Welcome to the 4th quarter of 2nd Grade!
Dates
March 29: Stanzas 1-4 of “Harriet Tubman” due
April 3: Entire “Harriet Tubman” poem due for
recitation
April 7: No school
May 5: No school
May 17: Concert
Charlotte’s Web
We will begin reading Charlotte’s Web on
Monday, April 3. Please send in your student’s copy of the book. We need
Reading Group volunteers! Please sign up using your classroom's link.
Reading Logs
Please ensure that your student has completed
every part of their Reading Log (including their name at the top!) and that a
parent or adult who listened to them read has signed for each day. Students
should write the name of the book, not the name of the series, if their book is
from a series.
Conversation Starters
If we need to get to school at 8am and it takes us 20 minutes to drive there, when do we need to leave the house by? If I pick you up at school at 3:20pm and it takes us 20 minutes to drive home, what time will we arrive at home?
Let’s
make a bar or picture graph to display all various toys you have in your room!
Which tall tale did you most enjoy: Johnny
Appleseed, Pecos Bill, or Paul Bunyan? Why?
What is the preposition in the following
sentence: Fred hopped over the rope.
What
did it mean to be a free state? What does abolish mean?
Does it take less force to push something that
is heavy or something that is light? What are the two types of force?
Academics
Literature:
We will continue reading and enjoying tall tales
such as Pecos Bill and Casey Jones. Students are
recognizing exaggeration and how tall tales were often set during America’s
westward expansion period.
History:
We will continue our study of the Civil War. We
will learn about Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and the Underground
Railroad. Students will discover Lincoln's words and how his pursuit of
knowledge and truth helped him lead our country during its darkest time.
Grammar:
Students will practice narration, copy work, and
dictation using passages from The Magic of Oz . Students will
continue learning about prepositions and objects of the preposition.
Science:
Students will learn about the six simple
machines, beginning with the inclined plane and wedge. They will learn how
these simple machines make work easier.
Math:
We
will wrap up our unit on time by taking a test on Tuesday. Next up is a short
unit on data analysis. We will start by learning how to read and complete a
semi-finished picture and bar graph.
Warm Regards,
The Second Grade Team
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