8-30-24

Happy Friday Parents!

 

Important Dates: 

      Monday 9/2: Labor Day-No School-R&R Weekend (No homework)

• Tuesday 9/3: Please send the classic, Sarah, Plain, and Tall 

• Thursday 9/5: Life Cycle's Quiz

• Thursday 9/12: Math Check Up addition with and without renaming

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 Please sign your student's agenda each night and send it back each day. Please remind your child to write the title of the book they read before you sign.
 
Sign assessments after reviewing with your child and leave them in the weekly assessment folder to be returned the next day.

Reminder: Our kingdoms are currently collecting food for the needy. This program will run through September 25th. We have donation boxes up front for each kingdom and kingdoms that fill their box will get 10 extra points and they can fill their box as many times as they want. If you would like to send food in, have your scholar bring it to the classroom and we will make sure it gets turned in. Canned goods, dry pasta, beans, etc... would be good items to donate.
 
Conversation Prompts: 

What was the big surprise Mr. Alden had for his grandchildren? 
What does the Japanese flag symbolize? 
What are the stages in a frog or chicken's life cycle? 
When do you regroup / rename the ones place when adding?
 
Math: Please have your scholar practice their addition facts using their Rocket Math worksheets, make their own flashcards, etc... so that they can build their fluency. Scholars will continue to learn about addition with renaming and regrouping. Toward the end of the week, scholars will begin a chapter practice review in preparation for the chapter test.

Literature: Please send your scholar with a copy of the classic, Sarah, Plain, and Tall. This week we will meet Papa, Anna, Caleb, and Lottie. We will hear their memories of Mama and how Papa places an advertisement in the newspaper for a new mother for the children. He receives a response from a woman named Sarah Wheaton from Maine and the family begins exchanging letters with Sarah, but will she come?  
 
History: This week we started learning about Asia and the first country we learned about was Japan, and we have learned some fun, interesting facts about the country. Scholars completed their short assessment today about the country of Japan. We will begin learning about India this coming week.

   
Science: Next week, we will learn about the day and night cycle and the seasons. Students will enjoy learning about nature and how Mother Earth changes due to the Earth's tilt and orbit around the Sun. 

  

Grammar: Students will study the poem, "Seashells," however, this poem is not for memorization nor recitation. It does lend itself to nice imagery which corresponds with our literature unit on Sarah, Plain, and Tall. Students have learned about nouns and pronouns and will expand their understanding of verbs this week as not only action words but also linking and helping words.

Have a wonderful weekend and we will see your scholar on Tuesday! 

 

Warm Regards, 

The Second Grade Team 

 

 8-16-24

Hello Parents,  

Assessment folders will start coming home next week. Please be sure to sign any papers indicated and sign the

parent page. Any papers that don't need to be signed can be kept at home. Please return the folder the

following school day.

Your student’s agenda should be signed each day by the adult who listened to the read aloud homework. Please also ask your child to write the name of the book they read. If they continue the same book for more than one day, they may draw an arrow and not rewrite the title. 

 2nd graders will take the Galileo standardized test on Thursday, August 22nd. Please make sure your child eats and rests well, and arrives on time (or early!), as we begin testing at 8:05. 

 
Please send The Boxcar Children book on Monday if you have not done so already as we have already started reading it in class during our Literature time. Please do not have your scholar read the Literature books for homework. They are for reading in class together. Thank you.
 
Please send a silent reading book that your scholar can keep at school. 
 

Donation Opportunity: Students will be dissecting fresh cut lily flowers for science very soon. Each 2nd grade class will need 16 fresh cut lily flowers (any color). We will send out a sign-up genius link soon should you wish to help donate the flowers. Thank you.

 

Conversation Starters: 
How are chicken eggs and frog eggs different? 
How many tens are in the number 79? How do you write 79 in word form? 
How is a peninsula different from an island?

What are the 6 sounds of the phonogram: ough?
 
Studies: 
Poetry: Scholars are learning the poem: The Year. This Monday will be a memory check of the first 4 couplets. This is just a memory check and not graded. The week of September 2nd, recitations of the

whole poem will begin so as your scholar is practicing, please have them practice all of the poem a few times during the week.

 
Grammar: Scholars are continuing to learn about nouns including common and proper nouns and are also working on putting information into paragraph form from what they have learned about in history or science.

 
Math: Students will continue learning addition strategies and will begin to use vertical algorithm to line up numbers in the correct place. Students will review the various strategies learned so far in this chapter. Please check your scholar's homework for completion and accuracy. Thank you.

History: This week, students studied landforms.  We have our first assessment on continents and oceans on Monday, August 19th .Your child took home a map to use for study. Please review this in preparation for the quiz. 
 
Spalding: We will begin dictating words next week. Please dictate each word to your child for homework and have them write the words an additional two times if they made any errors. Words are to be written with markings on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for homework. On Thursday, scholars will write all of the words without markings. No markings will be done on the assessment.

Literature: Students are enjoying The Boxcar Children! We have been working on character analysis and settings. Ask your child to name the boxcar children from oldest to youngest. Next week, we will read, discuss, and act out chapters 5-8 of the classic, The Boxcar Children. 

  
Science: This week we continued studying the development of chicken embryos, and then moved on to learn about the life cycle of frogs. The students seem to be captivated by the development of these living things. Next week, we will discover the life cycle of butterflies and plants. 
 
We hope you and your family enjoy a terrific weekend. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.