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Our 2nd Grade
Classroom News
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Upcoming Events
Math
Date Event
2/24 Jump Rope for Heart donations due
2/28 Social Thinking & Zones of Regulation Ellsworth Hill
3/2 Read Across America Day! (Dr. Seuss’s birthday)
3/4 PTO Pancake Breakfast
3/7 Parent Technology HMS
3/10 End of 3rd quarter
3/17 St. Patrick’s Day: wear green!
3/ Right to Read Week
3/ 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