Second Grade News

March 18th, 2018:

This Week: March 19-23rd

Monday – Wellness
Tuesday – Technology (MAP Testing Math)
Wednesday – Art
Thursday – Music
Friday- Wellness

Looking Ahead (Please make sure you mark these days in your calendar!
They will be important days!)

 Wednesday, March 21st- MAP TEST- Math

 March 26th-April 2nd SPRING BREAK! (Students’ will return on Tuesday,
April 3rd)

Scholastic Book Orders:

Here is the link to browse books and order online: https://clubs.scholastic.com/

Our class code for online orders is RHD8M. All book orders are sent to our school
and then sent home with your child.

Current Learning:

Fundations: We will finish week 2 of Unit 11 this week and will have our spelling
test on Friday. Students will continue to practice 3 more vowel teams: ee, ea, ey.
Each of these letter combinations can have the long e sound and are found in
double vowel syllables. Students will learn to read and spell words with these
letter combinations using the spelling option procedure to determine the
correct spelling of the /e/ sound.
They will also learn that ey can only be used at the END of a word,
and ee and ea are generally found in the middle of a word.

The trick words for this unit are:

Week 1: whose, won, son
Week 2: breakfast, head, ready
 PLEASE make sure you are practicing these words and patterns with
your child every night. This will support them when they READ and WRITE!!
It’s SO important!

Math: Unit 6- Geometry: On Friday, we took our Geometry post-assessment. I will

send the test home with your child this week. We will continue to focus on
investigations of tessellation, symmetry and fractions of shapes this week. After
Spring Break, we will begin Unit 7, which will focus on measurement, fractions
and multi-digit computation.

Reading: March Madness continues! Comparing and contrasting versions of

classic fairytales vs. adaptations using Venn Diagrams. We will also continue
working with nouns, verbs, adjectives and homophones. After Spring Break, we
will begin a new standard to focus on. (Ask your child what new books they
have been enjoying! Ms. Weber rents dozens of books for our “READBox” every
few weeks. They kids get really excited as they try out new book series!!)

Writing: Informative writing. Students will go through the process of the Scientific
Method. They will pose questions, research, form a hypothesis, test experiments
that focus on force and motion, and analyze their results. I love this unit! It has a
strong focus on inquiry and science!

Social Studies/Science: I’m looking forward to the last few months of school! Our
amazing second grade team of teachers in the blue hallway will be rotating
classes to teach the last few standards of science and social studies (history, life
science, and physical science). It will be so fun and hands on!