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Our 2nd Grade
Classroom News
Friday, February 10th, 2017
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 HMS
3/10 End of 3rd quarter
3/ Right to Read Week
3/ 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