Welcome to 2nd Grade!
The first quarter has gone by so fast. Thank you for attending conferences to learn about your child's learning journey. Report cards will come home on Wednesday, November 14th. Please sign and return the orange folder.
**We are collecting empty toilet paper rolls for an in-class project. Please send in paper towel or toilet rolls as soon as you have them.**
What's Happening in Second Grade for the next two weeks...
Our Naglieri testing starts on November 13th. Please make sure your child is well rested, has eaten breakfast, and is on time for school this week!
Picture retakes are on Wednesday, November 14th.
In reading, we are building stamina in Daily 5. Students are learning using Good Fit books to work on their fluency and comprehension. Story schema is a focus of our reading lessons. Ask your child to identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution as he/she reads each night. Also, when reading fiction we are identifying the theme of the book and when reading nonfiction we identify the main idea of the text.
We have wrapped up our opinion writings and researched facts to support our opinions. Before Thanksgiving break we will research wild turkeys, write a creative story about them and create an
in-class turkey project.
Our 3rd Math unit is Number Sense. As Mathematicians, we are using strategies to solve problems. We will focus on comparing numbers with <,>, and equals signs; use place value to describe numbers; and identify numbers as even or odd. We will review ordinals and counting back by tens.
We have begun our science unit-Habitats. We are determining what makes something living or non-living. The second graders are discussing how food chains work. Next week we will talk about fossils and how animals adapt to new habitats through migration, hibernation, camouflage, and dormancy.
Here is some information about 2nd grade:
The homework is to read 20 minutes nightly and record the book title in the agenda. Parents should sign the agenda daily.
* A 2nd grade newsletter will be posted on School Fusion every other week.
* Information from the office is sent home in the Blue Seadog folders every Tuesday. You will find this folder in your child’s homework binder. Please do not remove the folder from the binder. Additional papers from the classroom will also be sent home in the blue folders.
* Your child should bring a water bottle to school every day.
* Dismissal changes must be sent in writing with your child the morning of the change.
* Contact information: School phone: 571-248-4930
Check out individual class pages for more information about specific schedules.