Upcoming Important Dates to Notes:
This Week in Second Grade
In summary, here is what we have been working on in Grade 2:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
Singapore Math
Science
Social/Emotional
History/Social Studies
- Scholastic Book Fair - April 27 - 30
- Spirit Day - May 8
- Spring Dance Keck Rehearsal - May 13-14
- Spring Dance Performance - Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16
- Family History projects due - Monday, May 18
- Grade 2 Publishing Party - Thursday, May 21 @ 2:15 PM
- Free Dress - Friday, May 22
- Memorial Day - Monday, May 25 - No School
- Last Day of Spring Term/ Grade 1 - 8 Olympics/Class party - Thursday, May 28
This Week in Second Grade
In summary, here is what we have been working on in Grade 2:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
- Reading and choosing "just right" books and practicing habits and skills of good readers: rereading, visualizing, questioning, making connections, predicting, inferring, retelling, and summarizing; comprehension and fluency check-ins; keeping a reading journal and log
- Writing Workshop - continue the writing process for fairy tales
- Poetry - writing couplets
- Peer and teacher conferencing and editing
- Author Share of student published fairy tales
- Lexia: Computer program practice and skill builder practice (paper/pencil)
- Fundations: fluency practice and syllable identification and marking
- Handwriting Without Tears: spacing words and practice
- Read Aloud: The B.F.G. by Roald Dahl; Earth Song
- Literature Discussion with Mrs. Pieken
Singapore Math
- Money - Combining dollars and cents
- Forming equivalent values (coins/bills)
- Learning to add money
- Fractions
- Telling Time
- Fact Fluency (number bonds) and Mental Math practice
- Using a math journal to record rules, strategies and problems
- Math Challenges and Problem Solving
- Big Brainz - math fluency practice
- Kakooma math puzzles
- Math Tiles - Money Tiles; Cost Tiles; Count By Tiles
Science
- Elkhorn Slough - environmental elements of the slough; tidal charting; preparation for trip
- Field trip to Elkhorn Slough (see gallery for pictures)
Social/Emotional
- Meditation: Going within yourself
- Toolbox -practicing using our tools
History/Social Studies
- Early Immigration and Family History
- Discussion supported with pictures of "turn of the century" immigrants and documents
- Vocabulary: Immigrant, Custom, Ancestor, Artifact
- Read Aloud: Coming to America