2nd Grade News: Fun in the Fall

Newsletter: Week of April 27th thru May 1st

Ms. SandersApril, 2015

Fall Fun
This week the students are starting a literature unit all about the fall season.
We will be studying why the leaves fall during this time, learning about the
various seeds types that are in pumpkins and apples, as well as read
selected text related to this unit.
MATH: Study different
sizes
of unit the students
JOKEwill have the opportunity to take a
At the end
of the
pumpkins, as well as
count
seeds
CENTER
field
trip out
to the local pumpkin
patch where we will pick out a
from apples and pumpkins.
pumpkin for the classroom,
study
the
different sizes and learn about
How do you
SCIENCE: Students will be able to
how pumpkins
grow.
fix a
dissect pumpkins and apples
broken
observing the difference between
pumpkin?
apple and pumpkin seeds.
ART: Students will be
Selected Books for this
coloring/painting leave cutouts which
Unit:
Answer:
will be put on display outside the
classroom on our fall tree.
a
Fall isWith
for Friends
by: Suzy
pumpkin
SOCIAL STUDIES: Take a nature
Spafford
walk through the arboretum
patch!
observing and taking notes on Picking
the
Apples and Pumpkins by:
difference from the leaves we see
Amy Hutchings
now compared to the leaves we saw
The Pumpkin Patch by: Elizabeth
at the beginning of the school year.

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Why do Leaves Change Color?