Ms. Hilcher

logan.hilcher@gcisd.net

Reading, Writing, and Social Studies

Mrs. Lee

julie.lee@gcisd.net

Math/Science

Mrs. Landry

suzanne.landry@gcisd.net

Math/Science

Mrs. Potter

heather.potter@gcisd.net

Reading, Writing, and Social Studies

Ask your child:

What is an "informational text"?

Tell me examples of "time order" words.

Vocabulary words were: spiky, moisten, sprout, seedling, provides, fuels, minerals.

How can you incorporate the vocabulary words in your conversations with your 2nd grader?

Module 8 "Time to Grow", is into the second week of learning.  Students are enjoying the focused text on experiments and life cycles of trees and plants. 

Students are beginning the process of writing an informational text.  Their stories will be on display for you to read during our "Open House" event.

Grammar lessons this past week focused on additional adjectives.  Specifically, students learned how numerical words act as adjectives.  Encourage your child to practice using adjectives. 

Our spelling skill for the week of February 24th: 

• Phonics Focus Skill: r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur /er/

• Spelling Words; her, clerk, first, shirt, blur, nurse, der, sheer, near, smear, pioneer, volunteer, appear

• Irregular Words: learn, earth, early

Ask your child: 

What are the attributes of the following 3D solids?

Cube? Rectangular Prism? Cylinder? Cone?

This past week, we introduced and began learning about the "attributes" of 3D shapes. We learned how to count the vertices, edges, base or faces of these solid figures.

Next week, we will continue to review and learn more about 3D shapes and their attributes. 

Science

Ask your child: 

What is the job of each structure of a plant?

Leaves? Stems? Roots? Flowers?

This week, we learned about the functions of each structure of the plant. Students made a diagram and labeled 2 functions for each structure.

Next week, students will describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants within an ecosystem.

Students began an investigation observing if the amount of rainfall affects the growth of  plants.

Social Studies

Ask your child: 

What is a celebration in your culture?

What is language used for?

What is a folktale?

This week, we continued our conversations on culture. We specifically looked at how culture impacts our celebrations and beliefs, language, and art/folktales. 

Next week, we will take a deep dive into Texas cultural celebrations including food, clothing, music, activities, etc.