CLASS NEWS and EVENTS
WEEK OF
April 29th
A note from Ms. Cruz -
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Hi everyone! I hope that everyone had a great long weekend. In order to keep the concepts current, please continue to work with your children on practicing 2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction, as well as telling time. These are things that will need ongoing practice throughout the year. It is hard to believe that we have only 5 more weeks of school!! Please remind your children that these last weeks are very important in preparation for 3rd grade. Thanks for your support.
Always feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns. Let's make the remainder of 2nd grade SPECTACULAR!!
SPECIAL
AREAS:
PE ART PE MUSIC PE
CURRICULUM
FOCUS:
Mathematics:
This week we will be continuing to study the concepts of multiplication and division, with a focus on the big idea of equal groups being brought together and/or shared equally. Please continue to practice the process of multi-digit addition and subtraction, and telling time at home as much as possible.
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Science:
We will begin our study of animals, their needs, and their adaptations.
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Social Studies:
We will continue with our study of economics, including wants and needs, goods and services.
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Reading:
We will continue reading a variety of poetry and talking about different features such as rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. We will also discuss stanzas, and lines in a poem and how they differ by style. Our story for the week is Mayday Around the World.
Writing:
This week we will focus on writing similes, tankas, limericks for our poetry books.
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Grammar:
Grammatical features of poetry.
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Phonics and Spelling:
We will continue to review previous spelling concepts.
Pattern: -y and -ey endings and changing -y to -ies
Spelling List: baby, bunnies, bunny, cherry, daddy, furry, honey, hurried, hurry, hurrying, lady, monkey, pennies, pony, tiny, yummy
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
APRIL:​
Apr 29th - Shark Guy - Author Presentation 8:00
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MAY:​
May 2nd - Garden Groups 12:20
May 3rd - House meeting 8:15
May 7th - CL & I / Library (bring back library books)
- Career Day (during specials)
Mar 8th - Care Class 1 - 1:30
May 16th - Garden Groups 12:20
May 17th - Student Led Conferences 1 - 1:30
May 20th - Author Visit, Mari Mancusi 8:00
May 22nd - FIELD TRIP to the Meadows Center in
San Marcos (more info to come)
May 24th - 5th Grade Decades performances
May 27th - NO SCHOOL
May 29th - House meeting 8:15
Mar 30th - CLASS PARTY - 9:15-9:45