Twitter: @ThraneExplorers Our 2nd Grade Classroom News Friday, February 24th, 2017 Email: thranek@hudson.edu Twitter: @ThraneExplorers Upcoming Events Math Date Event 2/24 Jump Rope for Heart donations due 2/28 Social Thinking & Zones of Regulation Workshop @ Ellsworth Hill 3/2 Read Across America Day! (Dr. Seuss’s birthday) 3/4 PTO Pancake Breakfast 3/7 Parent Technology Night @ HMS 3/10 End of 3rd quarter 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day: wear green! 3/20-24 Right to Read Week 3/27-31 Spring Break! Subtraction and graphing Creating inchworm rulers and identifying objects shorter than, longer than, and the same length as a foot Estimating and measuring in inches, feet, and yards Comparing measurements and calculating differences Measuring students’ height and doubling it Investigating the effects of measuring lengths with different units (inches and feet) Science/Social Studies Study of the Inuit people President’s Day Arctic Animal research/reports Reading Biography Unit: Full name Birth/death dates Birthplace Why is he/she famous? 3 interesting facts Timelines Writing Writing Celebration/Expo (end of Lab Reports & Science Information Books unit) Grammar: punctuation, capitalization, spelling, complete sentences, etc. Arctic Animal reports Biography timelines President’s Day activities