2nd Grade Weekly Newsletter
Each newsletter describes what your child has been learning in school, what they will be learning the following week, and homework assignments your child will be receiving.
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April 23-27 Reading – In reading this week the students began reading and discussing Bend and Stretch: Learning About Your Bones and Muscles. This book gives a simple introduction to bones and muscles and how they work. The students used the back of the book summary and a diagram to locate key information in an expository nonfiction book. During independent reading the students identified text features in their own texts and discussed what they learned from these features with a partner. Vocabulary – In vocabulary this week the students learned the words variety, characteristic, consume, and unwelcome from Snailsand attach, flexible, beneficial, and precaution from Bend and Stretch: Learning About Your Bones and Muscles. The students also reviewed the words dull, mushy, picky, slurp, solid, attract, consume, fragile, gleam, and sip from previously read stories. Word Study- In word study this week the students practiced spelling high frequency words with contractions such as can’t, I’m, don’t and doesn’t. The students also reviewed reading and sorting words with multiple affixes such as unsuccessfully or unenjoyable. Writing – In writing this week the students continue to work on rewriting their nonfiction pieces. The students also added text features such as photographs, captions, and glossaries. The students will share their published pieces during our Literary Showcase. Math- In math this week the students continue their exploration of even and odd numbers. The students discovered how to show multiplicative reasoning in a table by counting the number of rooms and floors in a connecting cube building. The students also worked with pattern blocks. The students worked together to solve problems to determine the number of shapes that could be used to cover other shapes. For example, two triangles can cover a rhombus and three rhombuses can cover a hexagon. Next week April 30-May 4 Reading – In reading next week the students will continue exploring text features in a variety of articles. Word Study- In word study next week the students will practice spelling words from the story Max’s Words. Writing – Next week in writing the students will begin Unit 5 which focuses on letter writing. Math – Next week in math the students will begin Unit 8 which focuses on addition and subtraction strategies.
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Next Week April 23-27
This Week: Reading – This week in reading the students continued to identify what they learned from an expository nonfiction book Spinning Spiders. After listening to and discussing a section of the book, the students used wonderings to help them understand the book and to focus their attention for the next section of the book. The students explored text features and how the author used them to help them to understand the book. During independent reading the students identified new learnings and wonderings to share with their partners each day. Vocabulary – This week in vocabulary the students practiced the words fragile, sip, picky, and attract from Butterfly. The students also learned dull, solid, mushy, and slurp from Spinning Spiders. Word Study- This week in word study the students continued to practice spelling high frequency words with irregular spellings. The students also learned the meaning of the suffixes –able and –ible and how they change the meaning of a base word. Finally, the students practice making morphemic transformations to base words. Writing –This week in writing the student continued publishing their nonfiction pieces about the polar lands. The students worked with the teacher during individual conferences to determine what nonfiction text features they wanted to include in their piece. Math- This week in math the students began continued to explore the characteristics of even and odd numbers. The students worked with problems in which two girls, Linda and Ebony, had to equally share a variety of objects. The students discovered that there is always one left over when working with odd numbers. They also started to discover the following equations: even + even = even; odd + odd = even; and even + odd = odd. Finally, the students began to work with multiplicative reasoning by looking at the number of rooms on each floor on a cube building. For example, one floor has 3 rooms so, two floors have 6 rooms and so on. Next Week: Reading – In reading next week the students will continue exploring nonfiction text features in a variety of articles. Word Study- In word work next week the students will continue practicing high frequency words with irregular spellings and contractions. Writing – In writing next week the students will finish publishing their nonfiction pieces. Math – In math next week the students will continue to explore multiplication patterns.
