2nd Grade
February 2025
Important Dates
February 7: Bubble Gum Day
February 10-14: Kindness Week
February 12: Math Test (Unit 6- Multiplication and Division)
February 13: Reading Language Arts Test (Module 5)
February 14: Science Test
February 17: No school- President's Day
February 20: Progress Report Day
February 28: Hoedown - 8:25-9:15
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.
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
School Wide Dress Code
Monday
Pink shirt with jeans for kindness.
Tuesday
#AliefProud shirt with jeans.
Wednesday
College / Military shirt with jeans.
Thursday
Black History t-shirt/attire with jeans.
Friday
Rees Spirit shirt with jeans.
These dress up days are optional. Students are welcomed to wear their collared shirts with khaki or navy pants on a daily biases.
Reading
Module 6- Weather Wise
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. 12)
- 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
Chapter 6: Weather and the Sky (CBA- 02/14)
Big Idea: Weather data can be measured and graphed and severe weather varies by region. The Sun provides light and heat and objects in the sky can be studied with special tools.
The sun's light and heat (02/03-02/07)
- Students describe the Sun as a star that provides light and heat and explain that the Moon reflects the Sun’s light.
Objects in the sky (02/10-02/14)
- Students observe objects in the sky using tools and compare how objects in the sky are more visible and can appear different with a tool than with an unaided eye.
Chapter 7: Plant Survival
Big Idea: Plants rely on their structures and the environment for survival.
Plant Structures (02/18-02/21)
- Students identify the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds of plants and compare how those structures help different plants meet their basic needs for survival.
Pollination and Seed Movement (02/24-02/28)
- Students explain and demonstrate how some plants depend on other living things, wind, or water for pollination and to move their seeds around.
Social Studies
Unit 3: The World Around Us
- 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.
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
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.
How to contact your child's teacher
Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Gomez - via ParentSquare
Ms. Reyes - via Class Dojo
Ms. Valencia - via Whatsapp
Website: https://www.aliefisd.net/Rees
Location: 16305 Kensley Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 531-1444
Twitter: @ReesStars