.

Social Studies:  Students will be learning to understand that citizens have responsibilities and important roles in the community.  Also, they will be learning what patriotism is by listing examples and analyzing the Pledge of Allegiance.

Roller Skating will be on Wednesday, January 24, 2018, it will be a great time for all.  If you buy your tickets ahead they will be $7.00 instead of $8.00 at the door.

Math Night will be on Thursday, January 25, 2018 in the cafeteria from 4:45 to 5:45.  It will be great to use math games to improve math skills. I hope to see you there!

The PTA will have a meeting on Thursday morning from 9 am to 10 am.  Hope to see you there!

The marble jar party is tomorrow. The kids chose to wear pajamas and bring a stuffed animal. They will watch a short movie in the afternoon.

Our Unit 4 math test (part 2) will be on Monday, January 22nd. They will complete the study guide tomorrow and bring it home to study over the weekend.

Late start is tomorrow.  School will begin at 9:30.

Your child will be NWEA testing tomorrow in reading. Please make sure that your child goes to bed before 9:00 and eats a healthy breakfast. Also, remind them that they need to take their time, read carefully, and don’t click the arrow unless they are 100% sure of their answer.

In second grade this week, we are learning about:

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.

Writing:   Students will write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and,also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.Students will with guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.  They will recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Math:  Students will learn to represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers 0, 1, 2, …, and represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram.

Science:  Students will plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of liquids by their observable properties.

Social Studies:  Students will be learning to understand that citizens have responsibilities and important roles in the community.

In second grade this week, we are learning about:

Reading:   Students will learn how to Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Writing:   Students will write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.Students will with guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.  They will recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Math:  Students will learn to use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing with unknowns in all positions, e.g. by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

Science:  Students will plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.

Social Studies:  Students will be learning about laws in our community and how our government is set up and works.