2nd Grade News
What are we learning?
3/15/18
Important Dates
Monday April 2nd- No School Spring Break
Friday April 6th- Field Trip to ESSL
Monday April 9th- End of Quarter 3
Tuesday April 10th- No School Teacher Work Day
Math
Continue to practice math facts nightly as Tenmarks lessons.
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Language Arts
Reading:
Students will review how to use comprehension strategies to comprehend non -fiction texts. A main focus will be on identifying non –fiction text features and how they contribute to identifying key text details. We will also work on identifying the main ideas presented in a text and how the supporting details work together to support the main idea. We will work on these skills in whole group and small group settings.
Students will be selecting a topic related to out Social Studies unit to conduct research on. They will need to use their nonfiction strategies to gather information to later present to the class.
Writing:
We will continue our opinion writing unit. The lessons this week will focus on forming a new opinion on a topic of their choice and using their writing to defend their opinion. We will review how a writer can strengthen their own opinion and develop strong openings, reasons and endings to an opinion piece. Editing and revising our work will also be a focus this week and student will work with partners to make sure they have full and complete sentences.
Students will explore word relationships in a sentence and make real-life connections between words and their use. Students will use similes to compare personal attributes to real world objects.