2nd Grade
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January 19th, 2024
2nd Grade News
Dear Families,
Welcome back to our Second Semester of this wonderful school year. We all hope you had a restful, beautiful and significant family time during the Holidays. We are excited to have our Tigers back to rock this second Trimester the best way we can. We will be launching new Units for our learners. For English Literacy, we will start our Poetry Unit, during Bridges, our mathematicians will learn all about measurement; during Phonics they will learn more about Word Builders and during Science will explore the physical properties of a variety of different objects. Remember 2nd A begins with swimming make sure they bring their swimming gear and notes if they won't be able to attend the class.
Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
2nd Grade Poets will focus on how poets see and hear the world differently and how children can and do see with "poets eyes". They will study natural objects . They will write many poems making comparisons and experimenting with line breaks.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Few Poems. Poetry paper. Strategies poets use to write poems Phonics: Students will learn that vowels can be the trickiest part of spelling multisylllabic words. They will listen carefully for the sounds in each syllable and use everything they know about vowels to figure out wich part or pattern to use in spelling multisyllabic words. In addition, they will use analogy to spell big words accurately, and they 'll use spelling strategies to check and fix up really important words. UOSPH_G2U3_AC_BuildItSpellIt_COLOR.pdf
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
2nd grade poets will write several poems based on the samples given.
Phonics: Read the following document and correct the spelling of the words in blue. UOSPH_G2U3S3_Poem_TinyBug_COLOR.pdf
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Los estudiantes desarrollan habilidades fundamentales como lectores de libros en serie: visualización, predicción y comprensión
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Los estudiantes aprenden acerca de los personajes por sus relaciones con
otros personajes, y utilizan lo que saben sobre cada uno de ellos para hacer predicciones y comprenderlos mejor cada día.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Lectores en casa
-Los lectores pueden pensar y desarrollar ideas que no estén escritas en sus libros acerca de los personajes y aprenden a reflexionar sobre: ¿Por qué mi personaje siente, hace, dice o actúa de esa manera?.
-Luego, como expertos en un personaje, los lectores pueden entender a ese personaje como entienden a su mejor amigo, y pueden predecir las posibles respuestas.
-Los lectores buscan en sus libros en serie, información que pueda evidenciar sus respuestas y hacen anotaciones en sus cuadernos.
-Cartel estrategias de la semana
-Libro Dias con Sapo y Sepo, historia " El sombrero"
Mathematics
Learning Goal
Students will explore units of measure using traditionally and invented tools.
What mathematicians are doing at school...
The Teacher and the students will explore measuring the distance of the classroom using traditional and invented units of measuring. The results may vary, so they will see the need to use standardized units of measuring.
What mathematicians could be doing at home...
Science or Social Studies
Learning Goal
What tigers are doing at school...
Next week, we will start a new unit in Science where students will have the opportunity to explore the physical properties of a variety of different objects and then create their own experiment to then compare and contrast the similarities and differences of those materials.
What tigers could be doing at home...
Find different materials in your house such as rocks, bottles, leaves, etc, observe them and use these questions to make observations about their properties. Material Observation Guide
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
Learners and friends name examples of effective and ineffective communication practices.
Learners and friends demonstrate attentive listening, responding, and taking turns with a partner.
Learners and friends use body language and words to show they are paying attention
What friends and learners are doing at school...
Learners and friends will practice speaking and listening attentively, responding thoughtfully, and taking turns while interviewing a buddy.
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
Point out when you are using body language to show you are paying attention. Nodding, or saying “I agree” after someone finishes talking, are a few ways to show you are paying attention.
CONNECT
Important Dates
Jan. 22
Rising DALE
event
Feb. 2
Friday Feedback sent home
Feb. 6
Retake Photo
Session
Feb. 14
Frindship
Celebration
Reminders
Remember that 2A will begin Swimming class- Make sure our swimmers bring their swimming bags, with towels, underwear and sandals.
If your child will bring new ANS jackets or water bottles, please make sure that they're labeled. 2.
Remember to send healthy snack and lunch. Energetic drinks are NOT allowed.
January - Calendar
Swimming
Big Questions Day
Meet the Team!
Mrs. Valerie Wheelock
2A
Mrs. Dámaris Silva
2B
Mrs. Isamar Suárez
2C
Mrs. Ana Gabriela Bustos
Second Grade
Spanish Lead
Anacamila Zavala
2A Paraprofessional
Ana Abrego
2B Paraprofessional
José Ballengers
2C Paraprofessional
Mrs. Lizette Richardson
Second Grade
Inclusion Lead
Mayling Estrada
2nd Grade
Spanish Paraprofessional