2nd Grade Newsletter

During the 2nd half of the quarter, students will reinforce their regular narrative text structure knowledge, learn about narrative mystery text structure and elements, and practice using narrative story elements to accurately retell a story. They will apply what they’ve learned by actively participating in oral whole group and partner discussion and written responses. Students will focus on describing character's attributes and how they respond to major events and challenges and generating predictions about story characters and events using the text.

• representing, comparing, and ordering whole numbers up to 120.
• describing, extending, creating and transferring repeating and increasing patterns using various representations.
• building conceptual understanding of adding and subtracting two-digit numbers up to 100.
• using standard units of measurement for length, weight/mass and volume
• reading an analog and digital clock to the nearest 5 minute
  

In social studies we will apply history and social science skills to:

• identify the geographic location, use of resources, and contributions of Indigenous people past and present, including Indigenous nations and tribes of the Eastern Woodlands, Plains and Southwest and understand tribal sovereignty and the importance of land, history and culture
• identify the geographic location, use of resources, and contributions of European explorers, and their influence on the development of North America including, but not limited to the English, French, and Spanish.
• understand basic economic principles by identifying natural, human and capital resources; distinguishing between needs and wants and the use of barter and money in the exchange for goods and services and how money makes trading easier than barter; explaining that scarcity requires people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services

• there are different types of weather on Earth
• different types of weather have specific characteristics
• measuring, recording, and interpreting weather data allows for identification of weather patterns
• tracking weather allows us to prepare for the weather and storms
• weather patterns and seasonal changes affect plants, animals, and their surroundings
• weather and seasonal changes affect the growth and behavior of living things
• wind and weather can change the land
• changes can happen quickly or slowly over time