Second Grade News October November Winter Intercession . 2nd Nine Weeks 2013/2014 Issue # 2 Second Grade News Important Dates Book of the Month October 2nd Nine Weeks Begin Oct. 22-Tuesday- Student Led-Conferences 4pm to 6pm. Oct. 25 Fall Festival Oct 28 Red Ribbon Week Oct 30 Early Release November Nov 7 Progress Reports Nov 11 Veteran’s Day Holiday Nov 21 Burger King Spirit Night Nov 25 to Nov 29 Thanksgiving Break. All students return Dec. 2. Nov 4 Progress Reports Nov 12 Gift of Reading Night Nov 18 Early Release and class celebrations. Nov 18 -End of 2nd 9 Weeks Winter Intercession Dec 23 to Jan 6, 2014. Jan 7 – Tuesday: Students return Beginning of 3rd 9 weeks. Daisy Comes Home OBJECTIVES Language Arts – Unit 2-Author’s Purpose. Unit 3-Preparing Readers and Writers Through Literacy Works. Math – Unit 5 Data Representations; Unit 6 Add/Sub; Unit 7 Collection of Coins; Unit 8 Add/Sub; Unit 9 Geometry. Science – Unit 3 Forces in Motion; Unit 4 Investigating Our Natural World – Natural Resources; Unit 5 Weather Safety. Social Studies – Unit 6 Remembering Heroes; Unit 7 Invention and Innovation. Come support your second graders at the Fall Festival on Oct. 25. This fundraiser helps your child’s classrooms!