2nd Grade News

Academic
September 7, 2017
Vocabulary
number sentence
digit
Dear 2nd Grade Families, place value
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I hope everyone had restful 3 day weekend. This
week has just flown by! Tomorrow is a half day & Dress sum
Down. I will be sending home Scholastic catalogs as well. If youd like to even
order books please send in your orders OR submit online by odd
Thursday, September 21. Our online class code for online orders main character
is J6PN2. setting
fiction
We are still waiting on a few All About Me packets. Please
have them returned as soon as possible. We started spelling this who, what, where,
week, but with the short week there will be no test tomorrow. This when,
week was to set up routine during class. Starting next week we will why, how
have weekly tests. We do practice our words in class, but if youd like punctuation
for your child to have some extra practice at home we will be writing short vowel
our words in our agenda weekly. You may also visit my Spelling City long vowel
page for games and practice tests. The link is listed on my website punctuation
under the Favorite Sites tab.
narrative
Im still working on completing the students benchmark assessments states of matter
to differentiate their homework & classwork. Your patience is classify
appreciated and I do apologize. I am trying to complete them as soon
as possible. TMSA will not be holding a Curriculum Night. Instead we Upcoming Events
can discuss the level of homework that works best for your family
during Parent-Teacher Conferences being held Friday, September 22.
9/8 Early Release & Dress
The sign-up genius link will be sent out next week. Down Day!
9/9 Annual Fall Picnic
I hope you have a wonderful evening and if you have any questions 9/22 Parent-Teacher
or concerns please dont hesitate to ask. Conferences

What we are learning

This week in reading we have been focusing on main characters and the changes they go
through. We have been discussing text-to-self connections and using graphic organizers as a
strategy to improve our reading comprehension. We have been working on identifying the
subject and predicate of a complete sentence and will begin drafting a personal narrative on
our favorite thing to do in our community. In math, we will be working on improving our
addition fact fluency, and will continue working on place value. In social studies, we are focusing
on describing urban, suburb, and rural communities. In science we will learn about the states of
matter and will classify objects as solid, liquid, or gas by their properties. We will also learn
about how objects can change from on state to another.


Specials Schedule

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Music P.E. Technology Spanish Art

Essential Questions
How can you tell the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Who is the main character in the story?
How would you describe them? Why did you describe them that way?
Does the main character remind you of anyone you know?
What might cause a character in a story to change?
Where/ when does this story take place?
What clues tell you the setting?
What is a noun?
How many hundreds, tens, and ones would I need to make(3-digit number)?
Is(any number) an even or odd number?
How do you know whether a number is even or odd?
What is today? Is it a weekday or weekend?
What makes solid, liquid, gas different from each other? How do they
change from one state to another?