March 2-6

 Hello Second Grade Families,

Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack each day! I just stocked up on a couple backups for the cupboard, because it was empty. If your child forgets sometimes, please send us a backup to keep at school and we will share backup snacks like pretzels, popcorn, or graham crackers with those who forget. Most students are remembering their snack every day! 

Upcoming Dates

Read Across America Week: THIS WEEK! March 2-6 (see red flyer for dress up days!)

Fang's Reading Challenge: March 2-April 3: the special info for this is coming home Monday 3/2. Students will need to read for 15 minutes each night to earn their way to each base each week!!

Homework:

~ Math Sheet (4-9)

~Read about 14 minutes per night - Please continue to ask your child to reread the decodable texts that come home on Thursdays. 

~Check planners for notes and reminders

What are we learning?

Character Strong: Week 2 of Honesty. Newsletter Here

ELA

Module 7 - Everyone Has a Story (week 2-3 - we are finishing week 2 and starting week 3)

HELLO, FAMILY!

Over the next three weeks, our class will be learning about how people’s life experiences shape and create their life stories.

We will read biographies about people who overcame obstacles to make their dreams come true. Children will create timelines of their own lives that show special memories and accomplishments. Children will also write a story about an imaginary character’s adventures.

BRING IT HOME! Learning fun for the whole family!

Big Idea Words. Reinforce these important topic words when you are reading or talking with your child: account, achieve, hurdle.

Try to incorporate questions like these into everyday conversations:

·        What is your account of what happened today?

·        What did you achieve today that you’re proud of?

·        What could you do to overcome this hurdle?

Let’s Read Together. Make a special time and place to read with your child every day.

During this module about important people, try these activities during your reading time together:

·        Identify events and experiences that are important to the characters you are reading about.

·        Talk about how everyone goes through tough times. Make a connection to a tough time a character has.

·        Point out words the author uses to help you form a picture in your mind.

Word Play. Play with words to help develop skills that are important for reading.

Week 1: Word Search

Find words in your daily reading that have a vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel pattern. For each word, say the word and jump where the syllables should be divided. For example: rab/bit.

Week 2: In the Barn, I Played with Yarn

Reinforce the ar vowel sound by making up amusing sentences with these word pairs: car/far, bark/dark, art/tart.

Week 3: Homophones

Together, make a list of all the homophones (hair/hare, pair/ pear, toe/tow) that you can think of in one minute. And . . . GO!

Math

Subtract from 100, 200, and ungroup to subtract 2 and 3-digit numbers like 45-28 = or 143-76 =

Determine if a story problem requires addition or subtraction and solve!

Social Studies

We will continue developing our understanding of our continent, country, state, county, and town. 

We will also deepen our understanding of the globe/world map - esp oceans and continents.

We will read Scholastic News!

We are very close to earning our next Class Dojo point reward! 

Mrs. Naparalla