2nd Grade Newsletter

Last week of school!!

Early release at 11:40am on Thursday May 21

🤷 What are we learning? 🤷

Week at a glance...🙃

Skills:

Objectives:

Mentor Sentence: Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Reflexive pronouns

Identify and decode words with specific spelling patterns.

Decode and use words with /f/ → f, ff, ph.

Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and proper nouns.

Distinguish past, present, and future verb tense.

Use apostrophes correctly.

Reading: Learn the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Explore nonfiction genres and their organizational structures.

Identify features of nonfiction texts.

Foundational Skills: Read words with spelling alternatives.

Compare word pairs with these spellings and determine if they represent the same sound.

Reading: Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text in The War of 1812.

Learn how text features are organized.

Review the introduction of the Reader with teacher guidance.

Arrange timeline cards in chronological order to show understanding of sequence.

Foundational Skills: Read and spell words with /e/ spelled ea.

Complete sentences using words with /e/ → ea.

Reading: Listen to the Read-Aloud “America in 1812, Part I.”

Answer literal and inferential questions about key details.

Identify details about U.S. history after the Revolutionary War using information from the text.

Foundational Skills:

Read words featuring the /e/ → ‘ea’ vowel team.

Language / Spelling: Spell multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns:

Write three words in alphabetical order.

Reading: Read “Trouble with the British” with purpose and understanding.

Recognize the central idea and supporting evidence.

Use text features: table of contents to locate chapters, glossary to clarify word meanings.

Answer multiple-choice questions about key details.

Knowledge:

Objectives:

The Cycle of Daytime and Nighttime

Objectives

Reading: Explain how the rotation of the earth causes daytime and nighttime.

Evaluate details read to determine key ideas.

Language: Decode and spell common abbreviations.

Demonstrate understanding of the word stage using context clues, synonyms, and antonyms.

Speaking & Listening: Work collaboratively with others during group discussions.

Provide examples of natural cycles.

The Reasons for Seasons

Objectives

Reading: Explain how the tilt of the earth affects the seasons in the northern hemisphere.

Use newly learned vocabulary to describe seasonal changes.

Evaluate details to determine key ideas in an informational text.

Recognize features and graphics in informational texts to gain information.

Describe how rhyme and repetition add to the meaning of a poem.

Language: Use context to understand the meaning of the words rotation, revolution, and tilt.

Speaking & Listening: Share observations and ideas about how Earth’s revolution and tilt cause the seasons.

Speak clearly and stay on topic during discussions.

Four Seasons in One Year

Objectives

Reading: Describe how seasonal changes in the Northern Hemisphere affect plants and animals.

Recognize characteristics and structures of informational texts, including the central idea and supporting details.

Identify features of multimodal texts.

Use text evidence to support responses.

Language: Understand and use the word adapt to make personal connections.

Math

Objectives:

Problem Solving with Coins and Bills

Problem Solving with Financial Literacy

Creating an Inch Ruler

Science

Objectives:

Plant Structures

2.13.A identify the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds of plants, and compare how those structures help different plants meet their basic needs for survival.

Guiding Question: How do plant parts help different plants meet their needs?

Vocabulary - add flower and leaf to your vocabulary terms. Make sure students know the difference between a fruit-bearing plant and a flower-bearing plant.

Children will be able to observe and model the stems of plants and identify how those structures help plants meet their basic needs for survival.