Reminders:
Please make sure to return the permission slip for this week’s field trip.
No school, Monday, May 29, 2023.
The last day of school is a half day on Friday, June 16, 2023.
Math: Our second grade mathematicians have been working to apply place value understanding as they solve real world addition and subtraction problems. This week we launched our next unit which focuses on geometry and fractions. Students explored geoboards to create various two-dimensional shapes. Then they used their geoboards to create triangles, trying to make 4 triangles that each had 3 sides but all looked different from each other.
Writer’s Workshop: Second grade writers are ready to use their voices to make change! We began our final writing unit of the year: Using Words to Make a Change. In this unit, students will identify problems they see and try to make change by writing persuasively; identifying the problem, stating reasons why it is a problem, identifying solutions, and rallying their readers to make change. In our first bend of lessons, we are focusing on problems we see in our school or at home. We will move to our community and the world as we move through the unit.
Word Study: We are continuing to work with the D-syllable (vowel teams), focusing on the spelling of the long o sound /ō/. Second graders made the discovery of when to use spelling patterns on whether or not the sound exists in the beginning, middle, or end of a word or syllable.
Reader’s Workshop: Second grade readers are learning to study the craft techniques authors use to read the text more closely. We are working to consider what the author is trying to show and the tone a scene creates.
SEL/Theme: As we approach the end of the school year, it is a time to reflect on our learning as we look to the future. Second graders continue to focus on our second grade mantra, “We are all the same. We are all different. We are all unique.” as well as CCS’ expectations that ‘We take care of ourselves. We take care of others. We take care of this place.” Second graders have continued to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month by listening to different read alouds and learning about, and being inspired by, Hawaiian artist Alisha Kahealani Mahone-Brooks. Want to see more of Alisah Kahealani Mahone Brooks’ work? Click here: Portfolio / Instagram
Science: We have begun our final science unit of the year! In this unit, we will be focusing on the essential question, “Can a plant survive if one of its needs is not met?” To do this, we first needed to understand what plants need to survive and then we explored the scientific method in order to come up with a way to answer our question.
