We had a busy week in second grade this week. We have another busy week coming up next week!

Dates to Remember

Tuesday, March 20 No School, Institute Day
March 26 – March 30 Spring Break
Friday, April 6 No School
Wednesday, April 25 Early Dismissal at noon

Student of the Week
Leo was our Student of the Week this week. He has a sister and when he grows up he would like to be a video game designer. Thanks for sharing with us, Leo!

Reading and Language Arts
We will not have a Reading story next week. Instead we will have another reading/writing workshop. This time we will focus on writing a personal narrative. Your child will choose a topic, write an introduction, beginning, middle, end and conclusion. We will concentrate on adding interesting details. We will revise our narrative and then write a final copy.

Math

Today we took our test on our unit on Length, Perimeter and Area. Next week we will begin a unit on Fractions. We will also begin Math stations next week. We will be doing a number of different Math activities on Wednesday.


Science
We began a Nutrition unit this week. We are learning about staying healthy and the Food Pyramid.

Have a wonderful weekend and a Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy the beautiful weather!!

Dates to Remember
Wednesday, March 7: Report Cards go home
Friday, March 9: No School,Parent/Teacher Conferences
Monday, March 12: Fancy Nancy Field Trip
March 20: No School, Teacher Institute
March 26-30 Spring Break


Very soon your second grader will be making the transition to third grade. In third grade there is a huge jump in responsibility and organization required. Each time they take responsibility for something, it will make it easier on them when they get to third grade. Let them make sure that they have their green folder in the morning. Have them fill out their own Reading log. I know it is much easier to do it for them, but giving them this responsibility now will only help them in the future.

Baby Pictures
Thanks to everyone that sent in a baby picture of their child. The students have been having a great time trying to guess which pictures belong to their friends! What beautiful babies you had!

Spring Ahead
Don't forget to move your clocks ahead early Sunday morning!


Reading and Language Arts

Our story for Reading next week is Brothers and Sisters. We will hear brothers and sisters of all ages talk about their families.

Phonics will cover the -er ending in two syllable words.

Our comprehension strategy is Making Generalizations.

Vocabulary words are: newborn, distract, twins, pest, teenage

Our grammar lessons will discuss verbs.

Math
We will be continuing with our unit on Measurement. We will have our review and test next
Tuesday or Wednesday.


Social Studies

This week we concluded our study of George Washington. We taught Mrs. Cornfield’s class about George and they taught us about Abe Lincoln.

Have a great weekend!

Dates to Remember

Monday, March 5: No School, Casimir Pulaski Day
Wednesday, March 7: Report Cards go home
Friday, March 9: No School, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Monday, March 12: Fancy Nancy play at COD
March 20: No School, Teacher Institute

Thank you to all of you for getting in permission slips and money for our March field trip. You are awesome!

Please don't forget to send in your child's baby picture by Wednesday, March 7th.

Everyone that turned in a February reading log enjoyed lunch in the classroom today. Congratulations to everyone!


Student of the Week
Abby was our Student of the Week this week. She has 1 brother and would like to be an artist when she grows up. It was fun to learn more about you, Abby!

Reading and Language Arts.
Next week we will have our theme review for “Amazing Animals”. We will be comparing fiction and non-fiction stories about dinosaurs.
We will concentrate on the comprehension strategy of questioning .
Vocabulary words are:
disaster, earthquake, erupting, lava, pitch, volcano, allergic, rumblings.
Phonics skills will cover words with nd, nt, mp, ng, and nk. We will review vowel pairs oa and ow.
Grammar will focus on singular possessive nouns and plural possessive nouns.

Math

This week we completed our unit on Plane Figures and Spatial Sense. For the next couple of weeks we will be learning about measurement.
We also took our February addition and subtraction timings this week. Please continue to practice!


Social Studies
This week we completed our study of George Washington. Next week we will share our information with Mrs. Cornfield's class. They will teach us everything that they have learned about Abraham Lincoln.


Have a great weekend!