Reminders:
No school Monday, April 20 - Friday, April 24, 2026.
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Math: Our second grade mathematicians have been working with money. Our focus has been on:
Developing place value understanding within the context of money
Skip counting forwards and backwards by 5s and 10s off the decade
Solve addition and subtraction story problems with money
Word Study: We launched our work with spelling of double vowel syllables. In our current unit, students are focusing on the spelling of /ā/ using the vowel teams ai and ay.
Writers’ Workshop: We have been working to write with our audience in mind! Second graders are continuing to work with their information writing checklist and anchor charts to teach their audience about their topic. This week our squad traded drafts with a partner. While reading each other's pieces, students generated some questions about their partner’s topic and left sticky notes in the places they wanted to know more about. This strategy helped us push our thinking and writing to the next level.
Readers’ Workshop: We wrapped up our unit focused on fluency, literary language, and keeping track of longer books!
Second Step: During our Second Step lesson this week, second graders continued to learn how to solve problems using ‘S’ - say the problem without blame ‘T’ - think of solutions that are safe and respectful, ‘E’ - explore consequences, and ‘P’ - pick the best solution. Students will continue to practice their calm down strategies and problem solving strategies.This week, we worked to problem solve after we hurt someone’s feelings. Second graders worked to use the STEP method to take responsibility for their actions and make amends.
Project: In celebration of Arab American Heritage month we were introduced to Etel Adnan and created landscapes inspired by her artwork. We also learned that she was a poet, novelist, spoke five languages and wrote in three languages!
Science: Our second grade partnered with the middle school’s Project Leaders to plant vegetables! Thank you to Ms. Julia Beerworth and the project leaders for such a great project!
Quiet Time: Our students have ‘traveled’ far these past two weeks!
