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Week 30: 04/01/ - 04/05
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Reading
Reading Ms. Simmons
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important. The kids learned a lot about our national
superheroes...but real life heroes. We read a story
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helped migrant Liberty
Bell.
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week including predicting, sequencing, and
Coleman who was the first African-American female cause/
effect. of events with these
pilot! We discussed sequence
two heroes’
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waiting we more
a few also dove back to
students into text
finish Important dates
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little! It was
test a pretty good
but students who week.
grew 10%
points will be earning a popsicle/ice cream treat for
Writing 04/12 Shaved Ice
their growth and hard work!
We finished our letter writing unit this week! The 04/15—04/19 NO SCHOOL (SPRING BREAK)
Writing
kids got a lot of practice writing to different people
I love opinion writing! We practiced OREO (State
05/03 Make Up Snow Day
around the school, to third graders, and to heroes.
your opinion, give a reason, give an example of the 05/10 Field Day
reason, and restate your Mathopinion) writing this week
and
We got to brainstorm
continued some
three-digit ideas ofthis
addition what weand
week will 05/14 Second Grade End of Year Awards
write about next week!
started working on our subtraction strategies. We
did start using another
Mathresource to supplement

We
some math lessons so that is why you see some
started
different our measuring
homework unitand
last week thisthis
week! This
week. Weone
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really pretty
just easyon
working forusing
the kids so farstrategies
different but manyto of
them do need to be practicing starting their
solve addition and subtraction problems and choos-
measurements at the
ing the best one for “0” on the problem.
them/the ruler. Just
We are almost done reading
something you can practice at home! :)
Science/Social
We are waiting on some to finishStudies
the math MAP test
Charlotte’s Web! We will
asInwell
Social Studies we extended our10%
but the students who grew in math will
earn
and pizza! Some
discussed howhave earned
Caesar
reading
both
Chavez
lesson
pizzamigrant
helped and a
probably have a movie day
workers getpopsicle so far!
equal pay and So impressed!
safer working conditions.
when we finish the book,
Science/Social Studies
We continued our learning from reading this week but shhhhhh! Don’t tell! :)
and we read more about the Liberty Bell! The
students “visited” Philadelphia and wrote a postcard
to someone back home about their trip. So fun! :)