Welcome to Second Grade!
Week of November 18th-22nd, 2024
- NO HOMEWORK this week!
- Bookfair preview day, Monday, November 18th
- Bookfair buy day, Tuesday, November 19th
- Pay for dress of choice, Wednesday, November 20th
- Greek Day, Friday, November 22nd - Dress in Greek costume or it's dress of choice day
- Be sure to check your student's math and reading teacher's websites:
- Mrs. Monheiser's Website
- Mrs. Savic's Website
- Mrs. Reynold's Website
- Book fair ewallet signup: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/aspenviewacademy
- Mystery Reader signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C45A4A828A1F9C34-52758743-mystery#/
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Book Order:
- If you would like to place a book order please click the link below:
- https://orders.scholastic.com/YPZ8Y
- Our class code is: YPZ8Y
Important Information:
Tech is our rotation for STEAM this week! We have Library on Friday for our specials rotation.
- Please send your student with a water bottle and a nut free snack daily.
- To avoid lost or broken student items please leave toys and personal items at home.
- Please label all student items with your student’s name & grade level.
- Dress for the weather!
UPCOMING EVENTS/DATES:
November:
- Pay For Dress of Choice: Wednesday, November 20th
- Free Dress of Choice: Friday, November 22nd
- Greece Day: Friday, November 22nd
- Thanksgiving Break: November 25th-29th
- Spirit Wear: Friday, December 13th
- Free Dress: Friday, December 19th
- Winter Party: Friday, December 19th
- No School: Friday, December 20th
- Winter Break: December 23rd-31st
Weekly Curriculum:
Reading (CKLA):
Mrs. Huffman's reading group: Skills Unit 3:
Read “Miss Baker”
Lesson 7 Spelling Alternatives: Review /oe/ › ‘oa’ and ‘oe’
Lesson 8 Spelling Alternatives: Tricky Spelling ‘o’ › /o/ and /oe/
Close Read “The Swimming Sisters”
Lesson 9 Spelling Alternatives: Tricky Spelling ‘o’ › /o/ and /oe/
Read “Val’s Training”
Lesson 10 Assessment:
Read “Kim’s Training”
HOMEWORK DUE AND SPELLING TEST: NONE THIS WEEK
Math (Saxon)
Mrs. Huffman's math group:
- Lesson 103 Multiplying by 1 Multiplying by 100
- Lesson 104 Finding Perimeter
- Lesson 105-1 Subtracting 9 Facts
- Lesson 105-2 Written Assessment 20 Writing Observations From a Graph
- Lesson 106 Identifying Activities That Take One Hour, One Minute, and One Second Telling and Showing Time to the Minute
- Lesson 107 Counting Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies Showing Money Amounts Using Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies
- HOMEWORK: NONE THIS WEEK
Writing:
Current Writing Topic: Fictional Narrative
- Review paragraph conventions and writing
- Writers Workshop and Step Up to Writing
- Handwriting Practice
Knowledge Unit 4 - Greek Myths
Lesson 5 Theseus and the Minotaur
Lesson 6 Daedalus and Icarus
Pausing Point
Lesson 7 Hercules
Lesson 8 Other Adventures of Hercules
Core Knowledge: Short Stories/Poetry
- Talk Iktomi Stories
- Beauty and the Beast
- Peter Pan
- Bed in Summer
- Tall Tales
- Buffalo Dusk
- Windy Nights
History: The Constitution
- What is government?
- What are some basic functions of American government?
- Making laws, settling disputes, protecting rights and liberties
- Separation of powers
- Relationship between state and federal government
- American government is based on the Constitution, the highest law of our land
- James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution"
- Government by the consent of the governed: "We the People”
Science:
Organisms & Habitats
- Plants have body parts (roots, stems, leaves) to survive and grow.
- Plants are living organisms and typically grow in fixed locations.
- Plants are diverse in size, structure, and ecological needs.
- Plants live in environments to which they are suited; those environments also differ
- Deciduous forests (oak trees)
- Tropical forests (vines, epiphytes)
- Meadows and prairies (grasses)
- Deserts (cacti)
- Tundra (plants of small size)
- Ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams
- Oceans are home to less than a dozen known species of plants.
- Many plant habitats change in cycles over time and seasons and plants are adapted to
- Adult plants and animals reproduce.
- Many kinds of animal parents take care of their offspring until the offspring become
mature enough to care for themselves. - Animals are diverse in size, shape, and ecological needs.
- Animals vary in their structure:
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- Invertebrates: without backbones (snails, insects, coral)
- Vertebrates: with backbones (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians)
- Animals live in environments to which they are suited; those environments differ:
- Deciduous forests (squirrels, raccoons)
- Tropical forests (moles, worms)
- Meadows and prairies (prairie dogs)
- Deserts (lizards, scorpions)
- Tundra (arctic fox, polar bears)
- Ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams (fish, oysters)
- Oceans: There are numerous species of animals in the world’s oceans, such as sea stars
and whales.) - Ecosystems: Plant and Animal Relationships
• Many plants and animals live in a specific habitat.
• Organisms that share a given space affect each other. - Animals depend on plants for food and shelter.
- Plants depend on animals (for example, pollination, seed dispersal).
• There are also groups of living things that are neither plants nor animals (fungi, algae,
bacteria).
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:30-11:15am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
SPECIALS SCHEDULE: 12:40-1:25pm
*DAILY ROTATION*
Parent Resources:
DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored through out. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in ( Lots of great online books to read we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy:Kahn Academy ( great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
GROWTH MINDSET:
Growth mindset is the idea that, with effort, it's possible to increase intelligence levels, talents, and abilities. Students who demonstrate a growth mindset believe their abilities develop over time, tend to seek out opportunities to gain new knowledge and broaden their skills, and do not typically shy away from challenges (Kazakoff & Mitchell, 2017).
Students with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed. These students focus on learning over just looking smart, see effort as the key to success, and thrive in the face of a challenge.
Students with a fixed mindset believe that people are born with a certain amount of intelligence, and they can’t do much to change that. These students focus on looking smart over learning, see effort as a sign of low ability, and wilt in the face of a challenge.
