2nd Grade

November 5- No school (Election Day)

November 7- Progress Reports go home

November 15- Math CBA

November 15- Fall Festival from 5-7 pm

November 20- Science CPA #2

November 21- Social Studies CBA

November 22- Reading Language Arts CBA #3

November 22- Turkey Trot at 8:25 am

November 25-29- No school (Thanksgiving break)

Rees families are welcomed to come and have lunch with their 2nd graders every Wednesday, only two guest at a time are allowed per week. Please sign in to the front office when you arrive.

Ms. De Los Reyes and Mr. River's class: 11:20 - 11:50

Mrs. Gomez and Mrs. Rodriguez's class: 11:25-11:55

Ms. Reyes and Ms. Valencia's class: 11:30-12:00

These dress up days are optional. Students are welcomes to wear their collared shirts with khaki or navy pants on a daily biases.

Students will be finishing up Module 3 and starting Module 4 during the month of November. In Module3, our stories’ focuses How can people work out disagreements?

Module 4 moves into learning about What lessons can we learn from the characters in stories? Some new key components we’ll be teaching this month include:

• Monitor and Clarify
• Context Clues *
• Theme
• Retell

Module 3 List 1- English

Modulo 2 Lista 1- Español

Module 3 List 2- English

Modulo 2 Lista 2- Español

Module 3 List 3- English

Modulo 2 Lista 3- Español

In the month of November, students will continue to work on their persuasive compositions from module 3 ; they will explore how people can work out disagreements with one another.

People have their own opinions, or feelings about topics. It is okay to have differing opinions, but we must be respectful as we share our thoughts and ideas. Students will continue to create a piece of writing that formulates an opinion, and utilizes resources to support their opinion. They will continue to move through the writing process after brainstorming and drafting. The will revise, edit, and publish an accomplished piece of persuasive writing and present their writing to their peers.

• Link: Unit 3 School-to-home Connections
• Subtraction within 1,200
• Subtract with and without regrouping (2-digit and 3-digit numbers)
• Solve one-step and multi-step word problems involving subtraction within 1,000 using a variety of strategies based on place value, including algorithms

• Link: Unit 4 School-to-home Connections
• Interpreting and representing the part-whole concept in addition and subtraction using bar models
  
• Interpreting and representing the adding-on and taking-away concepts in addition and subtraction using bar models
• Interpreting and representing the comparing concept in addition and subtraction using bar models

Big Idea: Earth’s surface can be changed by wind, water, and people. These changes can affect Earth’s resources.

Wind and water moves rocks and soil (11/04-11/13)

• Students will Investigate and describe how wind and water move soil and rock particles across the Earth’s surface such as wind blowing sand into dunes on a beach or a river carrying rocks as it flows.

Resources (11/14-11/22)

• Students will distinguish between natural and manmade resources.

11/04-11/08: Producing and Consuming

• Students will learn to recognize and explain how producers make goods to earn income and that consumers buy and use goods.

• Students will also learn that producers make choices about what to produce based on the needs and wants of consumers.

11/11-11/15: Service Workers and their jobs

• Students will learn that service workers do jobs that help others. They will learn about services found in communities.

• They will learn how taxes paid by citizens are used to pay for government services.

• Students will learn that people can use money or can barter to exchange goods and services, and that money makes that exchange easier.

• Students will learn about the choices people have for getting goods and services through trade.

11/18-11/20: Making Choices about Money

• Students learn about the choices people have about saving the income they make from working.

• Students will learn about why people save and the benefits of saving.

• Students will learn the different way people pay for goods and services such as cash, barter , and borrowing (credit)

• christina.delosreyes@aliefisd.net
  
• christopher.riversjr@aliefisd.net
  

Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Gomez - via ParentSquare

• deyanira.rodriguezojeda@aliefisd.net
  
• enyi.rosagomez@aliefisd.net
  

Ms. Reyes - via Class Dojo

Ms. Valencia - via Whatsapp

• angie.reyes@aliefisd.net
• irma.hornung@aliefisd.net
  

Website: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 531-1444
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