Twitter: @ThraneExplorers Our Second Grade Classroom News Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 Email: thranek@hudson.edu Twitter: @ThraneExplorers Language Arts Important News! Writing: Revising poetry Editing poetry Poetry celebration: shared “published” poem with Mrs. Hall’s class Brief persuasive writing introduction Composed persuasive writing pieces about the school garden Up next… Lab Reports and Science Books! Reading: Determining main idea Self-checking comprehension Exploring author’s purpose Beginning Unit 3: All About Characters Getting to know characters by: Visualizing what they look like Paying attention to what they say and do Noticing how they respond to challenges Don’t forget to wear pajamas for Polar Express Day tomorrow!!!  Dates Wed. 12/20: Polar Express Day! End of 2nd quarter 12/22-1/3: Winter Break Mon. 1/16: No School- MLK Jr. Day Wed. 1/25: No School- Teacher Requested Conferences Fri. 1/27: PTO Movie Night (more info to come) Our Learning Math Identifying numbers by number (127); number words (one hundred twenty-seven); hundreds, tens, and ones (1 hundred, 2 tens, 7 ones); expanded notation (100+20+7) Counting/identifying money Estimating/counting through 1,000 Comparing 3-digit numbers (greater than, less than, equal to) 10 tens=100, 100 hundreds= 1,000