8:55-9:10- Soft Start/ Morning Work
9:10-9:30-Morning Meeting
9:30-10:30-Whole Group ELA
10:30-11:40- Small Group/ W.I.N ELA
11:40-12:20- Recess/Lunch
12:20-12:30- Read Aloud/SSR
12:30-1:10- Whole Group Math
1:15-2:05- Specials
2:05-2:55- W.I.N Math
3:00-3:15- Recess/Snack
3:15-3:50- Science/ Social Studies
3:50-4:00- Clean Up/End of Day
March
3/2-3/6
STEM/PE
3/9-3/13
Music/Art
2/23-2/27
Art/Music
March
3/2-3/6
PE/STEM
3/9-3/13
Art/Music
3/23-3/27
Music/Art
Each student will have an at home reading binder to help continue and practice the skills we are working on at school. These will come home each Monday. Instructions for what to do with your child will be inside the binder and there will be a parent sheet to sign. Please reach out with any questions. Thank you for supporting your child as they continue to grow as readers!
March
Read Across America- 2nd- 6th
Class Pictures- 4th
Skate City Night- 4th
Spring Break- 16th-20th
Wonders Unit 4 Week 1-2
2nd Grade
In Unit 4, Weeks 1–2, students explore the essential question: How are kids around the world alike and different? Through fiction and nonfiction texts, students learn about children from different countries, cultures, and communities. They discover how daily life, traditions, school, food, clothing, and family routines can vary around the world — while also noticing many similarities.
In reading, we focus on comparing and contrasting. Students practice identifying how two people, places, or experiences are the same and how they are different using key details from the text. They also work on the comprehension strategy of visualizing — making mental pictures in their heads while reading to better understand the text.
Ways to Support At Home:
-Talk about how 2 things are the same and different
-Have students build sentences orally or write down to explain how two things can be alike and also the ways they are different. This could be two different animals, people, objects etc.
1st Grade
Unit 4 Week 5
This week, students explore how people work with animals and how humans rely on animals for food, transportation, companionship, and work. They read informational texts to identify key details, ask and answer questions, and determine the main idea. Students also continue building phonics skills with long vowel patterns and practice reading fluently with expression and accuracy. In writing, they summarize what they learn, creating complete sentences about humans and animals and how they interact.
Ways to Support At Home:
-Ask questions like, “How does this animal help people?” or “Why is this animal important?”
-Talk about animals you see in your neighborhood, at farms, or in zoos and discuss the ways people care for or use animals.
-Practice reading aloud together, focusing on smooth reading and expression while exploring informational texts.
2nd Grade
Topic 12
In 2nd grade math, students learn to measure and compare lengths using standard units like inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. They practice estimating lengths before measuring and learn how to use rulers or tape measures accurately. Students also compare objects to see which is longer or shorter and solve simple real-world problems using measurement, helping them understand how size, distance, and length are used every day. At home, parents can support learning by measuring toys, furniture, or plants, asking children to estimate lengths first, and comparing objects in fun, hands-on ways.
Ways to Support At Home:
-Measure everyday objects – Use a ruler, tape measure, or measuring tape to measure toys, books, furniture, or household items.
-Estimate first – Before measuring, ask your child to guess how long or tall something is. Compare their estimate to the actual measurement.
-Use different units – Practice measuring in inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. Talk about when each unit might be useful.
-Play measurement games – Challenge your child to “find something that is about 12 inches long” or “which object is closer to 1 meter?”
Assessment -
1st Grade
Topic 13
Money and Time
In this topic, students learn to tell and write time to the hour and half-hour using analog and digital clocks. They explore days, weeks, and months to understand how time is organized. For money, students identify coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters), count their values, and solve simple money-related word problems. The focus is on recognizing coins, understanding their values, and using them to solve real-world problems, as well as reading clocks and understanding the passage of time.
Ways to Support at Home:
-Practice telling time on wall clocks or watches; ask questions like, “What time is lunch?”
-Play coin games or help children count change during small purchases.
-Use everyday routines to talk about time (morning, afternoon, bedtime) and introduce simple schedules
Assessment -
2nd Grade
2nd grade students are learning all about fast and slow land changes. In this unit, students learn that Earth’s surface can change in different ways. Some changes happen very quickly, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and floods. Other changes happen slowly over time, like weathering, erosion, and the gradual movement of water, wind, or ice shaping the land.
Students will explore how wind and water can move soil and rocks from one place to another, and how natural events can change the shape of the land. Through hands-on investigations and discussions, students will compare fast and slow land changes and explain how these processes affect the Earth’s surface.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to describe examples of both rapid and slow changes to land and explain how these changes happen over time.
Ways to Support at Home
Talk about real-world examples. If you see news about floods, earthquakes, or storms, discuss how those events can quickly change land.
• Notice slow changes outdoors. On walks, look for cracks in sidewalks, rocks that look worn down, or areas where water has moved soil.
• Explore with water. Pour water over dirt or sand outside (or in a container) and observe how it moves the soil — this models erosion.
• Watch short educational videos about volcanoes, erosion, or weathering and discuss what changes happen quickly vs. slowly.
• Encourage your child to explain the difference between fast and slow land changes in their own words — teaching someone else helps strengthen understanding.
These simple conversations and observations help connect classroom learning to the real world.
1st Grade
Around the World
Our first graders are learning about North America. In 1st grade social studies, students learn about themselves, their families, and the communities around them. They explore how people work together, follow rules, and take on different roles, while also beginning to understand maps, directions, past and present, and basic economic concepts like needs and wants. The focus is on helping children see how people live, work, and help each other, and how communities are organized and connected.
Ways to Support at Home:
-Talk about family and community roles: Discuss different jobs, responsibilities, and how everyone contributes at home or in the neighborhood.
-Practice maps and directions: Look at maps of your town or neighborhood, and point out landmarks or use simple directions (north, south, left, right).
-Explore history and change: Share family stories, look at old photos, or compare how things were “then” versus “now.”
-Discuss rules and citizenship: Talk about why rules exist at home, school, and in the community, and how to be respectful and responsible.
-Introduce basic economics: Discuss needs vs wants, what people buy, and how jobs help communities run.
-Engage in community outings: Visit parks, libraries, museums, or historical sites and talk about what makes those places special.
This spring in 1st grade science, students will explore plant traits, learning how plants grow, what they need to survive, and how traits like leaf shape or flower color can differ. They will study patterns of day and night and observe the sun and moon to understand how they move across the sky. Students will also investigate light, sound, and communication, discovering how light and sound travel and how humans and animals use signals to share information. At home, parents can support learning by observing plants and the sky together, experimenting with flashlights or sounds, and encouraging children to record their observations.