Your kids are doing so well! This week was out of this world with MAP testing on Monday, as well as the eclipse. Thank you again for everyone who was able to come by Wednesday night! We hope you enjoyed learning a little more about second grade and Mrs. Gerhart and I truly appreciate all of your support!
We definitely understand that it was a late night and that many families might not be able to drop in, so I thought I'd include the presentation from Curriculum Night for anyone who wasn't able to make it.
Here is the presentation from Wednesday night:
file://ssbcusa.local/US1000/US1004-1/FR/US1004-1-PHigh/Documents/Curriculum%20Night!.pdf
Curriculum Next Week...
Language Arts...
Poetry: The students will recite Bed in Summer in front of the class this week! I can't wait to hear the recitations again this week! Please make sure to look at the recitation rubric on the back of their poem. On Monday, in your child's greenfolder, you will receive our next recitation: Something Told by the Wild Geese by Rachel Field. Please start to work on memorizing stanza 1 with your child this week!
Literature: We will continue to read Charlotte's Web chapters 10-12 this week. We will talk about what character traits make a good friend, and identify friendships in our lives that have virtuous character traits! We will create a "class web" by throwing a ball of yarn to a classmate while telling them why they are such a great friend!
Spalding: Please continue to practice phonograms and handwriting at home with your child (3-5 minutes of phonogram practice each evening is a great goal). Handwriting is looking great! Thank you for your diligent support with it!
Spelling words for next week...
Monday: better, water, round, cost, price, become, class, horse, care, try
Tuesday: move, delay, pound, behind, around, burn, camp, bear, bare, clear
Wednesday: clean, spell, poor, finish, hurt, maybe, across, tonight, tenth, sir
Writing & Grammar: Next week we will work on central ideas of a narrative passage, commands, and questions. We will also review the rules of punctuation and capitalization.
These are links to the Grammar Jingles we've been learning in class:
Sentence Jingle: https://youtu.be/RglRL1w_Umw
Noun Jingle: https://youtu.be/cSJizZdGG0k
Verb Jingle: https://youtu.be/bPGuiUmuY9g
Math: In math this week, we will start flexing our mental math muscles as well as digging deeper into addition and subtraction with renaming. (Example: 45 + 8 = 53, 42 – 4 = 38)
Science: Next week we will conclude our unit on the Seasons of the Year. Be sure to ask your child about "The Reasons for the Seasons" and see if they can tell you about the tilt of planet earth. We will explore more closely the affect each season has on the weather, humans, plants, and animals.
History: This week we will be traveling to the West Indies and South America! Students will be able to discuss how the West Indies was named, locate South America on a map, and talk about who Simon Bolivar was and why he was important to the people of South America. Scholars will also be able to describe the lifestyles of people of the central Andes.
Warmest,
Mr. High
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