1. Twitter: @ThraneExplorers
Our 2nd Grade
Classroom News
Friday, October 14th, 2016
Upcoming Events
Reading
Date Event
10/26 Take a Second, Make a Difference Day!
10/26 Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences
10/27 No School: Parent/Teacher Conferences
10/31 Halloween 2:45 PM
11/3 Ready, Set, Relax! (no homework)
Introduction to reading journals and responses
Preparing brief book reviews
Launching new unit: non-fiction texts
Identifying and searching for non-fiction text features: diagrams, illustrations, photographs, labels, tips, how-to’s, etc.
Jotting down prior knowledge before reading non-fiction
Growing schema: What did you learn after reading?
Sharing new learning with partners
Social Studies
Identifying continents and oceans
Ocean habitats
Arctic habitats
Writing
Launching new unit: non-fiction writing
Learning from non-fiction writing experts
Setting goals and making plans
Editing punctuation, spelling, capitalization
Creating “Meet the Author” pages
Writing for specific audiences
Writing with descriptive words
Hooking readers from the start of each chapter
Math
Using an open number line to add 2-digit numbers within 100
Using various addition strategies: skip jump by 10s, get to a multiple of 10, use a sharing strategy
Measuring lengths with Unifix cubes
Skip counting by 5s & 10s within 1,000
Representing numbers on a number line
Mentally adding 10 to any number
Solving 1-step addition story problems