2nd Grade Bengal Bulletin
Week of February 12th - 16th
CAN WE TALK?
We know that it is so difficult when your child wakes up with a fever or is just plain feeling awful! Scrambling at the last minute to take off work can be daunting, but it is so very important to the students at Bryant that you do keep them home!
2nd grade has been hit pretty hard with flu, strep, and a nasty stomach bug, and a lot of students who have had to go home sick were sent to school medicated to bring their fever down. They may not have a fever, but they are quite contagious to everyone around them! This may seem the easiest solution at the time, but this is actually quite devastating to our classrooms!
We politely ask that you keep your child at home until they:
- Are fever free for 24 hours *unmedicated* (if they have a fever the night before, they should not be coming to school!)
- Have not thrown up / had diarrhea in the last 24 hours
- Have been seen by a doctor (for most circumstances)
Thank you for your adherence to Bryant's policy as we try and kick this flu / strep / bug season!
INFO ABOUT FRIENDSHIP PARTIES
Please label each valentine with "From: (your child's name)" only, as we will be passing these out to each student on this day. They will not need to bring anything to keep their treats in, as we will be making these things during our party.
We would love to see you there! Sign up HERE! Your badge will be printed out for you, resulting in a shorter wait time!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Our awesome Living Museum will be on Thursday, March 1st in the evening. Stay tuned for more details!
NO FOOTBALL AT RECESS!
100 Days of COOL!
2nd Grade will be celebrating 100 Days of COOL this Monday, February 12th! Wear your coolest and brightest flourescent outfit, complete with sunglasses and a hat! We will celebrate 100 Days of being COOL!!!!
Friendship Parties
No Football at Recess
READING
This week, we will be practicing telling a story through role play / drama. We will practice reading enthusiastically and with expression, paying attention to punctuation, speaking loudly with clear and correct pronunciation, reading not to fast but not too slow, and standing up tall and straight while we speak.
We will end our week with a READING TEST over traditional literature (folktales). Students will be expected to know the purpose of the folktale (what is it trying to teach us?), answer questions about the sequence of the story, what the words mean inside the story, and what kind of person the main characters are. They must be able to infer what a character is feeling, make a connection to the story, and compare / contrast two different versions of the same story. We will review on Wednesday and Thursday, giving the test on Friday.
WRITING
GRAMMAR / CONVENTIONS
WORD STUDY
The best way to work with your child is to say the word out loud, and have your child simply write down the correct spelling. Repeat the words they miss over and over. We do a lot of different activities at school to help solidify these patterns, but nothing replaces good old practice!
MATH
This week in Math we will continue to learn measurement. The students have learned the metric system: centimeter & meter and the customary system: inch, foot, yard. Please have the students continue to differentiate between the 2 systems.
Also we are reinforcing time with the students. If you have an opportunity to have your child read an analog clock at home please take advantage of allowing them to give you the time.
SCIENCE
This week in Science we are continuing our Weather Unit by learning what tools we use to measure the weather. We have learned how to read a thermometer and are learning how to read a rain gauge.
We are talking about the importance of these tools in our everyday lives. For instance, being able to read a thermometer can let us know what clothes we can wear that day or what activities we can do in the current weather.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will continue to explore American Heroes as we get closer to our Living Museum Project!