Important dates:
October 25th -Field Day-2nd Grade 1:55-3:35
October 29th or October 30th- Naglieri Testing-one day per class
November 4th-No School for Students-teacher work day
November 5th- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Here is what we are doing in 2nd grade:
Reading- We are building up stamina in our reading groups. Our comprehension focus is Story Schema. Students are diving into stories to find the characters, setting, conflict (problem), and
resolution (solution).
Writing- We are discovering facts and creating their own writings about bats, spiders, and fall. Our focus will be on writing a clear beginning, middle, and end. Our beginnings will include characters and settings. Our middles will have a conflict and many actions. The endings will be strong with a resolution to our conflict. We are using COPS-Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, and Spelling to prepare for a polished writing to publish.
Math- We have been counting mixed coins, telling time to the hour and half hour, and reading a calendar. Our focus for this week is solving story problems. We are breaking apart story problems and using UPSC to show how to solve them.
Social Studies- For the next few weeks we will be studying Famous People who have impacted America. We will study Helen Keller, Martin Luther King, Jr. Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Cesar Chavez.
Each day, ask your child what famous person, he/she learned about and
why this person was important to America.At the end of the unit we will create a poster to share a report on one of these people with the other classes.
* Contact information: School phone: 571-248-4930
Check out individual class pages for more information about specific schedules.