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Here is what we are working on in 2nd grade:
Writing: This week, students will apply learning to write opinion/persuasive pieces about favorite books they have read. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Reading: Students will continue to work with the points of view of different characters in stories, as well as shades of meaning among closely related verbs and adverbs. Spelling words for the week include silent letter combinations: wreck, wrap, debt, doubt, lamb, dumb, thumb, knew, knife, knot, write, knee, half, knock, gnat. --------------------------------------------------------------- Science Inquiry: Students will continue to explore the central idea of, “Positions on Earth determine observable sky patterns.” In addition to using text, videos, and other classroom resources, discovery will occur during hands-on activities. Students will have opportunities to predict, observe, conclude, and formulate further wonderings! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Math: Students will continue to explore money and the relationships between the values of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar bill. Students will count coins and understand the connection to skip-counting by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s. Students will use strategies to solve word problems with money. Important Information: Breakfast with Buddies Parents/Guardians of Teasley K-2nd Graders, We are excited to announce our first annual Breakfast with Buddies! Bring your coffee and enjoy a casual morning eating donuts with your child. This event will take place the morning of Friday, March 20th from 7:20-7:50 in your student’s classroom. Maximum of 2 grownups per student. Standards: ELA2W3: Write opinion pieces in which a topic is introduced, an opinion is stated, reasons are supplied to support, linking words are used to connect opinions and reasons, and a conclusion statement or section is provided. ELA2W5: Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing as needed by revising and editing with guidance from adults and peers. ELA2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. M2MD8: Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? RL6: Determine the differences in the points of view of characters including different voices for each character. L5b: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss/throw/hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin/slender/skinny). RF3e: Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences (silent letter combinations). S2E1: Obtain, evaluate & communicate information about stars having different sizes & brightness. S2E2: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to develop an understanding of the patterns of the Sun and the moon and the sun’s effect on Earth. Here is what we are working on in 2nd grade:
Writing: This week, students will combine learning about dental hygiene and persuasive writing. Students will compare/contrast proper and improper dental hygiene care and will write an opinion piece to state an opinion, supply reasons, and provide a conclusion. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Reading: Students will work with the key concept of Perspective through various stories read aloud and independently. Students will consider the points of view of different characters in stories. Students will also distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs and adverbs. Spelling words for the week include silent letter combinations: wreck, wrap, debt, doubt, lamb, dumb, thumb, knew, knife, knot, write, knee, half, knock, gnat. Science Inquiry: This week, students will begin with a provocation into our new Unit of Inquiry: Where We Are in Place and Time. In this unit, students will work with the key concepts of Perspective, Change, and Causation and will explore the central idea of, “Positions on Earth determine observable sky patterns.” We are excited to incorporate into this unit our learning experiences from our visits to the Tellus Museum and the Star Lab. Math: Students will continue to explore money and the relationships between the values of a penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and dollar bill. Students will count coins and understand the connection to skip-counting by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s. Students will use strategies like “hairy money” and number bonds to count sets of coins. Students will begin to explore creating different sets of coins to represent the same value. Standards: ELA2W3: Write opinion pieces in which a topic is introduced, an opinion is stated, reasons are supplied to support, linking words are used to connect opinions and reasons, and a conclusion statement or section is provided. ELA2W5: Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing as needed by revising and editing with guidance from adults and peers. ELA2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. HE2.1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. RL6: Determine the differences in the points of view of characters including different voices for each character. L5b: Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss/throw/hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin/slender/skinny). RF3e: Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences (silent letter combinations). S2E1: Obtain, evaluate & communicate information about stars having different sizes & brightness. M2MD8: Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? Here is what we are working on in 2nd grade:
