Reminders:
No school, Friday March 22, 2024.
Second graders are going on a field trip on Monday, March 25, 2024.
Mud season is here! Please make sure your child has a pair of indoor shoes and outdoor shoes.
Now is a great time to check your child’s backpack for extra clothing. Please be sure they have an extra set of clothes (including socks) in their correct size. Thank you!
Math: Our second grade mathematicians have been working with place value and extending their knowledge to one thousand. During our first group of lessons, students:
Imagining, visualizing, and counting the number 1000
Building place value understanding up to 1000
Adding and subtracting by 10 within 200
This week we have begun thinking about place value with money. Students are:
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: This week we wrapped up unit 9 in our word study. This has been one of the trickiest units so far!However, our squad knows how to use the spelling options procedures to effectively write words with the /ǝr/ sound. Knowing when to use er, ir, and ur takes time, practice and repetition. As you read with your second grader before, try to notice when you come across one of these r-controlled vowels in a word. On Friday we launched unit 10 and began our exciting journey with vowel teams, also known as double vowel syllables! Specifically we learned what combinations can make the long a sound. We learned that ai and ay both say /ā/ like in the words bait and play. Second graders will also learn when to use this syllable type when hearing the long vowel sound in a word and when to use the other syllable types to make the long a sound (such as open syllables and v-e syllables).
Writer’s Workshop: We have begun our new writing unit…”How to Guide to Nonfiction Writing!’ We began by revisiting the work students did with nonfiction writing in first grade. We reviewed the anchor charts they made in first grade and began brainstorming topics they know a lot about. Students then began the new work of second grade nonfiction writing!
Reader’s Workshop: We are into our next reading unit, ‘Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power.’ This unit is broken into four bends, or groups of lessons. During our first bend, students worked to read with increased fluency. As we move into our second bend, our focus will be strategies for understanding literary language.
Science: Last week our second grade geologists wrapped up their Pebbles, Sand, and Silt unit focused on earth materials. In preparation for the solar eclipse happening on April 8th, our class began a mini unit on the solar eclipse. In our first lesson, we investigated the moon and its cycle. Second graders created a moon book which tracks the moon’s cycle every 3-4 days. We can’t wait to see what happens next!
SEL/Theme: March is women’s history month and our second grade artists are celebrating by learning about important women around the world! Last week’s lesson learned about Alma Thomas, an African American artist and teacher. Alma was inspired by nature and the world around her, especially all the colors of the world. Our class used pencil to create designs in the style of Alma Thomas.
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