2nd Grade
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September 29th, 2023
2nd Grade News
Dear 2nd Grade Families,
September has finally ended full of fun learning! Our 2nd Grade Tigers have made tremendous work by applying all what they've learned during Number Corner, Bridges, Science, Phonics, Spanish and Reading; they have started how to build their reading stamina, more addition and subtraction facts and strong observations during Science! We just started our Writing Unit and we will continue writing more Nonfiction Books in which our writers will plan how to develop their writing pieces.
Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
Writers will be writing more asking themselves: What else could I try? They will set goals and make plans to be strong writers.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
How to guide- Nonfiction Writers. Lily used flaps to revise the pages of her book to teach more. Writing Checklist. Edition chart. Writing paper
Writers will choose Nonfiction Books- Authors: Gail Gibbons and Seymour Simon
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Writers can write about a topic they know a lot about. Students may use the charts shared to create a new book or a how-to book. Table of content paper writing paper1. Writing paper 2
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Estudiantes inician el taller de lectura de no ficcion. Los lectores de libros informativos pensaran mucho y aumentaran sus conocimientos.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Los lectores de informativos pondrán atención a los detalles que presentan los libros, con solo ver la portada y la contraportada, se preguntaran ¿De qué trata el libro?, ¿Qué aprenderé? Los lectores juntan las partes, lo que ven con lo que piensan y leen. Luego se hacen preguntas y predicciones que ayudan a pensar al lector y anticiparse a la información que puede aprender del libro.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Prestar atencion a los detalles: Hecharle un vistazo a un libro informativo, observar la portada, contraportada, tomar encuenta las preguntas ´¿Que me llama la atencion?, ¿Que puedo observar y que me hace pensar?, ¿Que prediccion puedo hacer?.
Ojear el libro, observar la tabla de contenido, las fotografias y juntar las partes, haciendose preguntas ¿Que me enseña este libro?, ¿De que trata?, ¿Que aprendi de el?
Mirar Cartel
Libros informativos: El ciclo de vida de la mariposa Los bomberos Donde viven los animales
Mathematics
Learning Goal
Tigers will fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.
What mathematicians are doing at school...
Mathematicians will estimate, measure and count objects by laying multiple copies of a shorter unit end to end. We will also skip count by 5 s and 10 s within 1000.
What mathematicians could be doing at home...
Science or Social Studies
Learning Goal
Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
What tigers are doing at school...
Students will be reading books together about plants and making connections between what they are reading and the observations they have made during class. Also, they will conduct an experiment in wich they plant a bean seed in groups and observe how it grows in 3 different scenarios: sunlight, little sunlight, no sunlight.
What tigers could be doing at home...
We encourage our young scientifics to go to their back yard or patio to observe the plants that receive sunglight and the ones that don't. They should write down their observations and questions on a separate piece of paper so they can share in class.
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
Learners and friends introduce, recognize and differentiate what are thoughts, feelings and actions when they work and play with others.
What friends and learners are doing at school...
Simple examples thought role playing and working in groups, they differentiate and label what is a thought, feeling or action
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
When you read a story with your child, you can ask questions about the characters: What does this character think? How does it feel to think that way? What action the character are going to do?
CONNECT
Important Dates
Oct. 6
Feedback Folders
Sent Home
Oct. 13
Regualar School
Day
Oct. 24
Kindergarten
Parent Workshop
Oct. 27
The Magic of Books
Fall Festival
Reminders:
Please make sure students bring their ANS sweaters with their names on it. Our students visit many places and it will very hard for them to find them.
Home connections are submitted every Friday.
Please make sure students bring healthy snacks. Candies or Chocolate Bars are not allowed nor energyzing drinks. Toys are not permitted.
Please make sure you send an email to the teacher notifiying any important information about your child regarding after school or any other important announcement before 12 pm.
B?D Innovation Studio is in urgent need of recycled materials for the makerspace: plastic bottles, plastic containers of any type, lids, boxes, yogurt containers, etc. Drop off any day at the innovation studio.
October - 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