Second Grade Scoop
Miss Roberts * May 6, 2019 * Stoy School
Reading Workshop
This week, we will still be discussing the Big Idea: “Living things change over time.” The students will explore the question, “What helps you make a decision about a character?” It definitely takes a long time to make a rug, and we will find out why when we read the narrative nonfiction selection, The Goat in the Rug. It also takes a long time to make a basket, which we will know more about after reading in informational text, Basket Weaving. What else takes a long time to make?
Target Vocabulary: sharpening, spinning, strands, weave, yarn, dye, duplicated, delicious
Phonics Skills: Suffixes -y, -ly, -ful; final stable syllables -tion, ture
Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-meaning words
Comprehension Skill: Conclusions - using details to figure out more about the text
Comprehension Strategy: Summarize - stop to tell important ideas as you read
The Tale of Despereaux
Writing Workshop
The students will be completing their handwriting books this week. They will review writing the number symbols and words using math problems and missing numbers and words. Their final task will be a Final Check. They will be asked to write each upper and lowercase letters and the number up to and including 10.
After putting the finishing touches on our special May project, we will jump right back into our informative writing. The students will draw on what they know to rehearse and plan an informational book. The will choose a topic (action) they are familiar with to write about. This week, they will focus on ways to rehearse for an information book by organizing across their fingers, sketching, and teacher others.
Math
This week, we will complete unit 13 on customary measurement. After completing Lesson 5 and the unit review the students will complete the test on Wednesday.
Lesson 5 - Real-World Problems: Customary Length
- Solve one- and two-problems involving length
- Draw bar models to solve real-world problems
In First Grade, the students learned the basics of telling time to the hour and half hour by looking at the hour, or the short hand, of an analog clock. This year, they applied the skip-counting strategy in learning the multiplication facts of 5. In order to tell time successfully, it is important for them to recall the multiples of 5 since there are 5-minute intervals between each hour marking on an analog clock.
During this chapter, the students will learn to read time based on the position of the minute hand on the clock, and that the minute hand tells the number of minutes after the hour. They will learn and practice writing the time in hours and minutes using numerals and words: 2:40 or two forty. In addition, the students will be introduced to the key terms A.M and P.M., to show morning, afternoon, and night. Using these terms, the student will learn how to order events by time. Finally, they will determine how much time has elapsed by applying the knowledge acquired in the earlier parts of the chapter.
Unit 14 Time
Lesson 1: The Minute Hand
- Use the minute hand to show and tell the number for every five minutes after the hour.
- Vocabulary * hour hand * minute * o'clock * clock face * minute hand * hour * after
Science
Here’s something you can do to encourage your child’s curiosity: If you ever visit an ocean beach, look for a nearby river that empties into the sea. This is likely the source of the sand. Pick up some of the sand and look at it up close. Can you see the tiny rocks? What color are they? Ask your child to imagine and describe what color the rocks were before they got worn down to being so tiny.
Social Expectations
In our classroom, we are focusing on understanding the size of a problem. This helps us learn to match our reactions appropriately to the size of the problem. When we do this, it helps us solve our problem quickly and make everyone feel comfortable. Later in the week, we will use a book called, Social City, where smooth roads, bumps, hills and mountains are used to describe the size of a problem.
The students will learn how to navigate Social City, and become good drivers. The goal is to develop an understanding that we must continue to practice learning about ‘the size of the problem’, and matching our reactions accordingly. It is not easy! Being able to understand problems and react appropriately is a life long skill for which we all need lots of practice!
Coming Soon
May 7th - School Store open during lunch
May 8th - Unit 13 Math Test
May 12th - Happy Mother's Day
May 13th - 16 - NJSLA testing for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders
May 14th - PTA Meeting 7:30PM; All are welcome!
May 15th & 16th - Yellow Swag Sale to support the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders competing in Field Day
May 17th - Half-Day; Teacher In-Service
May 20th - Pretzels orders due
May 21st - Kindergarten transition Parent Night 7PM at Van Sciver
May 24th - Field Trip to Camp Creek Run, Patriotic Spirit Day and Pretzel Sale
May 27th - No School; Memorial Day
May 31st - 3rd. Marking Period W.E.B. Projects due