Second Grade Newsletter 11.10.22
Hello Parents!
Important Dates:
GHA Info Night: Tuesday, November 15 - Tell your friends and neighbors!
Windy Nights Recitation: Monday, November 21
Winter Concert: Wednesday, December 7
Conversation Prompts:
What happened at Chester's dinner party? (A fire broke out.)
What is the first stage of an insect's life cycle?
How did Spartan boys live after they left
home?
How was life different for women in Sparta and Athens?
When do you need to rename a ten when subtracting?
Poetry:
Full
recitation of “Windy Nights” is due on Monday, November 21st. Watch the word order on the last three lines - it's tricky! The
students did a wonderful job reciting "The Cow". We are already looking forward to this one!
History:
The students are enjoying learning about
city-states, democracy, and the differences between Athens and Sparta. Coming
up next week, the students will discover the landmarks of Parthenon and
Athena’s City. They will also discover the main cause of the Trojan War and
predict the outcome of the battle at Marathon and prove their opinion.
Science
We
will learn more about the insect life cycle including complete and incomplete metamorphosis. Then we will learn about insect anatomy and compare insects and arachnids.
Literature
Students will read the last of the classic, The Cricket in Times Square.
Chester becomes wildly popular drawing a crowd and business to the
newsstand. The Bellinis are grateful for the income but Chester finds the
fame oppressive. What will he decide to do? On Friday, we will begin our Greek Myths unit.
Grammar
We will continue learning about conjunctions. We will continue
with Dictation/Narration Excercises with excerpts from one of my favorite stories, The Mouse and The Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary.
Math
Students have begun subtracting with renaming. We will continue this work, building to subtracting with renaming of three digit numbers. Don't forget to review basic addition and subtraction facts such as 9-7 and 8+8 to help students improve their fact fluency.
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