3rd Quarter, Here We Go!

Dear 2A,

I hope you all had a wonderful Winter Break and enjoyed the holidays with your loved ones! Thank you all so much for thinking of Mrs. Gerhart and myself and sharing so many fun and thoughtful gifts. We feel so honored to have such an incredible group of parents and students be a part of 2A this year. Thank you again!

When we return from break...

Spalding Words 1/8/18:Monday: broke, feel, sure, sugar, least, sorry, press, God, god, teacherTuesday: November, subject, April, history, study, himself, matter, use, thought, personWednesday: nor, or, January, mean, vote, court, copy, act, been, be
Poetry: After the break we will learn a new poem: Smart by Shel Silverstein.

Grammar: Students will be introduced to linking verbs through reading a story called The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We will also review parts of speech through singing our jingles from last semester and classifying sentences.

Writing: We will read a story called The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning.

Literature: We will start discovering the setting of our next book: The Cricket in Times Square! Students will learn about Connecticut and New York, as well as plot points on a map! Please send your child to school with their copy of this novel.

Math: We will pick right back up with some strategies for mental addition and subtraction and have a cumulative assessment over units 1-7 on Thursday. Beginning on Thursday, we will start practicing multiplying and dividing by 4. Pro-tip! Practice skip counting with your child by 2s, 3s, 4,s, 5s and 10s on the way to school or daily to help her/him build their fact automaticity. :)

Science: We will start a new unit on the Human Body. We will begin with learning about the five senses associated with our body and will identify these important systems: skeletal, circulatory, nervous, digestive, and excretory. We will also learn about the significant contributions of Anton van Leeuwenhoek and talk about bacteria!

History: We are jumping right back into our study of Ancient Greece. We will be learning about the ancient Olympic Games on Monday, then continuing our journey in Athens. Ask your scholar about Greek symposiums (a dinner party that included many forms of entertainment). 

Best,

Mr. High