2nd Grade @ ROE
#AdventureAwaits
Week of : February 18-21
Welcome
We are so excited for all of our new friends that have joined us in 2nd grade! This year is going to be filled with lots of fun adventures and laughter. We invite you to join us on our adventure of positive energy! Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.
Reminders
February 28- Hawk Assembly 8:15- You will receive and invitation if your student is receiving an award.
March 2-6 Book Fair
March 2- Open House/ Read Across America
March 9-13 Spring break
March 23 Spring Pictures
March 30- Staff development/ No school for students
April 30 - 2nd Grade Field Trip
-Transportation changes need to be called into the front office.
-If you have any questions or concerns, contact your student's teacher.
-We love celebrating student birthdays!! In 2nd grade we will celebrate at the end of the day starting at 2:30 (only store bought cupcakes or treats).
-Please make sure your student comes to school dressed following the ROISD standardized dress code.
Family Focus
This year we are taking more of a family focused approach to homework. We believe that spending quality family time is vital in the success of your student. We will provide family friendly, engaging homework activities and assignments. We would love if you would send us pictures of these activities and share them with us.
This weeks Family focus: Keep practicing addition and subtraction problems with standard algorithm.
Academics
ELAR: This week we will discuss text features and graphics to locate and gain info. We will also discuss the authors purpose for writing the story.
Math: Students will write and solve one-step word problems involving addition and subtraction using data represented within pictographs and bar graphs with intervals of one.
Science: Students will identify the basic needs of plants and animals.
Social Studies: Students will discuss George Washington Carver.
2nd Grade Adventures
In order to promote high attendance, we will be spelling out the word ATTENDANCE. Each day that our class has 100% attendance a letter will be added. When the whole word is spelled out, we will celebrate. We will also have a school wide prize for the grade level with the highest attendance. Please help us reach our goal in 2nd grade!
Reading at home Expectations
Students should be reading fluently and with expression.
As you read with students good discussions to have are about :
- Setting
-Characters
-Character traits
-Discussing the events in order, recapping as you read.
-identifying the problem and solution in the story
Lunch Visitors
2nd Grade lunch- 11:15-11:45