April 9-13 Reading – In Reading this week the students learned about the development, habits, and habitats of butterflies in book Butterflies. Using this nonfiction book, the students identified what they learned and what they still wondered about. The students explored the text features of this expository nonfiction book as well. Vocabulary – In vocabulary this week the students learned the words teamwork, damp, regularly, and gleam from the book Insect Detective. The students also reviewed the words accompany, create, fabulous, insist, and predict from previously read stories. Word Study- In word study this week the students practiced spelling high frequency words with contractions such as can’t, I’m, don’t and doesn’t. The students also reviewed reading and sorting words with multiple affixes such as unsuccessfully or unenjoyable. Writing – In writing this week the students selected the nonfiction piece on the polar region that they want to publish. The students have a choice to write about the animals, people, or the land in the polar region. The students also added descriptive words to their pieces and began to check for spelling errors. Math- In math this week the students continued to explore measuring with yards and centimeters. The students also compared inches with centimeters. Finally, the students began Unit 7 which focuses on discovering characteristics of even and odd numbers. Next week –April 16-20 Reading – In reading next week the students will continue exploring nonfiction texts and text features. Word Study- In word study next week the students will learn about the suffixes –able and -ible. Writing – Next week in writing the students will continue publishing their nonfiction pieces on the polar region. Math – Next week in math the students will continue exploring odd and even numbers. A few dates to remember as we look forward to next week.
* Report cards will be sent home Monday, April 9th * Last day to turn in Radkids permission forms Monday, April 30th * Wacky Wednesday May 2nd * Radkids First Session May 7th-11th * Radkids Second Session May 14th-18th --2/3 teachers This Week: Reading – This week in reading the students identified what they learned from the expository nonfiction story Insect Detective. The students used wonderings to help them to understand the text. The students also explored the text features presented in this nonfiction story. Finally, the students continued to practice wondering about their own texts during independent reading. Vocabulary – This week in vocabulary the students became vocabulary detectives and tried to find vocabulary words from previous stories within their independent reading books. Word Study- This week the students continued to practice work habits to be successful during independent rotations. The students worked with Epic and learned how to access Story Works Jr. Writing – This week in writing the students continued to learn about the polar region by focusing on the animals and people who live there. The students shared the information they learned from the nonfiction texts, shared the wonderings they still had, and then used these lists to help them write nonfiction pieces about the animal of their choice and the people who live in the polar region. Math- This week in math the students continued to work with measurement. The students used body benchmarks, rulers, and yardsticks to measure a variety of items. The students also compared the measurement tools to notice similarities and differences. The students are developing the understanding that measuring something requires the right tool. For example a yard stick to measure the length of the classroom and centimeters to measure the length of a paper clip. Next Week: Reading – Next week the students will learn the new vocabulary words from Insect Detective. Word Study- Next week in word study we will be learning how to spell high frequency words with irregular spellings. Writing – Next week in writing the students will continue learning about people who live in the polar region. By the end of the week the students will select one of their nonfiction pieces to publish. Math – Next week in math the students will finish Unit 6 on measurement and begin Unit 7 which focuses on odd and even numbers. Please continue to practice:
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--2/3 teachers This Week: Reading – This week in reading the students continued to practice using wondering to understand narrative nonfiction texts using the book The Art Lesson written by Tomie dePaola. The students identified what they learned about the character and the author and used visualizations to make text-to-self connections. The students then continued to practice these skills during their independent reading. Vocabulary – This week in vocabulary the students reviewed the words approve, encourage, gratitude, host, and overjoyed. The students learned the words insist, create, predict, and fabulous from The Art Lesson. Word Study- This week in word study the students practiced spelling high frequency words and learned to read and sort words with the suffixes –ment and –ness. Writing – This week in writing the students learned about the polar region by listening to parts of Polar Lands, Polar Regions, and Polar Animals. The students created a list of interesting facts they had learned from each book and worked on a list of questions they were still wondering about and shard their wonderings with their partners. The students also learned how to use apostrophes in possessives correctly in sentences. Math-This week in math the students worked with inch bricks and an inch brick tool that consists of 12 inch bricks. The students measured a variety of items in the classroom and at home. The students discovered that using the inch brick tool was much easier than using the individual inch bricks. The students also discovered that measuring must be consistent so that other people would be able to get the same measurements. Finally, the students explored yardsticks, tape measures, and rulers. When we return from Spring Break. Reading – The students will continue to practice using wonderings to understand their reading. Word Study- The students will continue to practice spelling high frequency words and using strategies to read multi-syllable words. Writing – The students will write questions and information about polar animals. Math – The students will continue working with rulers and yardsticks. Please continue to practice:
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