March 16-19

 Hello Second Grade Families,

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, March 18, 2026: Pajama Day! Students may bring one extra item from these choices:

stuffed animal

show and tell

toy to have some special play time in the afternoon

pillow

blanket

(This is their choice from our most recent Class Dojo reward earned)

Fang's Reading Challenge: March 2-April 3: Students will need to read for 15 minutes each weeknight to earn their way to each base each week!! If they miss a day or two during the week, they can make up the reading on the weekend. Please sign their first, second, third and home base characters to bring in as we go. The dates are indicated in the form that came home last week.

Spring Break: March 20-27

Spring Party: Thursday, April 2nd

Homework:

~ Math Sheet (4-20) due after spring break!!!

~Read about 15 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 4 of Honesty. Newsletter Here

ELA (I am printing this note for you to have a paper copy too!) 

Module 8: Time to Grow!

HELLO, FAMILY!

Over the next 3-4 weeks, our class will be learning about what plants need to grow, thrive, and survive.

We will read about a plant’s basic needs, how those needs are met, and what happens if they are not met. Children will also write a procedural text that describes chronological steps to follow in order to complete an activity.

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: fertilize, germinate, survive.

Try to incorporate questions like these into everyday conversations:

·        Why do you think it’s a good idea to fertilize plants?

·        If you had a garden, what types of seeds would you want to germinate?

·        How can people help plants survive?

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

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

·        Think about the story setting. Tell if you think plants would survive there.

·        Read outside one day and talk about how the plants’ needs are being met.

·        Model making and fixing mistakes. Misread a word when you read with your child, stop, ask your child if that made sense, and then reread correctly.

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 or, our, or ore in them. Say the words aloud together.

Week 2: Round Robin

Take turns naming words that have eer or ear in them. Keep going until you run out of words.

Week 3: Let's Work!

Work together to make a list of words that have or or ar that sounds like er, as in work and dollar.

Math

Solve a variety of story problem types and 2-step story problems. This can be the trickiest part of our math curriculum for the year, so we will take our time to make sure we understand it!

Social Studies and Science

We will start our next Science Unit: Plant Growth and Interactions: Plant Adventures. It is a wonderful unit that is very hands-on and helps us learn about what plants need. It goes well with our  ELA module on plants as well.

Mrs. Naparalla