Language Arts
Continue with Skills Unit 4: Students are introduced to more spelling alternatives for vowel sounds, and three tricky spellings. Students will practice persuasive writing as part of a friendly letter. In grammar, students review singular and regular plural nouns, as well as common and proper nouns. They are introduced to the formation of irregular plural nouns, as well as action verbs and to-be verbs.
Knowledge
Unit 7: Insects: All Around
Students will learn the characteristics of insects, the life cycles of insects, how insects can be categorized as solitary or social, and how insects are viewed as both helpful and harmful. For example, students will learn how insects are important to the process of pollination and in the production of honey, some cosmetics, and even medicines. This domain will lay the foundation for further study of the life cycles, habitats, and classifications of insects and other animals.
Math
Your child is about to explore money. To master this skill, your child will build on his or her knowledge of the values of each type of coin and finding the value of a mixed group of coins up to a dollar.
As your child extends his or her knowledge of this concept throughout second grade, he or she will learn the following concepts:
● Determining when it is appropriate to use the cent sign versus using the dollar sign with a decimal point.
Correct way to write the cent symbol or the dollar sign with decimal point: 46￠ or $0.46 Incorrect way to write the cent symbol or the dollar sign with decimal point: 0.46￠ or 0.46$ or $0.46￠
● Counting collections of the same type of coin or a mixed group of coins up to one dollar Students will line up the coins from greatest to least value, and then skip count to find the total value of the collection.
Your child will also explore creating two-dimensional shapes. To master this skill, your child will build on his or her knowledge of identifying and composing two-dimensional shapes, such as circles, triangles, rectangles, squares as special rectangles, rhombuses, and hexagons. As your child extends his or her knowledge of this concept throughout second grade, he or she will learn the following concepts:
● Creating two-dimensional shapes based on given attributes, including number of sides and vertices.
● Classifying and sorting two-dimensional polygons with 12 or fewer sides by their characteristics or attributes.
● Composing two-dimensional shapes with given attributes using different types of materials.
● Decomposing two-dimensional shapes and identifying the resulting geometric parts.
Knowledge
Domain 8: The U.S. Civil War
This domain lays the foundation for more in-depth study of a critical period in American history in later grades. Students begin to learn about the controversy between the North and the South over slavery, and become familiar with the achievements of key historical figures during this time, including Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee. Students will incorporate key vocabulary as they write Civil War journal entries throughout the domain.
