Friday, September 10, 2021

Second Grade Newsletter 9.10.21

Hello Parents!


Important Dates:

Monday 9/13: Teacher In-service - No School

Thursday 9/16: Galileo testing at 8:00am (Please make sure your student gets plenty of sleep and nutritious food. Make sure your student is present at school and arrives on time. Thank you.)

Friday 10/1: Field Trip to the Musical Instrument Museum (see below for details!)



News:

Sign up to volunteer for Reading Groups in your child's classroom if you are able! (Link on the sidebar). Just a reminder that all volunteers must have completed the Raptor process. Please see the Headmaster Update for more information.

If you haven’t already, please send our current literature book, Sarah, Plain, and Tall, to school with your child.

Students should bring their reading bags to school, as we continue to launch our reading bag program.

Sign your student's agenda each night, and send it back each day.

Empty the Friday Folder over the weekend, sign it, and return it on Tuesday.

Sign assessments after reviewing with your child, and leave them in the Friday Folder to be returned to school.

Rocket Math homework is an oral practice of the “orbit” (problems in the stars on border of page). Your child should hold the quiz they took while the parent should hold the answer packet. Please see the video for more information.

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Field Trip:

The second grade students will be going on their first Field Trip on Friday, October 1st to The Musical Instrument Museum! Please follow the link to sign your child up, volunteer to chaperone (this link will go live Monday, 9/13 at 7pm), and find out all of the pertinent information about this exciting day! 

https://archwaychandler.configio.com/go/2gmusicalinstrumentmuseum

This link acts as your permission form. Without it, your child cannot attend the Field Trip.

Conversation Prompts:

What kind of animal did Sarah bring with her from Maine?

How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?

What subject are haiku usually about?

For a math problem, if we need to find the whole, would we use addition or subtraction?

Which word is a verb in the following sentence? “Sarah loved the sea.”


Math:

We will review addition and subtraction of two digit numbers without renaming. We will also use these skills while solving word problems.

Literature: 
As we continue to read Sarah, Plain and Tall, we’ll learn how Sarah likes life on the prairie. She will have new experiences with Caleb and Anna, and they will learn new things about Maine from her. Will Sarah decide to stay?

History:
We will continue working on our Japan booklet and learn more about Japanese culture.
 
 
Science:
We will learn more about what happens during each of Earth’s seasons.

Grammar:
We will discover more of the poem, "The Secret." We will practice narration, copy work and dictation using passages from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.


Have a wonderful week! See you Tuesday.

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