2nd Grade
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October 20th, 2023
Aaron Rivera - October 09th
2nd Grade News
Dear Parents,
Another week went by so fast full of learning, noticing and wondering. Next week Tigers will be learning some more Symbols in Social Studies class, will be busy writing more and more nonfiction books, hooking their readers' interests, using plenty of descritions and using comparisons in their writings. In math class mathematicians will be using an open number line in order to model and solve problems with two digit numbers within a 100. Remember to help us create a flower garden behind our classrooms by sending a flower plant. Please take a look at this document which has the Strategies students learned in unit 1 and will learn in unit 2. Students can go back to these strategies as they solve their home connections so they can keep practicing them at home.
Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks
English Literacy
Learning Goal
Writers will do more than one thing at once: The'll make writing interesting and keeping one's audience in mind.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Phonics: Students will keep tackling challenging words carefully, slowly and methodically. This time, they will solve words with consonant - le. They will also start a new bend in the unit where they will be learning and reading words that contain consonant combinations such as kn, wr, and gn. UOSPH_G2U2_AC_TacklingLongWordsPartByPart_COLOR.pdf
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Break up the following words with the ending -le. Remember to do it carefully, slowly and methodically using the strategies learned in class: dribble, candle, cradle, staple, battle, title.
Spanish Literacy
Learning Goal
Los estudiantes aprenden estrategias que ayudan a crecer como lectores expertos.
What readers & writers are doing at school...
Los lectores en esta última unidad además de seguir investigando el significado de las palabras claves (desconocidas), para pensar y hablar sobre el tema, hacen crecer sus conocimientos a través de la lectura de textos informativos que contengan informaciones relacionadas.
What readers & writers could be doing at home...
Encontrar palabras claves en el texto y buscar su significado de acuerdo al contexto de la página.
Leer libros con información relacionada y hacerse preguntas como lector y responder:
¿Por qué creo que se relacionan?
¿En qué parte se relacionan?
¿Cómo puede ayudarme la información de un libro en el otro libro’? ¿Cómo podría unirlas?
Si uniera la información de ambos libros, ¿Qué información podría yo contar con mis propias palabras? ¿Podría dar un nombre a la información que relacione de ambos textos?
Mathematics
Learning Goal
2nd graders will use a measuring strip or an empty number line model to help adding lengths within 100.
What mathematicians are doing at school...
Mathematicians will use a measuring strip or an open number line to model and solve problems with 2 digit numbers within 100.
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...
Social Studies: Next week will be the last one about symbols. Then, we will switch to science. Students will keep learnng about what symbols and they represent.
What tigers could be doing at home...
Students can create a symbol at home that represents their family.
Social Emotional Learning Program
Learning Goal
"Learners and friends describe different feelings, thoughts, and actions that may occur in response to a situation.
Learners and friends describe how thoughts can influence feelings and actions.
Learners and friends determine how people can feel, think, and act differently in the same situation.
What friends and learners are doing at school...
The counselor tells a short story with puppets, describing how two characters think, feel and what they are doing in the school situation. Counselor emphasizing that characters can use helpful thoughts (positive affirmations) to face challenges and achieve goals. After that, They work in groups to observe pictures and understand what the character thinks, feels and is doing in different situations.
What friends and learners could be practicing at home...
When you read a book with your child Think about a character in a book or show that had a strong emotion. Draw what happened. How did the character’s feelings affect their thoughts and actions? Would you have responded in the same way?
CONNECT
Important Dates
Oct. 24
Kindergarten
Parent Workshop
Oct. 27
The Magic of Books
Fall Festival
Oct. 31
Normal School
Day - Uniforms Required
Nov. 3
Coffee with the Principals
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. 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. If there's a medicated drink recommended by your child's pediatrician, please let the ANS Clinic know and cc' the Homeroom Teacher.
Special Announcements
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