2nd Grade News

Academic
October 12, 2017

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I hope you have had a wonderful week! Just a
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reminder that TOMORROW is FREE DRESS! I believe the
school calendar says that it is next week, however it is tomorrow! sum
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Our field trip to Hill Ridge Farms is just around the corner. expanded form
Permission slips went home last week, but we are still waiting on a few main character
forms to be returned. If it has been misplaced please let me know, setting
and I will send home another copy. We are still in need of a few who, what, where,
chaperones. Our plan is to leave school around 8:30AM and should when,
return around 2PM. If you are able to join us please let me know.
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The Annual K-2 Fall Festival to be held Tuesday, October punctuation
31st from 11:45 am to 2:45 pm. We have planned a day packed full of short vowel
fun and excitement for our K-2 students to enjoy. Students are long vowel
welcome to dress up as their favorite book character for the day. topic sentence
However, they are strongly urged to bring a copy of the book that narrative
matches the costume worn. Thank you to all that are able to donate
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supples or volunteer the day of! Your support is greatly appreciated.
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We will beginning our holidays around the world unit later this month government
starting with Diwali next week on Thursday, October 19 and Dia de Los citizen
Muertos on Wednesday, November 1. We will learn about each holiday, legislative branch,
then do an activity or two. I know the students would LOVE for executive branch,
someone to come in and share with the class how your family judicial branch
celebrates at home. If you celebrate either holiday or you would just constitution
like to do an activity with the students please let me know. If you Upcoming Events
would prefer your child not participate please let me know and I will
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make arrangements. I hope you have a wonderful evening. If you have 10/26 Field Trip (Hill Ridge
questions or concerns please dont hesitate to ask. Farms)
10/31 K-2 Fall Festival

What we are learning

This week in reading we have been focusing on the setting of a story and plot. We have been
working on asking questions as a strategy to improve our reading comprehension and make
connections as we read. We have been working on identifying common and proper nouns. In
math, we are learning about different ways to represent numbers and have been working on
comparing numbers using the greater than, less than, and equivalent symbols. In social studies,
we will begin learning about the purpose of government and the 3 branches. In science we will
begin learning about classifying animal groups.


Essential Questions

How would you describe the main character? Why did you describe them that way?
Does the main character remind you of anyone you know?
What might cause a character in a story to change?
Where/ when does this story take place?
What are you picturing/ imagining as you read? What can see, smell, hear, touch?
What is a noun? How are common nouns different from proper nouns?
How do I arrange numbers in order? Where should I look?
What different ways are there to show a number besides standard form?
How would you write (2, 3 or 4-digit number) in expanded form?
__ tens is the same as _____?
How do you know whether a number is even or odd?
What makes solid, liquid, gas different from each other? How do they change from one state
to another?