Welcome to Second Grade!
Week of February 23, 2026
- Greek Day and Dress of Choice, Friday, February 27th
- Be sure to check your student's math and reading teacher's websites
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- If you would like to place a book order please click the link below:
- https://orders.scholastic.com/YPZ8Y
- Our class code is: YPZ8Y
Important Information:
STEM is our rotation for STEAM this week! We have Spanish 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:
February
- Friday, 2/27, Dress of Choice and Greek Day
March
- Tuesday, 3/10 and Thursday, 3/12, Parent/Teacher Conferences
- Thursday, 3/12, Spirit Wear
- Friday, 3/13, Comp Day - NO SCHOOL
- Monday, 3/16-Friday, 3/20, Fall Break - NO SCHOOL
- Friday, 3/27, Spring Picture Day and Dress of Choice
Weekly Curriculum:
Reading (CKLA):
Mrs. Huffman's reading group: Skills Unit 5:
Skills Unit 5
- Lesson 11 Spelling Alternatives: Introduce /ǝ/ + /l/ › ‘ul,’ ‘al,’ and ‘il’
- Lesson 12 Review: Spelling Alternatives for /u/ and /ǝ/
- Lesson 13 Spellings Alternatives: Introduce / / + / l / › /el/ and ‘le’ and Syllable Review
- Lesson 14 Spelling Alternatives: Review /u/, / /, and / / + /l/
- Lesson 15 Review and Practice: Spelling Assessment
- Homework and Spelling Test, Friday, 2/27
Math (Saxon)
Mrs. Huffman's math group:
- Lesson 75 Geometric Solids
- Lesson 76 Multiplication Facts: 11s and 12s
- Lesson 77 Multiplying Three Numbers
- Assessment 14
- Homework due Friday, 2/27
Writing:
Current Writing Topic: Narrative Writing
- Write a familiar story that includes setting(s), character(s), dialogue, and, if appropriate, several events, using temporal words and phrases to indicate the chronology of events.
- "Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure."
- Write a personal narrative.
- Create a title and an ending that are relevant to the narrative.
Knowledge Unit 4 - Greek Myths
Lesson 1 The Twelve Gods of Mount Olympus
Lesson 2 Prometheus and Pandora
Lesson 3 Demeter and Persephone
Lesson 4 Arachne the Weaver
Lesson 5 Theseus and the Minotaur
Lesson 6 Daedalus and Icarus
Pausing Point
Lesson 7 Hercules
Lesson 8 Other Adventures of Hercules
Lesson 9 Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Lesson 10 Atalanta and the Golden Apples
Domain Review and Assessment
Core Knowledge: Short Stories/Poetry
- Talk Iktomi Stories
- Beauty and the Beast
- Peter Pan
- Bed in Summer
- Tall Tales
- Buffalo Dusk
- Windy Nights
History: Ancient Greece
- Geography: Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea, Crete
- Athens and Sparta as a city-state: the beginnings of democracy
- Persian Wars: Marathon and Thermopylae
- Olympic Games
- Mount Olympus, worship of gods and goddesses
- Great thinkers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
- Alexander the Great
Science:
Electricity and Magnetism
- A. Electricity
- Static electricity: electric charges on the surface of things
- Current electricity: electrical charges flowing in a circuit through wires and other devices
- Electricity is a form of energy; it can cause changes.
- Matter contains two types of electrical charges: positive and negative.
- Types of electricity:
- B. Magnets and Magnetism
- Magnet: a metal object that can exert a force through a distance on certain types of metal objects.
- A magnet has two poles: north and south.
- Similar magnetic poles attract each other; opposite magnetic poles repel each other.
- C. Designing and Engineering Useful Devices
- Defining a problem
- Developing possible solutions
- Refining (optimizing) the design solution
- Electricity and magnetism are used in many useful devices.
- All useful devices are developed through engineering design, a process which
- Includes:
- Scientists and engineering designers often work together in teams to solve problems and design effective solutions.
- D. Safe Use of Electricity and Magnetism
- never put your finger or anything metallic in an electrical outlet.
- never touch a switch or electrical appliance when your hand or body is wet.
- never put your finger in a lamp socket.
- Electricity is potentially dangerous.
- Safety rules for electricity include:
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:00-10:45am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
SPECIALS SCHEDULE: 1:30-2:15pm
*DAILY ROTATION*
Parent Resources:
DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored through out. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in ( Lots of great online books to read we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy:Kahn Academy ( great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
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.
- Name
- Kelly Huffman
- Position
- 2nd Grade Teacher