Second Grade is SECOND to NONE!
December Newsletter
MATH: We are learning the following skills
2.1
• Students will demonstrate fluency with addition and subtraction.
• Students will describe how two measurements can relate to the size of the unit chosen.
• Students will estimate lengths using inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
• Students will tell and write time from analog and digital clocks.
• Students will represent and interpret data in pic-ture and bar graphs.
• Solve problems using mental math strategies
• Draw and interpret pic-ture and bar graphs to represent a data set with up to four categories
2.2:
Developing multiplication
• Determine if a group is odd or even
• Use repeated addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rec-tangular arrays
• Write an equation to ex-press the total as a sum of equal addends
• Draw and interpret pic-ture graph and a bar graph to represent a da-ta set with up to four cat-egories
• Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using infor-mation presented in a bar graph
3.1
Students are completing Unit 2 Multiplication and Division. We have been working on:
• Understanding the concepts of multiplication and division
• Learning the basic facts of multiplication and their related division fact
• Applying properties of multiplication (commutative, associative, identity, zero, and distributive properties)
• Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the patterns and relationships between multiplication and division
Please practice math facts (+ and -) through 20 at home as they should be mastered by the end of second grade.
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Textbooks
Social Studies Textbook (click me)
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Password: 123456
Got Grit?
Got Grit?
Creek View is continuing their work on Growth Mindset and GRIT! We are going to be doing some very exciting things with it this year- including a Schoolwide read aloud! Ask your student all about it!
LANGUAGE ARTS/READING
We are working on the following
Second Grade:
• Prefixes - pre, mid, re
• Complete Simple and Compound Sentences
• Main Idea and Details
• Text and Graphic Features - How do they help us understand the text
• Comparing and Contrasting Two Texts
• Asking questions about a text (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How)
Third Grade:
• Suffixes - ment, hood, ist, ess, ish
• Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
• Complete Simple and Compound Sentences
• Main Idea and Details (How do the details help support the main idea)
• Text and Graphic Features (How do they help us understand the text)
• Asking questions about a text (To demonstrate understanding)
SOCIAL STUDIES
In Social Studies, we will continue studying native Georgians including the Creek and Cherokee Indians and the contributions of Sequoyah and the impact of the Trail of Tears.
SCIENCE
In Science we investigate:
Astronomy
- Moon's phases
- Physical characteristics of star
- Earth's revolving and rotation
REMINDERS
School starts at 7:40 each morning. If children are not in their classroom when the bell rings, they are marked tardy.
If your child is absent, please make sure you send in a note for it to be excused. Please note child’s name and teacher.
Please remember to send a healthy snack in with your child daily.
Please remember to check the agenda nightly for important information and news.
Weather Alert
We go outside most days throughout the year. Please dress your child in warm clothing and send a coat as we go outside for recess most days.
Special Areas Newsletter
Our special areas teachers are a-m-a-z-i-n-g and really want to make sure you are informed about the exciting things they are doing with your children in their classrooms. Please take a few minutes and review their newsletter for November: https://www.smore.com/ehfdr
Leadership Trait of the Month - PURPOSE
Having a purpose is different from being tracked into a specific career or outcome – it’s being oriented toward a vision for the future. When kids are motivated by a larger purpose, studies show they have more academic motivation, life satisfaction, identity formation and success in a career. This month, we will be focusing on this trait throughout Creek View. Students will see video clips on the topic on our morning news and we hope many students will complete the Purpose Tic Tac Toe activities to have additional opportunities to practice this trait.
If you’d like to reinforce this leadership trait with your child, consider the following ideas:
- Encourage your child to think about the world beyond himself/herself
- Ask your child to brainstorm how they might make a difference (big or small) in the world
- Provide praise when you notice your child doing little things to help family members or others
- Let your child have a chance to do chores to earn money to buy a gift for someone in need
- Emphasize how all careers provide an opportunity to have a positive impact
- Share examples of how you work to leave the world a better place than you found it through work, volunteering or caring for others
UPCOMING EVENTS
Dec. 2nd - Cheetah Challenge
Dec. 1st - Spirit Day
Dec. 19th 2nd Grade Winter Party (10:30-11:30 am some class times may be a little different)
Dec. 20th - Last Day of First Semester
Dec. 21st - Jan. 3rd Winter Break (schools closed)
Jan. 3rd - 4th Teacher Workday (students off)
January 7th First Day of Second Semester
Second Grade
Joanna Danley
Michelle Garcia
Adrienne Hunter
Megan King
Natasha Springer
Email: huntera@fultonschools.org
Website: http://school.fultonschools.org/es/creekview/Pages/default.aspx
Location: 3995 Webb Bridge Rd, Alpharetta, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-2932
Twitter: @mshuntersheroes