2nd Grade Smore

February

Important Dates

February 1- Progress Reports go home

February 6- Closed campus due to testing

February 8- Family Library Night 5:00-7:00 pm

February 9- Closed campus due to testing

February 12-16- Kindness week:

Monday: Rees is WILD about spreading KINDNESS – wear your REES STAR gear with WILD hair
Tuesday: Don’t forget to show KINDNESS to yourself! Self-love day (outfit you LOVE) or Mardi Gras (gold, green and purple)
Wednesday: show your KINDNESS by wearing Valentine’s attire
Thursday: Powered by KINDNESS – be a superhero to someone (Super Hero attire)
Friday: Dream of a World Full of KINDNESS (PJs)

February 16- Field trip to the Aquarium

February 19- No School

February 23- Hoe down from 8:25-9:15

February 26-March 1- Dr. Seuss Week

Monday: Green Eggs and Ham and Cat in the Hat: green and/or hat
Tuesday: Fox in Socks and The Foot Book: wild socks and miss-matched shoes
Wednesday: Lorax and Oh the Places You’ll Go: college, military or job
Thursday: Dr. Seuss Sleep Time Stories, Sleep Book and I Can Read with My Eyes Shut: school-appropriate PJs
Friday: Tomorrow is Dr. Suess’ Birthday. Wear your favorite Dr. Seuss character attire.

Parent Lunches

Rees families are welcomed to come and have lunch with their 2nd graders every Wednesday. Please sign in to the front office when you arrive.

Ms. Costello and Ms. Perdomo's class: 11:20 - 11:50

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

Ms. Reyes' class: 11:30-12:00

Reading

Module 6- Weather Wise

In February, we will finish module 5 and begin our 6th module- “Weather Wise”. In this module, children will learn how weather changes from day to day and from season to season. Through texts and collaborative work, children will explore types of weather they may experience quite often, or may never experience—such as blizzards or hurricanes. Children will also learn to notice how the weather affects them and their communities.

Writing

Module 6- Poetry

In February, students will be moving into Module 6. In this module, they will learn how to write poetry. They will learn the elements of poetry, brainstorm ideas, and write a poem pertaining to weather. Students will proofread, edit, and revise, and publish a piece of work, that can be added to a class collection of a book of poems.

Writing Prompt:

Write about the weather and you. Describe the weather and how it helps you decide what to do that day.

Math

Unit 6: Multiply and Divide (End of Unit CBA: Feb. 9

Model, create, and describe contextual multiplication situations in which equivalent sets of concrete objects are joined; and
Model, create, and describe contextual division situations in which a set of concrete objects is separated into equivalent sets
Determine whether a number up to 40 is even or odd using pairings of objects to represent the number
Home to School Connections: Unit 6

Unit 7: Graphing (Unit begins Feb. 14)

Explain that the length of a bar in a bar graph or the number of pictures in a pictograph represents the number of data points for a given category;
Organize a collection of data with up to four categories using pictographs and bar graphs with intervals of one or more;
Write and solve one-step word problems involving addition or subtraction using data represented within pictographs and bar graphs with intervals of one;
Draw conclusions and make predictions from information in a graph

Science

Unit 3: Earth and Space

Unit 3 Vocabualary (Spanish/English)

Weather 1/29-2/9

The students will use tools such as rain gauges, wind vanes, and thermometers to gather weather information.
The students will record weather data in charts, tables, and graphs.

The students will use weather and climate information to make decisions about clothing, activities, or transportation.

Objects in the Sky 2/12/-2/23

Objects in the sky, such as the Sun and Moon, appear to change appearance at different times. The Earth spins on its axis causing daytime and nighttime.
We can observe and record how the Moon appears to change its shape during the month.
We can observe and record how the Moon appears to change its shape during the month.

Basic Needs 2/26-3/1

Plants and animals have basic needs that must be met in order to survive.
Plants require sunlight, air, water, nutrients (food), and space.
Animals require air, food, water, space, and sometimes shelter.

Social Studies

Unit 3: The World Around Us

1/29-2/2: Earth’s Resources

Students will learn how people depend on and use natural resources to meet basic needs, and how these resources affect where people choose to live and work.
Students will learn to identify and categorize renewable and nonrenewable resources.

2/5-2/9: Moving ideas, People and things

Students will learn how changes in communications technology affect how people share ideas.
Students will learn how people use transportation to meet their needs.
Students will learn how changes in transportation technology affect how people travel.

Unit 4: Celebrating Our Traditions

2/12-2/16: Culture is our way of life

Students will learn how culture is a way of life and an important part of the heritage that people inherit from family, friends, and community.
Students will learn to describe cultural traditions such as language, music, food, crafts, and recreation.

2/20-2/23: Culture is our country

Students will learn how different cultural backgrounds contribute to their communities in different ways..
Students will learn how to Identify the significance of cultural celebrations in different communities.
Students will learn to identify how cultural customs and celebrations show an American love of freedom, individualism, and inventiveness.

2/26-2/30: What We Celebrate

Students will learn how to identify and describe national holidays that honor the achievements of Americans past and present and their influence on the community, state, and nation.
Students will learn that people celebrate American holidays to express values that are important to the nation, including a love of individualism, inventiveness, and freedom.