2nd Grade

May 1: School Principals’ Day (dress like Mrs. Lara and/or wear purple!)
May 1: 5:00 - 6:30 Family Library Night and Puppet show
May 2: International Harry Potter Day

May 2: Career Day

May 5-9: Teacher Appreciation Week

May 6: Math AIA

May 9: Science CBA #4 (Organisms and Environment)

May 12-16: BOOK FAIR and last week for parent lunch days

May 22: Math Unit 11 CBA- Length

May 29: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - 2 p.m. early dismissal

June 3: Summer School begins

It’s time to grow! 😊 2nd graders are kicking off Module 8, with an inquiry project. We will use a variety of research sources, to create a brochure, after researching natural disasters.

Furthermore, we will be reviewing text features, determining importance while evaluating the most important details of a story, and identifying cause & effect. We will revisit internal and external character traits, and retell the events in a story, We will also revisit story structure, plot elements, beginning, middle and end. Metacognition will take us through making connections to our personal experiences, other texts, and to the world.

Children will engage in the full writing process to produce a procedural text during this three-week module. The Writing Workshop Teacher’s Guide provides explicit instruction and ample opportunity for children to write daily.

In this unit, your child will measure length. Skills your child will practice include:

• estimating and measuring length, width, and height in meters

• measuring length, width, and height in centimeters

• estimating and measuring length in feet

• measuring length in inches

• drawing lines of given length

• comparing and ordering metric and customary lengths

• using bar models to solve up to two-step problems involving lengths

STEM activities for 05/27-05/29

• Insects, such as grasshoppers and butterflies, undergo distinct changes during their lives called life cycles.
• Most insects go through four stages, including egg, larva, pupa, and adult, whereas some insects go through three stages, including egg, nymph, and adult.
• An insect’s behavior and appearance can be very different depending on what stage it is at in its life cycle. For example, pupae are dormant, while larvae typically eat.

Activities to come!

4/29-5/3: Technology Then and Now

• Students will learn to compare life in the past to life today, and understand that some things change while others stay the same
• Students will learn to describe how science and technology change communication, transportation, recreation, and the ways in which people meet basic needs.

5/6-5/10: American Heroes

• Students will learn to identify the contributions of historical figures who influenced our nation's history.
• Students will learn to identify the historical figures who exhibited individualism, inventiveness, and good citizenship.

5/13-5/17: American Heroes

• Students will learn to describe how science and technology change communication, transportation, recreation, and the ways in which people meet basic needs.

5/16-5/17: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month

• Students will learn the importance of celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander month.
• Students will learn about the historical contributions that Asian American & Pacific Islanders made throughout U.S history.

Ms. De Los Reyes and Mr. Rivers - via ParentSquare