Reminders:
No school Friday, March 18th.
Please continue to:
make sure your child has an extra set of weather appropriate clothing in their backpack.
have your child pack their inside shoes and a water bottle every day.
- If your child is at home and you would like for them to engage in learning, please go to CCS At Home Learning Opportunities.
CCS students have access to EBooks & Audiobooks through our library! Check out our library’s ‘how to’ section for more information.
Monday, March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day!
The second grade mantra,‘We are all the same. We are all different. We are all unique.’ supports full inclusion of all people. To support full inclusion of those with Down Syndrome, we will be wearing silly socks for World Down Syndrome Day! To learn more about World Down Syndrome Day, watch this video:
“Lots of Socks”
In 2013, the theme of Wearing Odd Socks was initiated to raise awareness. Over time it has also been promoted as Lots of Socks. The idea was created because chromosomes are shaped “like socks” and people with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome. (excerpt taken directly from: ARDownSyndrome.org)
Math: Second grade mathematicians have begun working with army ants! We have learned that the average army ant is one centimeter long. As we learn about army ants, we are working with the concepts of:
measuring the length of an object using standard units (centimeters)
using place value understanding to solve addition and subtraction problems
representing place value with drawings and written models to add and subtract numbers within 1000
counting backward and forward by tens and hundreds starting at any number less than 1000, in both written and oral form
understanding that wholes may be partitioned into equal parts
understanding that equal parts of a whole do not need to have the same shape
using words to describe equal shares: half, third, fourth (Note: Second graders do not use fraction notation, yet. The important work in second grade is laying the foundation for fractional knowledge as equal parts.)
Reading: We have begun a new reading unit! During our first bend, students focused on making their reading more fluent. In our second bend, we are exploring literary language. Students are learning that when authors use language in an inventive or playful way, that author is telling them to stop and notice! This part is trying to show or say something! Students have been having fun being literary language detectives!
Word Study: Second grade spellers are working hard! Students are practicing spelling multisyllabic words with r- controlled vowels. Second graders are working to use ar & or/ore while learning and practicing ir, er & ur. Please continue to support your child to use legible handwriting, capitals at the beginning of a sentence & proper nouns, and to end sentences with punctuation in all of their writing!
Writing: Second graders have been excited to share their opinion on our new unit, “It’s GREAT!” This unit focuses on clearly formulating and expressing an opinion and supporting these ideas with evidence and examples. In the first bend students will write letters to express their opinions about their favorite characters in a story. In the second bend, we will look towards mentor texts for examples of writing conventions and strategies to provide supporting details. Finally, students will write using an essay format, with a focus on writing a strong introduction and conclusion, in order to persuade others that their favorite book deserves to win an award!
Science: Our second grade geologists have been working hard to investigate and study the properties of different rocks! In this week’s investigation, we used screens to sort different size rocks and learned that these smaller and smaller pieces of rock were created by weathering. Second graders were also able to determine that the rocks, pebbles, sand particles were made from many different kinds of rocks that had been pushed and moved by wind and water.
SEL/Theme: Anger can cause lots of problems for students. This week, students learned about and practiced using assertiveness and a new Calming-Down Strategy, counting, to cope with strong feelings of anger. Counting can help students manage anger by engaging the thinking part of the brain. This helps students slow down so they can think before they react. Learning to manage strong feelings is an important concept that requires practice and time. The concepts we are working on are:
Everyone feels angry sometimes, but hurting other people’s feelings or bodies is not okay.
It’s important to calm down angry feelings so you don’t do something hurtful.
Being assertive is a respectful way to get what you want or need.
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