2ND GRADE NEWS
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016
Second Graders are Soaring
Email: kwitnaue@grandblancschools.org
Location: Room 205 at Reid Elementary
Phone: 810-210-1151
SECOND GRADERS ARE SOARING!
Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
Daily Take Home Folders
Thank you!!
VALENTINE FUN
Eli's a Champ
Drayden Jackson Looking at the Candy Heart Data
Aubry and Alexis Learning and Having Fun with Conversation Hearts
Caleb is Cruising:)
There Goes Emmerson!
Ryan Graphing His Candy Hearts
Grading
S means your child is doing a Satisfactory job and has met the goal
P means your child is progressing toward the goal
N means your child needs some improvement toward the goal
AC means there is some concern regarding your child's progress and together we need to be working to help them work at progressing toward the goal
Our Schedule
Gym: Mondays and Wednesdays (Remember to wear gym shoes)
Music: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Movement: Gym and Music together
Library: Thursdays
February and March Birthdays
Happy Birthday Nathan Crawford on February 10th
Happy Birthday Jackson Curl on March 10th
Happy Birthday Kaylee Tomlinson on March 14th
Math
In topic 10 students will be learning about place value to 1,000. Students will learn to read, write and compare numbers. They will understand the digits have different values depending on their place in the number.
In topic 11 students will learn how to add and subtract 3 digit numbers from 3 digit numbers. They will re-visit the concept of regrouping numbers.
Math Centers
Log on to Xtra Math to Practice Basic Math Facts
Writing
Informational Writing
Social Studies
In this next unit we will explore economic concepts. Students will learn how we have unlimited economic wants and that these wants are desires that can be satisfied with goods and services. Students will also understand the effects of scarcity. In addition students will learn that when we make a choice between goods and or services we have an opportunity cost (that which we have not chosen). We will revisit natural and human characteristics in relation to the goods that we have because of both natural and human characteristics.
Science
Reading
In reading we are learning about THEME. The theme is often referred to as the message, the lesson or the moral to a story. This is particularly difficult for students but is important. Students are asked this on the Developmental Reading Assessment and they need to be able to state the theme when being assessed. Review the anchor charts below to see how you can help them at home.
Ways to Figure out the Theme of a Story
Different Themes We Have Read About
Accelerated Reading Goals
You can keep track of your students progress when they take an AR test. I have sent home the Renaissance Home Connect letter that tells you how to check on your child's progress.