2nd Grade News
February 10-14
Quick Notes
- Nightly Reading- Please have your child read their "teacher choice" book at home each evening for at least 15 minutes. While we LOVE and ENCOURAGE students to read books that they choose, their choices may not be helping them grow as readers. Split the time, read the teacher choice and then the student choice book...everyone wins!
- Please help your child remember to charge their iPad each night. Also, ask your child if he/she has working headphones...it is that time of year when you can find great deals!
- Please label cold-weather gear.
- Our Valentine's Day parties will be held in our classrooms on Friday, February 14 from 2:00-2:55.
- Students may bring their decorated boxes to hold their valentines beginning Monday, February 10. Decorated boxes must have an opening large enough for students to place valentines in. We kindly ask that your child's name is clearly visible on the top of the box.
- Students will deliver valentines on Friday, February 14. Your child's teacher will send home a class list the week prior. If your child is giving valentines we ask that all children in your child's homeroom class are included. Thank you so very much!
GT and Math Telescoping Information
- The testing window is from February 10-March 6, and decisions will be mailed on April 1st.
- *Current GT LEAD students do not need to be referred unless they are interested in the ASPIRE Academy.
- The window to register to test for math telescoping is February 14-March 2, 2020.
- The spring telescoping test will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2020.
- There is a second registration window in May for a late June testing opportunity.
- For more information about math telescoping, please click on these links to see the video regarding acceleration in math and for testing registration information.
- GCISD Math Department video
- Assessment department’s website
Important Dates
- Monday, February 10- Friday, February 14- Students may bring their valentine boxes
- Friday, February 14- Valentine's Day class parties from 2:00-2:55 in your child's classroom
- Monday, February 17- Student Holiday/Professional Learning for Staff
- Thursday, February 20- Student-Led Conferences, in your child's classroom from 4-5 pm *more information will be shared as we near the date
- February- It is second grade's turn to help out with food collection for GRACE. See the flyer at the end of this smore for details!
Weekly Learning Objectives
Reading- We will look for figurative language in our reading. When an author compares two seemingly unrelated items we will decide how those things are related and how they help build a picture in our minds.
FunDations (phonics study)- We will vowel consonant e words and will practice adding suffixes to those words. We will learn the /z/ sound can be spelled in several ways. We will review compound words.
Writing- We will continue practicing writing letters to other readers to share our opinions about books that we are reading. We will find examples from the text to support our opinions.
Science- We will learn about heat, sound, and light energy.
Math- We will learn how to read, analyze, and interpret data using pictographs and bar graphs.
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