2nd Grade Newsletter
Week 26 - March, 9 2023
Coming up . . .
3/9 - Rescheduled Open House - Begins @ 5:30
3/9 - Report Cards posted to Focus
3/10 - Spirit Assembly
3/13-17 - Spring Break
4/4-5 - MAP Testing
4/7 - NO School
4/10-11 We DO have school now - weather make-up days
4/28 - Multicultural Day
Bathroom System
Therefore, Mrs. Allen has asked us to have a system of only 1 boy and 1 girl in 2nd Grade in the restroom at a time (not 1 per class). We're hoping that this will cause the problems to cease.
Here's where we need your help. Please review with your student the appropriate ways to use the restroom, the expectation that the bathroom is only for what it's designed for, that it is not a place to get out of doing work and should not be vandalized in any way.
Thank you!
In preparation for Multicultural Day, 2nd Grade is looking for artifacts for the following countries. Please let us know if you or someone you know has any personal experiences or artifacts to share. Thanks! Barreiro- Fiji 🇫🇯 Garner- New Zealand 🇳🇿 Gutierrez- Australia 🇦🇺 Semancik- Papau New Guinea 🇬🇳
Reading
Word Work/Phonics
• Vowel Teams ou, ow
• Diphthongs oy, oi
HFW
• boys, brown, found, house, listen, oil, point, sound, town, voice
Spelling
Vowel Teams ou, ow
• Basic Words: brown, cow, down, flower, found, ground, house, loud, mouse, pound, shout, town
• Review Words: boost, grew, spoon, threw
• Challenge Words: pounce, towel
Concepts:
Informational text
Text features - create an All About Me Text Features Project
Locating information in text to prove answers
Writing
We are continuing to research storms and natural disasters for informational text.
Students are using their research to create a graphic story or realistic fiction story.
Math
All About Me Text Features Project
We are working on an All About Me Text Features Project! Here are the guidelines below. Students are NOT required to work on this as homework or over spring break but in case they want to, they can.
Social Studies
Distinguish between producing and consuming.
Identify ways in which people are both producers and consumers.
Science
Our Prestwick Theme!
Prestwick has a theme this year! Watch this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFUbmS9EJOY