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2nd Grade News Vocabulary

March 23, 2017 quarter past

quarter till

half past

Hello 2nd grade families,

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I hope youve had a great week so far. Its horizontal

hard to believe were ending the 28th week of symmetry

second grade. Spring Pictures are this coming Tuesday. determine

As a reminder students may dress down.

cause and effect

point of view

Weve been working hard on our pourquoi tales for our mood

class book that will be published through Student Treasures.

theme

Im looking forward to sending them off next week. The order

homonym

form was sent home about two weeks ago. We were able to get
an extension on our publishing date, if youd like to order a copy homophone

please send in payment no later than Wednesday, March 29. If suffix

you would like more information or would like to purchase our prefix

class book online please visit http://studentreasures.com/ opinion

parents/
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weathering

Permission slips for our field trip on March 30th to the

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City of Raleigh Museum are due as of Friday. Please let me

know if you need another copy. We are still in need of about 2 cumulus

chaperones, if you are interested in attending you may email stratus

me.
cumulonimbus

landslide

As a reminder there will be no school next Friday, March displacement

31. End of year MAP testing will begin the week after we
return from Spring Break. I hope you have a wonderful evening. Upcoming Events
If you have any questions or concerns please dont hesitate to 3./28 Picture Day
ask.
3/30 Field Trip
3/31 No School

What We are learning this week:

In reading we have been studying prefix and suffixes. We have also started our poetry unit and
will learn how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. Next
week we will begin learning about theme and point of view. In grammar we have been discussing
synonyms and shades of meaning. We have also been learning about compound sentences. We
are completing our classmate biographies and are editing our final drafts for our class book. In
math we have started learning about collecting data, and the many ways we can represent that
data. In Science we have started our new PLTW unit and have been taking about how erosion
and weathering play a part in shaping the Earths surface. In Social Studies we have been
reviewing mapping skills and have starting talking about goods vs services and consumer vs.
producer..