Writing: This week, students will focus on the craft of persuasive writing. Students will practice writing persuasive statements and developing reasons to support their opinions. Reading: Students will continue with fables and folktales and will apply their learning by comparing and contrasting two or more versions of the same story by different authors from different cultures. In addition, students will explore using adverbs to describe verbs, adjective and other adverbs. The spelling patterns this week will be “ough” and “augh”. Math: Students will continue to explore addition and subtraction to include two three-digit numbers. Students will use strategies to solve equations with and without regrouping. Students will continue to practice and apply mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction facts. Social Studies Inquiry: Students will continue with the Transdisciplinary Theme, “How We Organize Ourselves” and will shift focus from historical leaders to the government leaders in office today. Students will develop the Key Concepts of Function and Responsibility as they identify the elected officials of the executive branch and where they work: President, Governor, Mayor. Important Information: Progress Reports: Next Wednesday, progress reports will go home to students who are currently demonstrating limited progress (1) on any report card standard for this quarter. We are checking in on reading levels and math fact fluency as well. Class Wish List: Colored copy paper. Valentine’s Day: Exchange: Students received a paper with names of classmates if they choose to participate in the Valentine’s Day Exchange next Friday! Themed activities will be incorporated into our subject areas on that day as well. Pajama Day: Valentine’s Day is also a Pajama Day for $1 fundraiser! Learning Targets: ELA2W3: Write opinion pieces in which a topic is introduced, an opinion is stated, reasons are supplied to support, linking words are used to connect opinions and reasons, and a conclusion statement or section is provided. ELA2W5: Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing as needed by revising and editing with guidance from adults and peers. ELA2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. ELA2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine central message, lesson, or moral. ELA2RL9: Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors from different cultures. ELA2L1: Uses and identifies adjectives and adverbs and chooses between them depending on what it to be modified. ELA2RF3e: Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences (silent letter combinations). M2NBT7: Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. M2OA2: Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. SS2CG2: Identify the following elected official of the executive branch and where they work: President (leader of our nation) and Washington, D.C. – White House; Governor (leader of our state) and Atlanta, GA – State Capitol Building; and Mayor (leader of a city) and city hall. Here is what we are working on in 2nd grade:
Writing: This week, students will use checklists and/or rubrics to revise and edit their opinion pieces. Students will also explore the attributes of persuasive writing and the differences between persuasive and opinion writing. Learning Targets: ELA2W3: Write opinion pieces in which a topic is introduced, an opinion is stated, reasons are supplied to support, linking words are used to connect opinions and reasons, and a conclusion statement or section is provided. ELA2W5: Focuses on a topic and strengthens writing as needed by revising and editing with guidance from adults and peers. ELA2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Reading: In addition to reading informational text for inquiry learning, students will explore fiction in the form of fables and folktales. Students will also work to define, sort, and apply verbs and adverbs in text. Learning Targets: ELARI1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. ELA2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine central message, lesson, or moral. ELA2L1: Uses and identifies adjectives and adverbs and chooses between them depending on what it to be modified. ELA2RF3b: Decode and spell r-controlled words. ————————————————————-- Math: Students will continue to explore addition and subtraction to include two three-digit numbers. Students will use strategies to solve equations with and without regrouping (base ten blocks, number discs, expanded form, and number lines). Students will continue to practice and apply mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction facts. Learning Target: M2NBT7: Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. M2OA2: Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers. —————————————————————- Social Studies Inquiry: Exploration of historical figures in Georgia’s history will continue with inquiry into the life and contributions of the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. This week, students will practice the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to ask questions which deepen comprehension and stimulate new thinking about a topic. Students will further develop the central idea of, “Strong leaders affect change.” Learning Targets: SS2H1: Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history. SS2G2: Describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1. Here is what we are working on in 2nd grade:
