Second Grade Scoop
Miss Roberts * Stoy School * January 7, 2019
Happy New Year!
In just about two weeks, the PTA will be taking the students of Stoy School to the Arden Theater to see "Charlotte's Web." To enhance the entire experience, I will be reading the classic E.B. White story to the students. After the play, we will make connections and compare and contrast the book and play to practice comprehension strategies. A new month also means a new Gooney Bird book. In January, we will read Gooney Bird is so Absurd to find out what she and her classmates are up to in Mrs. Pidgeon's Second Grade class.
Literacy Workshops
Target Vocabulary: curled, direction, healed, height, toward, tunnel, tease, brag
Phonics Skills: Base words and endings –ed,
-ing (including spelling change of Drop Final e); words with consonant/vowel (CV) pattern
Spelling Words: liked, using, chased, making, hoping, asked, standing, riding, baked, spilled, closed, hiding would, own, kept *practicing
Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms
Comprehension Skill: Understanding characters – tell more about characters
Comprehension Strategy: Summarize – stop to understand important events as you read
In addition to specific goals, during Guided Reading discussions, students will be encouraged to go back into the text to find specific evidence to support their ideas and opinions with evidence from the book.
Our next unit of study will be Poetry. We will begin with idea of looking at ordinary things with our hearts and minds. The students will be introduced to this through the phrase "using a poet's lens."
Math
Lesson 3 Real-World Problems: Multiplication and Division
- Solve multiplication word problems
- Solve division word problems
On Thursday, we will begin Chapter 6 by recalling prior knowledge.
Chapter 6: Multiplication Tables of 2, 5, and 10
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
Social Studies
Science
Social Expectations
The boys and girls will be introduced to the concept of Social Smarts as knowledge in our brains that we use whenever we are around other people. They help people learn that others are possibly having thoughts about what we do or say and we are possibly having thoughts about what others do or say. People use their Social Smarts everywhere!
Look Who's Getting Older!
Coming Soon!
January 8th - School Store open during lunch
January 10th - Unit 5 Math test
January 18th - Half-Day; Teacher In-service
January 18th - Pretzel Sale 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 23rd - College Spirit Day and Pretzel Sale
January 24th - Monday schedule; students will have Art instead of P.E.