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?
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