Writing: This week, students will discover the parts of an opinion piece and will begin working on writing to share an opinion. Students will practice stating an opinion, providing reasons, and giving examples to support the reasons. Learning Targets: ELA2W3: Write opinion pieces in which a topic is introduced, an opinion is stated, reasons are supplied to support, linking words are used to connect opinions and reasons, and a conclusion statement or section is provided. ELA2L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Reading: In addition to reading informational text for inquiry learning, students will explore fiction in the form of fables and folktales. Students will again work with r-controlled words. This week, the words will contain the vowel teams er, ir, ur, and ire. Learning Targets: ELARI1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. ELA2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine central message, lesson, or moral. ELA2RF3b: Decode and spell r-controlled words. —————————————————————- Math: Students will continue to explore addition and subtraction to include two three-digit numbers. Students will use strategies to solve equations with and without regrouping. Learning Target: M2NBT7: Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. —————————————————————- Social Studies Inquiry: Exploration of historical figures in Georgia’s history will continue with inquiry into the life and contributions of Juliette Gordon Lowe. Working with the key concepts of Change and Responsibility, students will further develop the central idea of, “Strong leaders affect change.” Learning Targets: SS2H1: Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures in Georgia history. SS2G2: Describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures in SS2H1. This week, we are:
Spelling: Reading and writing r-controlled words with -ar and -or patterns. This will be assessed on Friday. Reading: asking and answering questions in fiction stories. Writing: writing facts and opinion in preparation for our opinion writing unit! Math: adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers. Students will work with the hundreds place with this skill! This week, we will use number discs and base ten blocks to add. Near the end of the week, we will learn expanded form addition with 3 digit numbers. Strategies are recorded by students in math notebooks and can take them home anytime to review/practice! IB Unit: Our central idea is, “Strong leaders affect change”. We are learning about Jackie Robinson this week! This week, we are:
Spelling: Reading and writing r-controlled words with -ar and -or patterns. The lists are in student agendas. This list will be assessed next Friday. Reading: asking and answering questions in fiction stories. We are applying this skill with our new IB Unit as well. Writing: producing, expanding, and rearranging simple and complex sentences. We are reviewing this skill in prior to our next writing unit! Students added great details to sentences today in our introductory activity. Math: reviewing previous skills such as addition and subtraction and place value. We will also move into adding four 2-digit numbers. Students are encouraged to bring home their math notebooks anytime to review skills learned in class. IB Unit: Our central idea is, “Strong leaders affect change”. We are beginning our unit by studying Martin Luther King, Jr! Report Cards: This is just a reminder about ParentVue. We handed out a form during our fall conferences. Teasley is taking another step towards being paperless and will no longer be printing report cards for students. This means that you must have access to ParentVUE to be able to view your students’ grades. If you do not yet have your ParentVUE Activation Key (which was handed out at conferences in October), please stop by the front office with your photo ID. We can provide ParentVUE Activation Keys to the parent/guardian on file. Report cards were posted on Jan. 10th. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance with this process.
Happy New Year! We had an awesome day on Monday!
This week, we are: Spelling: Reading and writing r-controlled words with -ar and -or patterns. The lists are in student agendas. This list will be assessed next Friday. Reading: asking and answering questions in fiction stories. We are applying this skill with our new IB Unit as well. Writing: producing, expanding, and rearranging simple and complex sentences. We are reviewing this skill in prior to our next writing unit! Students added great details to sentences today in our introductory activity. Math: reviewing previous skills such as addition and subtraction and place value. We will also move into adding four 2-digit numbers. Students are encouraged to bring home their math notebooks anytime to review skills learned in class. IB Unit: Our central idea is, “Strong leaders affect change”. We are beginning our unit by studying Martin Luther King, Jr! Important Information: Field Trip: On Wednesday, January 15, our class will visit Tellus Museum to preview our space unit! Please send in permission form and $8 payment as soon as possible. If you would like to chaperone, please contact me to make arrangements and complete volunteer form with the front office. Report Cards: On Friday, Report Cards can be accessed online only through Parent Vue! Make sure you have stopped by the front office to receive your parent code for Parent Vue. In addition, we have shared Learner Profile Trait reports on SeeSaw. K-2 Talent Show: Is your student interested in showing off their amazing talent on stage? Auditions for the K-2nd Grade Talent Show will take place on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 after school. Please complete and return the permission slip to school by Friday, January 24th at 2:45 pm. |