Welcome to Second Grade!
Week of May 19th-23rd, 2025
- Tuesday, May 20th, Field Day: K-2 8:30-10:35
- Countdown days (don't tell your student): Tuesday: hat and sunglasses, Wednesday: bring a game
- Thursday, May 22nd,Free dress, last day of school - dismissal at 11:30
- Be sure to check your student's math and reading teacher's websites:
- Mrs. Monheiser's Website
- Mrs. Savic's Website
- Mrs. Reynold's Website
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Book Order:
- 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 NO SCHOOL 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:
- Field Day: Tuesday, May 20th, 8:30-10:35 - parents are welcome to come watch!
- End of Year Party: Thursday, May 22nd
- Last Day of School: Thursday, May 22nd Half day dismissal at 11:30
Weekly Curriculum:
Reading (CKLA):
Mrs. Huffman's reading group: Skills Unit 6:
Math (Saxon)
Mrs. Huffman's math group:
Writing:
Current Writing Topic: Informational
- Review paragraph conventions and writing
- Writers Workshop and Step Up to Writing
- Handwriting Practice
Knowledge Unit 10 - Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition
Lesson 1 The Amazing Human Body
Lesson 2 Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Lesson 3 Cells and Tissues
Lesson 4 Organs
Pausing Point
Lesson 5 The Digestive System
Lesson 6 The Excretory System
Lesson 7 Nutrients
Lesson 8 A Well-Balanced Diet
Lesson 9 A Healthy Human Body
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: Done for the year!
Science:
The Human Body: Cells and Digestion Cells, Tissues, and Organs
- All living things are made up of cells too small to be seen without a microscope.
- The human body is made up of different types of cells including: stem, bone, blood,
muscle, fat, skin, nerve. - Cells combine to form tissues.
- Tissues combine to form organs.
- Organs combine to form organ systems
The Digestive and Excretory Systems:
- The human body has complex systems, including the digestive and excretory systems.
- The digestive system includes body parts that take in and process food (salivary
glands, taste buds, teeth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine). - The excretory system includes those body parts that eliminate some kinds of wastes
(kidneys, bladder, urethra).
Taking Care of Your Body
- A healthy lifestyle involves performing certain behaviors and avoiding other behaviors.
- The body needs specific foods, vitamins, and minerals in certain quantities to function
properly. - organizations make recommendations about what nutrients people need to stay healthy.
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:30-11:15am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
SPECIALS SCHEDULE: 12:40-1:25pm
*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.
