We are currently in the continent of Asia and learning about the culture of Japan. We will be working on our scrapbook pages which include writing a Haiku poem, which is a type of Japanese poetry. This will be our last week on our Trip Around the World so we will celebrate with a pretend trip home with all of the second grade students on Thursday. Also, the students get to pick a continent that they really enjoyed and create a travel brochure trying to convince a traveler to visit their selected continent. The students will also be taking their assessment on the mountains and rivers on Friday (study guide was sent home last week).
In Math this week we will continue with Unit 9. The children will first use base-10 blocks to solve subtraction problems. Then, after they have a concrete understanding using the base-10 blocks, they will learn a strategy called "Expand and Trade." We will end the week working with money. The children will practice finding coin and bill combinations with equivalent values.
The students are continuing to work on their informational country writing during our writing blocks. We will be putting the books together soon and are eager to share them at our End of the Year Super Star Celebration.
Speaking of celebration, please mark your calendars.....
SECOND GRADE SUPER STAR CELEBRATION
When: Friday, June 17th at 2:15
Where: Room 7
Why: To celebrate the end of the year and all of the hard work the students have done throughout the year. The students will be sharing various projects and writings during this time. We hope that you can join us for the celebration!
Upcoming Events:
May 17th- Day in Ghana Presentation
May 19th- Early Release- Professional Development
May 20th- Mountains and Rivers Assessment
Homework this Week:
Coming home on Monday is a long term project to wrap up our Around the World and Ancestor units. Your child will choose one thing they learned about the country they researched and present it to the class. There is a list of project options that they can choose from. The students will have 3 weeks to plan and practice their presentations. Therefore, homework this week will be a little different than usual. Your child will be expected to do the following:
Homework this Week:
Coming home on Monday is a long term project to wrap up our Around the World and Ancestor units. Your child will choose one thing they learned about the country they researched and present it to the class. There is a list of project options that they can choose from. The students will have 3 weeks to plan and practice their presentations. Therefore, homework this week will be a little different than usual. Your child will be expected to do the following:
- begin planning their project
- continue practicing the mountains and oceans (assessment is this Friday)
- nightly math worksheets
Although we still encourage your child to read for their 15 minutes per night, there will not be a Reading Log to record what they read each night this week. Also, there will not be spelling homework for the week. Spelling will resume next week. If you have any questions about the homework, please let me know. Thanks for your understanding with these changes.
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