Sneak Peek
2T Edison School * February 9th and 16th * Mrs. Tallman
2T Community
Valentine's Day: Students can bring in valentine cards beginning on February 6th.
WEB Biography Project: Remember you can turn in the project at any time, however it is due February 27th.
Science Fair: We have many students from our class signed up for the Science Fair on February 19th. Have fun working on your projects!
Mailboxes
Second Grade Showcase
Knock Knock
Literacy:
This week we will ask, “What might cause a story character to change?” In the humorous fiction story Officer Buckle and Gloria, we’ll read about the teamwork between a police officer and his dog. We’ll read about a different kind of teamwork in the play Safety at Home.
Phonics Skills: compound words: schwa vowel sound:
Spelling words: nobody, maybe, playground, someone, myself, classroom, sunshine, outside, upon, nothing, into, inside, thought, after, ever, * understand
Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary entry
Comprehension Skill: Cause and effect- tell how one event makes another happen
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor/clarify-find ways to figure out what doesn’t make sense
The week of February 17th, we will spend time reviewing Unit 3 and taking a benchmark assessment. Students will reread stories and work on creative response projects. I will use all of the information from the assessments to plan for individual, group and class instruction.
Writing
Students will also learn how to add elaborate details in their stories. By answering questions, they will have interesting ideas and opinions to describe an object or location. Another important skill is to be able to "show" how a character is thinking or feeling. By creating a chart of describing different emotions, the students will have a bank of words to better describe characters.
Math:
Lesson 6.8- Rectangular Array
Lesson 6.9- Drawing and Naming Arrays
Lesson 6.10- Equal Sharing, Equal Grouping and Division Number Stories
Unit 6 Assessment: February 18th
Mid-Year Math Assessment
100th Day of School
Social Studies: Our Earth
We will learn about using natural resources and explain how people depend on the physical environment and it's natural resources. We will describe how natural resources affect activities. We will also describe weather patterns, natural resources, seasonal patterns and natural hazards and how they affect activities and settlement patterns. Students will identify ways people can conserve and replenish natural resources, explore ways to recycle and define pollution. As we complete Unit 3, we will explore ways in which people have modified the physical environment, such as building roads and clearing land. We will study the interaction between people and their physical environment.
We will prepare for the Our Earth assessment by reviewing and playing games. The end of Unit test will be February 20th.
Mark Your Calendars:
February 11th- Friday Schedule
February 12th- Valentine's Day in school and 100th Day!
February 13th and 16th- No School
February 19th- Science Fair
February 27th- WEB Project due