Second Grade Scoop
Miss Roberts * Stoy School * January 14, 2019
Reading Workshop
This week, we are beginning Lesson 10 which is the last lesson in Unit 2. The students will learn how to answer the question: “How do you know if something is a fact or an opinion?” First, we will read an Informational text called Jellies. We will then read another called Meet Norbert Wu. As we read, we will keep talking about the Big Idea: “Nature can teach us many things.”
Target Vocabulary: millions, choices, drift, simple, weaker, wrapped, disgusting, decide
Phonics Skills: Contractions
Vocabulary Strategy: Base words and suffixes: -er -est
Comprehension Skill: Identifying statements as fact or opinion.
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/clarify – Good readers monitor their understanding. While reading, they ask: “Does this make sense?” If it does not, they go back to clarify.
Our Guided Reading groups have continued. The students are using multiple reading strategies to understand the characters and stories. Different groups will be reading a variety of genres using text and graphic features to help deepen their understanding of text beyond just the words. The students are assigned a Guided Reading assignments note corresponds to the text they read. The students are given several days to work on their response and are expected to complete it in class during the Daily Five. It is NOT homework! The boys and girls will be writing their responses and sharing their responses within their groups. We will be celebrating the strategies they are using to answer questions and support their ideas.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, we will read various books about his life. We will also discuss his dream and life's work. Using our new knowledge of character traits, we will discuss and find example of positive traits and look for those in each other.
Writing Workshop
We will focus and practice on the formation and size of the lowercase letters x and z. Since both lowercase letters are identical as their uppercase counterparts, it is important the students are aware of the size of the letter each time they write it. Using an example paragraph from the student book, the students will notice and practice writing features of a paragraph; indentation, topic sentence, and multiple sentences with punctuation.
During Writer's Workshop, the students will continue developing their poetry writing talents. They will be introduced to how poets intentionally use line breaks and will try out a few different ways to make their words look and sound right. The class will read a familiar poem written as a prose and as a poem. Our discussion with then contrast the two different readings as they relate to the line breaks and how they influence our reading.
Math
Chapter Introduction
- Big Idea: Known multiplication facts can be used to find other multiplication facts
- Review number patterns when counting by 2's 5's and 10's
- Use equal groups to multiply
- Vocabulary: skip-count * dot paper * related multiplication facts: 5 x 2 = 10, 2 x 5 = 10 * odd number * even number
- Skip-Count by 2's
- Solve multiplication word problems
- Vocabulary: skip-count
- Use dot paper to multiply by 2
- Use Known multiplication facts to find new multiplication facts
- Identify related multiplication facts
- Solve multiplication word problems
- Vocabulary: dot paper * related multiplication facts
- Skip count by 5
- Solve multiplication word problems
Science
Then, the students will explore how different materials can conduct and insulate heat. In class, students will imagine that they were still on a remote island. They'll cook an egg using a piece of metal as a pan and then have to figure out what materials they could use to pick up the hot pan and not burn their hands. You can help you child’s learning by talking with them at dinner about the different things your family uses to handle hot food. Maybe you use oven mitts to take hot food out of the oven? Maybe you use a plastic thermos for hot coffee? Discuss how these materials insulate and protect your hands from the heat.
Social Thinking
Look Who's Getting Older!
Coming Soon!
January 14th - 2nd Marking Period W.E.B. Project coming home
January 15th - PTA Meeting
January 18th - Half-Day; Teacher In-service
January 18th - Pretzel Sale orders due
January 18th - Scholastic Book orders due
January 21st - No School; Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
January 22nd - PTA Sponsored Arden Theater trip to see Charlotte's Web
January 22nd - Lunch moved to 12:30
January 23rd - College Spirit Day and Pretzel Sale
January 24th - Monday schedule; students will have Art instead of P.E.