2nd Grade

Important Dates

November 5 - Progress Reports go home

November 10- 60th day of school - Sixties Attire (Optional)

November 12- 2nd grade Field Trip to Main Street Theater

November 13- Fall Festival from 5:30-7 pm

November 19- Math Campus Based Assessment

November 20- Reading Campus Based Assessment

November 20- Turkey Trot at 8:20-9:05 am

November 24-28- No school (Thanksgiving break)

December 3 - Progress Reports go home

Parent Lunches

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 - please sit on the tables located on the stage.

Mrs. Manuel and Ms. Zamora's class: 11:20 - 11:50

Mrs. Buchelkia's and Mrs. Olomi's class: 11:25-11:55

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

School Wide Dress Code

Monday

Purple shirt for Alzheimer's Awareness with jeans.

Tuesday

#AliefProud shirt with jeans.

Wednesday

College / Military shirt with jeans.

Thursday

Blue shirt for Gratitude with jeans.

Friday

Rees Spirit shirt with jeans.

November 21

Turkey Trot attire! Our turkey trot will be at 8:20 am.

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

Reading

Module 3 & 4 (CBA- November 20)

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

Writing

Persuasive Essay

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.

Math

Unit 4: Money

Link: Home Connection
Enlace: Carta a Casa
Determine the value of a collection of coins up to one dollar.
Use the cent symbol, dollar sign, and the decimal point to name the value of a collection of coins.

Unit 5: Multiplication and Division

Link: Home Connection
Enlace: Carta a casa
Model, create, and describe contextual multiplication situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined.
Model, create, and describe contextual division situations in which a set of concrete objects is separated into equivalent sets.

Science

Chapter 5: Earth's Systems and Processes

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

Link: At home connection

Enlace: Carta a casa

Wind and water moves rocks and soil

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

Students will distinguish between natural and manmade resources.

Social Studies

Unit 2: Working to Meet Our Needs

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.

Trading for Goods and Service

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.

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)