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The second grade class did an amazing job in their performance of The Thanksgiving Story this week. They delighted in the whole process - learning lines, adding sound effects, projecting their voices, moving on and off "stage", setting and using props, and collaborating to make their show something they are all very proud of!
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
- Canned Food Drive ends - November 21
- 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
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip - Tuesday, December 2 (8:40 A.M. - 12:30)
- 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:
The second grade class did an amazing job in their performance of The Thanksgiving Story this week. They delighted in the whole process - learning lines, adding sound effects, projecting their voices, moving on and off "stage", setting and using props, and collaborating to make their show something they are all very proud of!
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- Continuing practice of all aspects of fluency; practicing to STOP and THINK; reading and choosing "just right" books; practicing habits of good readers; comprehension and fluency check-ins; keeping a reading journal
- 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
- Measurement: meters and centimeters; measuring curved lines; weight
- 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
- Read Aloud: The First Thanksgiving
- Perspective taking and other stories prior to and following the first Thanksgiving
- Scholastic Virtual Field trips to Plimoth colony, a Wompanong village, and the Mayflower2
- 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