Welcome to Second Grade!
Week of March 31st-April 4th, 2025
- Homework and Spelling sent home, Friday and is due Friday, 4/4
- Kindness Week - various kindness activities will be put on by the Middle School Student Council all week
- Family History projects came home on Thursday and are due April 25th.
- We have slots open for the remainder of our Mystery Reader signup if you're able to come in!
- Mystery Reader signup: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C45A4A828A1F9C34-52758743-mystery#/
- We will go outside if the "feels like" temperature is above 20 degrees so please have students bring coats, boots and cold weather gear as needed
- 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
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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:
Music is our rotation for STEAM this week! We have Character Ed 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:
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, April 11th
- Pay For Dress of Choice: Wednesday, April 16th
- Teacher Work Day, No School: Friday, April 18th
- Family History Project Due: Friday, April 25th
- Free Dress of Choice: Friday, April 25th
- Pay For Dress of Choice: Wednesday, May 7th
- Spirit Wear: Friday, May 9th
- Free Dress of Choice: Friday. May 16th
- Field Day: TBD
- End of Year Party: May 22nd
- Last Day of School: Thursday, May 22nd Half day dismissal at 11:30
Weekly Curriculum:
Reading (CKLA):
Mrs. Huffman's reading group: Skills Unit 5:
- Lesson 15 Review and Practice: Spelling Assessment
- Lesson 16 Review: Suffix –tion
- Lesson 17 Writing: Plan Narrative Endings
- Lesson 18 Writing: Plan a Narrative Ending
- Lesson 19 Draft and Edit A Narrative Ending
- Lesson 20 Review and Practice: Spelling Assessment
HOMEWORK DUE AND SPELLING TEST: Friday, April 4th
Math (Saxon)
Mrs. Huffman's math group:
- Lesson 24 Column Addition
- Lesson 25 Counting Dollars and Cents
- Lesson 26 Subtracting Dollars and Cents
- Lesson 27 Comparing and Ordering, Part 2
- Lesson 28 Subtracting Across Zeros
- Assessment 4
- HOMEWORK DUE: Friday, April 4th
Writing:
Current Writing Topic: How to
- Review paragraph conventions and writing
- Writers Workshop and Step Up to Writing
- Handwriting Practice
Knowledge Unit 11 - Immigration
Lesson 1 E Pluribus Unum
Lesson 2 Charles Steinmetz Comes to America
Lesson 3 Life in the City
Lesson 4 From Ireland to New York City
Lesson 5 Gold Mountain
Lesson 6 A Land of Opportunity
Pausing Point
Lesson 7 A Mosaic of Immigrants
Lesson 8 Becoming a Citizen
Lesson 9 We the People
Lesson 10 Immigration and Citizenship
Domain Review and Assessment
Core Knowledge: Short Stories/Poetry
- Talk Iktomi Stories
- Beauty and the Beast
- Peter Pan
- Bed in Summer
- Tall Tales
- Buffalo Dusk
- Windy Nights
History: Immigration
America perceived as a “land of opportunity”
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- The meaning of “e pluribus unum” (a national motto you can see on the back of coins)
- Ellis Island and the significance of the Statue of Liberty
- Millions of newcomers to America
- Large populations of immigrants settle in major cities (such as New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, San Francisco) - The idea of citizenship: What it means to be a citizen of a nation American citizens have certain rights and responsibilities (for example, voting, eligible
to hold public office, paying taxes). - Becoming an American citizen (by birth, naturalization)
Science: Electricity and Magnetism
- A. Electricity
- Static electricity: electric charges on the surface of things
- Current electricity: electrical charges flowing in a circuit through wires and other devices
- Electricity is a form of energy; it can cause changes.
- Matter contains two types of electrical charges: positive and negative.
- Types of electricity:
- B. Magnets and Magnetism
- Magnet: a metal object that can exert a force through a distance on certain types of metal objects.
- A magnet has two poles: north and south.
- Similar magnetic poles attract each other; opposite magnetic poles repel each other.
- C. Designing and Engineering Useful Devices
- Defining a problem
- Developing possible solutions
- Refining (optimizing) the design solution
- Electricity and magnetism are used in many useful devices.
- All useful devices are developed through engineering design, a process which
- Includes:
- Scientists and engineering designers often work together in teams to solve problems and design effective solutions.
- D. Safe Use of Electricity and Magnetism
- never put your finger or anything metallic in an electrical outlet.
- never touch a switch or electrical appliance when your hand or body is wet.
- never put your finger in a lamp socket.
- Electricity is potentially dangerous.
- Safety rules for electricity include:
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.
