Upcoming Dates
Spring Carnival: Saturday, April 26
T-shirt Day: Friday, May 2
Art Show: May 6 - 7
Spring Dance Performance and Reception: May 16 - 17
Grade 2 Publishing Party: Thursday, May 22
Memorial Day; No School: May 26
Olympics: Wednesday, May 28
Last day of school: Thursday, May 29
Ask about: La Puebla de Segundo Grado
This week in the Ivy Nook
Social Emotional:
- Apology and Forgiveness
self-reflection and emotional strength. Forgiveness takes a willingness to let go of blame or resentment and move forward.
- SuperFlex and The Unthinkables
- Expected behaviors for Special Classes (Art, Dance, Music, Spanish, Chinese)
Singapore Math:
Mrs. Ford's Group:
- Unit 10 - Fractions: Writing fractions; Fractions of a set
- Math Review
- Math Puzzles - Real World, Renaming and Count By
- Next week: Unit 11 - Time
- Unit 12 - Capacity
- Review 12 (fractions, time, and money review)
- Mental Math
- Intensive Practice - Take the Challenge!
- Next week: Unit 13 - Geometry
Reading/Writing/Spelling:
- Special Earth Day Read Aloud: Earth Dance
- Poetry writing: Becoming a Tadpole; Earth Acrostic
- Exploring Non-Fiction: Books about the Earth and Frogs
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: practice reading independently at "just right" level, with an emphasis on building stamina, journaling, building vocabulary, and completion of books.
- Teacher/student conferencing about reading; fluency checks and comprehension book talks
- Superstar and birthday letters
- Writing Workshop: Expert Books
- Peer Conferencing (editing expert books)
- Read Aloud: My Father's Dragon
- Lexia practice
- Fundations - Reading fluency and review of marking words
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
- Tortoise and the Hare (Play Format)
- From Mrs. Peiken regarding Monday's homework next week: Practice fluent reading of the script.
History:
- Family Ancestry/History
- Vocabulary: immigrant, ancestor, custom, artifact
- Read aloud: Coming to America: The Story of Immigration
Science:
- Frog Explorations
- Tadpole Observations
- Next week: Digital Frog Dissection
Gardening:
- Tending the garden
- Recycling aluminum
Technology:
- Responsibilities of Digital Citizenship
- Staying safe online
- Digital Passports (Common Sense Media)