November 27, 2011

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   Welcome to our class! Thank you for taking the time to visit our class website. Read more to find out what your son or daughter will be learning about in 2nd Grade.

Please explore our class website.
You will find many great things for you, your student, and your family on this site. If you have any suggestions for things you would like to see on this site, please feel free to share your ideas.
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Reading

• In Unit 2, students will be learning about the economy through our stories in our Unit called "Kindness".
• Students will be working in groups throughout the school year. New groups will be established for each Unit.
• Students will also be in a different group during their Workshop time. At this time, students work independently and small group with the teacher on leveled reading skills.
• In January, students will be tested on all 200 words learned throughout the year. Some students will be tested on the 3rd 100 sight words.
  1st 100 words       2nd 100 words       3rd 100 Sight Words

Math

• Right now students will are practicing telling time and using the calendar in Unit 6 "Time". Click here for Unit 6 Overview.
• Does your student need a challenge? Click here for challenge papers from Unit 6.
• Check out this GREAT math site that teaches our 2nd Grade math vocabulary and skills.
  http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mthexp/g2/egames.html
• Want to give your student a challenge? Click here for 3rd grade math vocabulary and skills.

Writing

• During the first few months of school, students worked on sentence structure, learning the steps to writing a narrative paragraph, and producing friendly letters.

• Expository Writing is our main focus starting in December. We will be learning how to write a complete paragraph that includes a topic sentence, 3 key ideas, 3 details, and a closing sentence.

• Punctuation, capitalizing, and transitions are additional writing skills we practice throughout the year.

• Students will have continued practice with their writing skills when writing in their science journals.

Science

• Starting in January, students will be learning about "Soils". Click here to see our "Soils" science journal.

Other important reminders/requests:

Please remember to check your student's backpacks and folders nightly.

Dates and Things to Remember

	December 12 - 2nd Grade Music Concert / 6 p.m. / Gym
	December 17 to January 2 - No School / Winter Break