Upcoming dates:
Announcements and Reminders:
As the second grade students are learning the history of the first Thanksgiving, they are also working hard to practice their lines and prepare for their big production next week. We are so happy and feel lucky to have Mrs. Mary Spence help us learn elements of the "theater" and the best ways to deliver and "show" our audience the story we want to deliver. We invite you to join us on Thursday, November 20 at 2:30 P.M. to watch our players tell this important story in our country's history. The students will again perform the play for their grandparents and special friends on the morning of Friday, November 21.
This Week in Second Grade:
In summary, here is what we have been working on in Grade 2:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
Singapore Math
History
Science
Social Cognition and Toolbox
- Free Dress - Friday, November 14
- Canned Food Drive begins - November 17
- Thanksgiving Story Play - Thursday, November 20 (2:30 P.M. - parents are invited!)
- Grandparents and Special Friends Day; Last Day of Fall Term- Friday, November 21
- Thanksgiving Break - November 22 - 30
- First Day of Winter Term: Monday, December 1
- Keck Rehearsals - December 9 - 11
- Holiday Performance - Friday, December 12 & 13
- Free Dress and Holiday class party - Friday, December 19
- Winter Break - December 22 - January 4
- Martin Luther King Day (no classes) - Monday, January 19
- All School Service Day - Wednesday, January 21
- Free Dress - Friday, January 30
Announcements and Reminders:
As the second grade students are learning the history of the first Thanksgiving, they are also working hard to practice their lines and prepare for their big production next week. We are so happy and feel lucky to have Mrs. Mary Spence help us learn elements of the "theater" and the best ways to deliver and "show" our audience the story we want to deliver. We invite you to join us on Thursday, November 20 at 2:30 P.M. to watch our players tell this important story in our country's history. The students will again perform the play for their grandparents and special friends on the morning of Friday, November 21.
This Week in Second Grade:
In summary, here is what we have been working on in Grade 2:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading- Minilessons taught and reviewed: practicing to reading dialogue - using the author's words, punctuation, and italics as cues; entering into the story and using an actor's voice; reflecting on characters and setting; practicing to STOP and THINK; reading and choosing "just right" books; practicing fluency; practicing habits of good readers; comprehension and fluency check-ins; keeping a reading journal
- Lexia practice
- Friendly Letter Writing to our Super Star
- Writing Workshop: Author share; The writing process; drafting small moment/personal narrative story; revising; self and peer editing; writing an About the Author; Publishing: front cover, back cover with blurb, dedication and copyright pages; teacher conferencing; practicing to "zoom in" on details to show reader what you want them to see
- Read Aloud: The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Singapore Math
- Review and practice of Addition and Subtraction with Renaming
- Measurement: using non-standard units for measurement; meters and centimeters; measuring curved lines
- Fact Fluency and Mental Math practice
- Using a math journal and recording strategies and problems
- Math Challenges and Problem Solving
- Math Tiles - Addition and Subtraction Balance Tiles; Add-A-Dot Tiles; Tens and Ones Place Value Tiles
History
- Veteran's Day - history and why holiday is celebrated; card making for our veterans
- First Americans - compare and reflect on how different Native American tribes used their natural resources for food, shelter, and clothing; how their environment impacted their way of life
- Several local Native American artifacts from The Pacific Grove Natural History Museum are on display in the classroom - come and take a look!
- Early colonization - St. Augustine - Spanish colony; Jamestown and Plymouth - English colonies; reading a history map
- The Thanksgiving Story practice
Science
- Rocky Shore- focus on the sea star and hermit crab
- Building our own rocky shore in the classroom
Social Cognition and Toolbox
- "Reading" and doing what is "expected" in all social situations
- Practicing using all of our tools