Sneak Peek
2T Edison School *April 25th, 2016* Mrs. Tallman
2T Community
Third Marking Period WEB Project: Poetry!
Students have brought home their instructions for their last WEB of the year! Please take time to work on this project with your student for the whole month. Some students chose a poem in class and some elected to find one at home, please send in a copy for school if your child found a poem independently. Students can practice in school and at home. Remember to find a few facts about the poet to share too! The project is due May 13th.
Mad Science
Last Friday we attended an assembly about Science. Dynamite Dave shared many cool and amazing experiments with our school! It was a blast and we learned something too! Thank you to the PTA for sponsoring this event!
Second Graders work on a plant sequencing activity with their PreK Partners.
Next week, we will plant in honor of Arbor Day and create a Seed Story Book.
The class loves working with their partners!
Literacy
This week we will be talking about changing neighborhoods and making new friends. We will be exploring the question “What can you learn from a character’s words and actions?” In one of my favorite realistic fiction chapter books for this age level; The Stories Julian Tells, we will read a chapter excerpt Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend, we’ll find out what happens when a new girl moves next door to Julian. We’ll also learn how to change simple supplies into a kite in the informational text How To Make a Kite.
Target Vocabulary: lonely, seriously, copy, heavily, planning, answered, guessed, knot
Phonics Skills: Homophones, base endings –er and –est
Spelling Words: meet, meat, week, weak, where, wear, tail, tale, there, their, they're, too, two, found,
**main**, mane
Vocabulary Strategy: Figurative language: idioms
Comprehension Skills: Understanding characters and character traits: A character’s actions, words and thoughts
Comprehension Strategy: Question: ask questions about what you are reading and ask questions about characters
Guided Reading: Students will read selections from the book The Stories Julian Tells.
Writing: Non Fiction Report Continues!
Students are revising and editing their research notes. Many children are on their way to finalizing their notes about their insects. Next, they will begin drafting an informational paragraph for each section of their report. When complete their report will include an original cover, a table of contents and sections about their insect.
Science
Rocks and Minerals
There are many interesting properties of minerals. Using penlights, the students will explore the minerals and categorize them as transparent, translucent or opaque. When light is shone behind the mineral and it is visibly clear the mineral is considered transparent, but if it is blurry – the mineral is translucent, and if the light cannot be seen at all – the mineral is considered opaque. The students will also use the penlights to explore the luster of the minerals. A mineral’s luster depends on the way its surface reflects light. Minerals that reflect light have a metallic luster, all others are nonmetallic. The students will divide the minerals into these two groups, then look more closely at the nonmetallic minerals to decide if they have a more waxy, glassy or dull luster.
Math
Chapter 10 Lesson 2 Day 2
Add numbers up to three digits mentally with and without regrouping.
Add tens to a three digit number mentally using the add the tens strategy.
Add mentally use number bonds.
Add tens to a 3 digit number mentally using the add 100 then subtract the extra tens strategy.
Add mentally using number bonds.
Add hundreds to a 3 digit number mentally using the add the hundreds strategy.
Think of new ways to add numbers.
Choose a strategy.
Chapter 10 Lesson 3
Relate "difference" to the subtraction operation.
Learn the meaning of difference.
Find the difference.
Lesson 4 Day 1
Subtract numbers up to three digits mentally with and without regrouping.
Subtract ones to a 2-digit number mentally using the subtract 10 then add the extra ones strategy.
Recall number bonds.
You can subtract ones to a 3-digit number using the subtract the ones strategy.
Subtract mentally using number bonds.
Subtract ones from a 3 digit number mentally using the subtract ten then add the extra ones strategy.
Subtract mentally using number bonds.
Subtract tens from a 3 digit number mentally using the subtract the tens strategy.
Chapter 10 Lesson 4 Day 2
Subtract numbers up to three digits mentally with and without regrouping.
Subtract tens to a 3-digit number mentally using the subtract 100 then add the extra tens strategy.
Recall number bonds.
You can subtract hundreds from a 3-digit number using the subtract the hundreds strategy.
Subtract mentally using number bonds.
Chapter 10 Lesson 5 Day 1
Use a number line to round a number to the nearest ten.
Use rounding to estimate sums and differences.
Estimate to check reasonableness of answers.
Round a 2 digit number up to the nearest ten.
Subtract mentally using number bonds.
Round a 3 digit number down to the nearest ten.
Round a 3 digit number up to the nearest ten.
Identify numbers that round to a specific ten.
Happy Birthday!
Mark Your Calendars:
April 29th- Spirit Day
April 25th- Character Counts
May 6th- Edison Fair
May 6th- Fossil Trip
May 10th- PTA Meeting
May 13th- WEB Project due
May 13th- 12:30 Dismissal
May 26th- Arts Night
May 27th- Alex's Lemonade Stand
May 30th- No School
June 3rd- Camp Creek Run Trip
June 10th- End of Year Class Celebration
June 15th-17th 12:30 Dismissal Days
June 15th- Game Day
Last Day is June 17th!
Reminders:
• Please have your child put their name and number on all assignments.
*Please label all of your child's belongings!
*It is still warm in our classroom, please help your child to dress appropriately and to bring a water bottle each day!