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Our Second Grade
Classroom News
Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
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 ( )
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