Twitter: @ThraneExplorers Our 2nd Grade Classroom News Friday, February 10th, 2017 Email: thranek@hudson.edu Twitter: @ThraneExplorers Upcoming Events Math 2/13 Writing Celebration/ Expo 2/14 Valentine’s Day and party 2/17 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Day 2/20 No school: President’s Day 2/21 Right to Read Week book orders due 3/4 PTO Pancake Breakfast 3/7 Parent Technology Night @ HMS 3/10 End of 3rd quarter 3/20-24 Right to Read Week 3/27-31 Spring Break! Making observations about shapes, numbers, and patterns on a class-created quilt Determining area on a class-created quilt Partitioning rectangles into 2 equal parts and using the terms “halves” and “half” Unit 6 Geometry: assessment Unit 4 Measurement: pre-assessment Measuring items around the classroom with “the teacher’s foot” Comparing “the teacher’s foot” (12 inches) to “a giant’s foot” (1 yard), and measuring items around the classroom with the giant’s foot Social Studies Animal report presentations Beginning study of the Inuit people Comparing Inuit with Masai Reminders Writing/ Science Using mentor texts to help us write science information books (integrating scientific information) Using comparisons to help teach readers information Writing introductions and conclusions for our science information books Editing in order to make our books easier to read; inserting capitals, commas, and apostrophes when needed Reading Beginning Biography unit: Full name of historical person When was the person born and when did they die? Where was the person born? Why is the person famous? Tell important facts about the person