grade language arts grade news january 2016 language arts we are finishing ela unit 3, and will...
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Second Grade
News
January 2016
Language Arts
We are finishing ELA Unit 3, and will begin
Unit 4. In Unit 4, we are focusing on
noting different characters’ points of view in a story, identifying the author’s
point of view and how he/she supports
this point of view, and describing the
author’s main purpose for writing a story.
We will continue to write narrative and informational/explanatory pieces and
focus on introducing a topic and stating a
conclusion. Our Language focus areas
include:
• Shades of meaning
• Compound sentences
• Thesaurus skills
• Plural possessive nouns
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Reminder No school on Monday, Jan. 18th – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2nd Grade Musical
The second grade musical, “Friendly Neighborhood Helpers”, will be on: Tuesday, January 19th. PERFORMANCE TIMES: Cast A: Baker/Tran
• 9:10-9:40am • 6:00pm (students arrive
@5:45) Cast B: Chang/La Plante
• 9:45-10:15am • 7:00pm (students arrive
@6:45)
CONTACT US! Sandy La Plante ([email protected])
Suzanne Baker ([email protected]) Nancy Tran ([email protected]) Lillian Chang ([email protected])
Science/Social Studies We will learn about the life and leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his influence in our country.
We continue our S.S. unit on Geography:
• Landforms
• Bodies of Water
• Continents/Country/State/City
• Compass Rose/hemispheres
and our Science unit on Biodiversity:
• Plants and animals in different habitats
o Forests, grasslands, mountains, polar regions, deserts, wetlands,
rainforests
• Food chains/webs, ecosystems
• Relationship between humans and our
environment
Art ist of the Month
Our artist for this month is
Jim Dine!
Math We are working on Unit 9 (Using
Mental Math to Subtract):
• Subtract multiples of 10
from 2-digit and 3-digit
numbers
• Subtract multiples of 100
from 3-digit numbers
• Solve word problems
using reasoning and
looking for patterns
And Unit 10 (Arrays):
• Columns & rows
• Repeated addition
• Partitioning rectangles
into equal parts
Music Our 2nd graders are
working hard on their musical, “Friendly
Neighborhood Helpers”
with Ms. Johnson!
* Save the date – the musical is on:
January 19th
Technology
We continue to work on Lexia and
Dreambox in the computer lab. In addition, we use Typing Agent,
RenPlace for AR quizzes and Math
Facts in a Flash, Raz-Kids, and
Tenmarks! Students are also using
Glogster to create online multimedia
posters!