Welcome to Second Grade!
Week of May 6th-10th, 2024
Important Information:
Tech is our rotation for STEAM this week! We have Library on Friday for our specials rotation.
- Please send your student with a water bottle and a nut free snack daily.
- To avoid lost or broken student items please leave toys and personal items at home.
- Please label all student items with your student’s name & grade level.
- Dress for the weather!
UPCOMING EVENTS/DATES:
- End of Year Testing: April 29th-May 8th
- Second Grade Field Trip to the Butterfly Pavilion: Thursday, May 9th
- Field Trip Payment and Form
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, May 10th
- Insect Project Due: Friday, May 17th
- Pay Dress of Choice: Friday, May 17th
- Field Day Pre-K- 2nd: Monday, May 20th from 8:20-9:45
- Last Day of School Half Day: Thursday, May 23rd dismissal at 11:30
Weekly Curriculum:
Reading (Wonders):
Mrs. Huffman's reading group:
Wonders: Unit 6, Week 1
Genre: Myth
Comprehension Strategy: reread, theme, context clues
Stories: Why the Fir Tree Keeps His Leaves
Phonics: open and closed syllables
Vocabulary: appeared, crops, develop, edge, golden, rustled, shining, stages
SPELLING TEST and HOMEWORK DUE: NONE for the rest of the year!
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Math (Saxon)
Mrs. Huffman's math group:
- Lesson 40 Missing Numbers in Subtraction Some Went Away Stories, Part 2
- Lesson 41 Modeling Fractions
- Lesson 42 Drawing Fractions
- MAPs testing
- Assessment 7
- HOMEWORK: NONE for the rest of the year!
Writing:
Current Writing Topic: Informational
- Review paragraph conventions and writing
- Writers Workshop and Step Up to Writing
- Handwriting Practice
Grammar - Shurley Grammar:
Chapter 1: Five Parts of the Complete Sentence
Chapter 2: Nouns/ Verbs Subject of the Sentence
Chapter 3: Adverbs
Chapter 4: Adjectives
Chapter 5: Article Adjectives
Chapter 6: Subject/Predicate
Chapter 7: Prepositions
Chapter 8: Modifying an Object of the Preposition
Core Knowledge: Short Stories/Poetry
Magic Paintbrush
Hurt No Living Thing
Charlottes Web
Hurt No Living Thing
Charlottes Web
History:
Japan: Modern Japanese Civilization
Geography: Location relative to continental Asia: “land of the rising sun.”
- A country made up of islands; four major islands
- Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan (East Sea)
- Mt. Fuji
- Tokyo
- Culture
- Japanese flag
- Big modern cities, centers of industry and business
- Traditional craft: origami
- Traditional costume: kimono
Science: Insects
- Insects can be helpful and harmful to people.
- Helpful: pollination; products like honey, beeswax, and silk; eat harmful insects
- Harmful: destroy crops, trees, wooden buildings, clothes; carry disease; bite or sting
- Distinguishing characteristics:
- Exoskeleton, chitin
- Six legs and three body parts: head, thorax and abdomen
- Most but not all insects have wings.
- Life cycles: metamorphosis
- Some insects look like miniature adults when born from eggs, and they molt to grow (examples: grasshopper, cricket).
- Some insects go through distinct stages of egg, larva, pupa, adult (examples: butterflies, ants).
- Social insects - Most insects live solitary lives, but some are social (such as ants, honey bees, termites, wasps).
- Ants: colonies
| Daily Schedule: | |
| 8:00-8:20 | Morning Work/Morning Meeting/Announcements |
| 8:25-9:25 | Math |
| 9:25-10:25 | Reading |
| 10:30-11:15 | STEAM (Science/Engineering, Technology, Art, Music) |
| 11:20-12:00 | Recess/Lunch |
| 12:05-12:35 | Writing |
| 12:40-1:25 | Specials (Spanish, Library, Character Education, PE) |
| 1:25-1:40 | Writing |
| 1:45-2:00 | Recess/Snack |
| 2:05-2:35 | Intervention |
| 2:35-3:20 | History/Science |
| 3:20-3:30 | Pack up |
| 3:30 | Dismissal |
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:30-11:15am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
| Week 1 | Music |
| Week 2 | Technology |
| Week 3 | Art |
| Week 4 | Stem |
SPECIALS SCHEDULE: 12:40-1:25pm
*DAILY ROTATION*
| Monday | Character Ed |
| Tuesday | Library |
| Wednesday | PE |
| Thursday | Spanish |
| Friday | Rotate |
GROWTH MINDSET:
Growth mindset is the idea that, with effort, it's possible to increase intelligence levels, talents, and abilities. Students who demonstrate a growth mindset believe their abilities develop over time, tend to seek out opportunities to gain new knowledge and broaden their skills, and do not typically shy away from challenges (Kazakoff & Mitchell, 2017).
Students with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed. These students focus on learning over just looking smart, see effort as the key to success, and thrive in the face of a challenge.
Students with a fixed mindset believe that people are born with a certain amount of intelligence, and they can’t do much to change that. These students focus on looking smart over learning, see effort as a sign of low ability, and wilt in the face of a challenge.
DIBELS Reading Assessment: Dibels is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout the year. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark assessment.
