11/9/2012

Post date: Nov 09, 2012 10:33:47 PM

Second Grade Newsletter 11/9/2012   

    -We have been fine tuning our Fairy Tale Play for Wed. night Nov. 14th from 6:00-7:30 p.m. We will have mini engineering design challenges following the play.

    -The students will get another authentic learning experience with UCD: Math on My Mind Program on Tuesday with Dr. Mike Ferrara.

    -We will be going to Alpine Waste and Metech Recycling on Tues. Nov. 20th from 9:00-1:30 p.m. to learn about human impact and the adaptations people are trying to make to preserve our natural resources. We will be stopping at KFC for a little lunch break on our way back to school. We are taking over KFC please feel free to join us. Please return permission slips asap. The $8 fee can be paid online, check or cash. Sorry for the short notice but it took longer than expected to plan our Nov. field excursion.

Science –

-collaborate with others to design an object built from a small set of pieces to solve a technological problem.

-impact of the animals within that environment(focusing on prairie dog)

-construct an explanation about the effect of environmental changes on the survival of plants and animals

-obtain and share information how landforms provide homes for living things

-investigate the effect of pushes and pulls in different directions on the resulting motion of objects

-investigate the effect of pushes and pulls of different strengths on the resulting motion of objects

-observe and compare the many kinds of living things that are found in different areas

-analyze a habitat

Technology-

-Waterford Reading Program

-IXL

-EduCreations

-Pebble Go

-Brain Pop Jr.

-Google Site Development

-iPod math games

-Publish writing using MS Word

-Everyday Math Games

-Badge Maker

Engineering

-Simple Machine levers within Legos

-Apply a force at a distance

-Change the direction of a force

-Increase force

-Increase movement

-First Class, Second Class, and Third Class Levers

-Test, evaluate, and redesign models

-Define the terms engineer and materials engineer

-Understand that the properties of a material can make it a good choice for some uses and a poor choice for others

-Identify the steps of the Engineering Design Process

-Recognize that the properties of a material used can have a significant impact on the final design

Math

-Unit 4 Math Homework on USB Drive

-A Shopping Activity

-EXPLORATIONS: Exploring Length, Area, Attributes

-Paper-and-Pencil Addition Strategies

-The Partial-Sums Addition Algorithm

STEM Success “Lynx”

Thank you to Mr. Matt Clark for coming in and teaching us about drywall and being an entrepreneur and following your dreams!

How can you help?!?!

We are in need of spaghetti noodles and mini marshmallows. Please send them in with your child by Tuesday, Nov. 13th if possible. Thank You!

Please keep all toys at home - we have had issues with toys being lost/stolen and causing problems between students.  We would like to avoid all of this by not bringing any toys to school.  

Serving You,

The Second Grade Team