Welcome Back!

Good morning 2A Families!

I hope everyone is refreshed and rejuvenated from fall break! 

Just a note about report cards, it is very common to see 2s and 3s for the first quarter report card! Checklists will follow along these guidelines:

4- Student is completely independent in this area/standard.

3-Student is mostly independent with occasional guidance.

2- Student needs frequent guidance in this area/standard.

1- Student needs complete teacher guidance/aide. 

If you have not signed up for parent-teacher conferences, feel free to follow this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4ca8af2fa3f94-quarter

Please also keep an eye out for volunteer signups happening after our conferences!

Math

 Welcome back everyone, we are beginning our Length Unit! Wednesday we are doing a fun activity with paper airplanes and measuring how far they are taking flight! If you have any spare measuring tape, please send it in! It will be easier to use in measuring our planes. :)

Science

This week we are starting a new unit on the water cycle. Next week we are going to learn about the states of matter (liquid, solid, and gas).

History

We begin the next unit on Ancient China. Your child will learn about the two important rivers in China, the Yangtze and the Yellow rivers, and other land features. They will also learn about Confucius and his teachings. You can ask them what Confucius says about being a good son or daughter (*wink wink*). 

LITERATURE

The Boxcar Children is such a good book! Students are enjoying it in literature circles. With each chapter of the book, students will be meeting in small groups and completing activities before reading it altogether and then discussing the text. Please encourage your child to be an active and cooperative participant in his or her literature circle. We discuss what it means to be alert, courageous, and decisive. We examine the words boxcar, stump, handkerchief, and supper.

POETRY

Scholars should be focusing on learning the first four lines of the second stanza of "Merry Autumn Days" by Charles Dickens.

SPALDING

There are 30 words this week. On Monday, we spell once, one, own, before, know, no, were, where, there, and here. Tuesday's words are dead, leave, early, close, close, flower, flour, nothing, and ground. Wednesday's words are lead, led, lead, such, morning, however, mind, shall, alone, order, and third. Please continue to dictate these words to you child for homework. Doing this really props up the methods we use to instruct in school and will help your child rely on his or her knowledge of phonograms and spelling rules.

GRAMMAR & WRITING

Second grade scholars add The Adjective Jingle to their repertoire this week. In Grammar, we also learn to classify and build sentences with adjectives. In Writing, our exemplar sentences include exclamations, and we will continue to keep track of story elements as we narrate each chapter of The Boxcar Children.

With Grateful Hearts,

Mrs. Guevara and Mr. Kiehne