Hello Parents and Guardians!
Important Dates:
· Great Hearts Day: February 14th, 2022
· No School (President’s Day): February 21st, 2022
· Field Trip to the Pioneer Museum: Friday, March 4th, 2022
Conversation Starters:
Name two ways Americans moved west (by carriage, walking, flatboats, keel boats)
Skip count by 4 up to 48 (4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48)
What happens to our food after it reaches the stomach? (Food moves into the small intestine where it passes through villi walls into the bloodstream)
In Little House in the Big Woods, what is sugar snow? (Melted snow that helps tree produce for sap)
Academics:
Grammar: Scholars will receive their next poem for recitations, "The Land of Counterpane" by Robert Louis Stevenson. We will use excerpts from "The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks" for our writing exercises. Students will also practice addressing envelopes and writing letters on a postcard.
Math: In math, students will learn to relate division by 4 to multiplication by 4 as well as count and multiply by 5.
History: We will continue our unit on the Westward Expansion with learning about the invention of the steamboat, identifying important land features American used on their journey west, and explaining what the California Gold Rush was.
Literature: Our reading of Little House in the Big
Woods continues with emphasis on citing textual evidence and reviewing
alphabetical order with vocabulary from the text. Please consider
signing up to volunteer for reading groups at the links on the sidebar
Science: In Science, we will finish our unit on the digestive system and begin our unit on healthy eating with learning the different food groups and how to make a healthy plate.
Spalding: Next week, we will begin writing the alphabet in cursive. For homework,
scholars will practice cursive letters along with spelling words for the
week. Please have your child write each cursive letter three times.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Warm Regards,
The 2nd Grade Team
