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Math: Our mathematicians have been hard at work these past two weeks. As October came to a close our squad began to examine and work with numbers in a deep and meaningful way. Using a variety of tools, including counting cubes and beans, we deepend our understanding of place value and its importance in addition and subtraction of larger numbers. Students practiced grouping a variety of objects and numbers into groups of hundreds, tens, and ones. It is important for second graders to have a firm grasp of their addition to 20 facts as they are exposed to double & triple-digit addition and subtraction.
This week in math, our squad took our understanding of place value and put it to the test with some important measuring work! After reviewing the original story of Jack and the Beanstalk, as well as some fun and funny retellings, we heard the next chapter of Jack’s story! This week we dedicated our math energies to helping Jack measure his magical beans and calculate the perimeter of his new garden beds.
Writer’s Workshop: We have begun our poetry writing unit! In the first bend, or group of lessons, we introduced students to the sounds and feelings of poetry. Poetry is so much more than writing words on a page. It is a deepening of observation and thought as we look at, and interact with, the world around us.
Word Study: In word study last week our second graders learned about closed syllable exceptions. These syllables are interesting because they look like closed syllables (one vowel, closed in by at least one consonant), however, their vowel makes a long sound, rather than a short one. We teach these exceptions as five glued sounds. This week, our second graders expanded their understanding of word structure by learning that words have parts. Students learned how to identify a base word and separate it from a suffix. They also learned that there are two types of suffixes, vowel and consonant suffixes. Second graders learned that these suffixes can change, alter, or clarify the meaning of the base word. Some suffixes are used to make the base word plural, while other suffixes can change the base word to the past tense, while other suffixes are used in a comparative way. Ask your second grader about the suffixes they learned about in word study this week!
Readers’ Workshop: Our second grade readers have been working hard! This week we wrapped up the first bend, or group of lessons, in our ‘Power Up! Next Level Word Solving Skills’ unit. Students have been introduced to all six syllable types, exceptions to those syllable types, and have practiced covering up suffixes to determine a base word in reading.
Science: Over the past two weeks our curious scientists have been busy! Scientists were presented with a challenge to determine what household materials were used to make two mixtures. They began by conducting experiments on the four possible materials used: salt, baking soda, cornstarch, and sand. Students completed four experiments with each substance and recorded their observations. They then used their data to analyze our two unknown mixtures. Students were able to determine that mixture A was made up of cornstarch and sand while mixture B contained salt and baking soda!
SEL/Theme: We have begun our second unit in Second Step. Throughout this unit students learn to: identify and understand their own feelings, identify and understand others’ feelings, to take another’s perspective and how to show compassion. Over the last two weeks, we have worked on naming feelings, categorizing our feelings as comfortable/uncomfortable, identified how feelings may change over time, and learned to think about how others are feeling by using clues in their faces, bodies, and situations.
Check out some of our photos from the week!
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