We are going to be learning about the Reformation for the month of October. You will see a banner that has been hung above our lockers. It says "Soli Deo gloria" which means give glory to God alone. We we be learning about those that started the Reformation, including Martin Luther. 

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This week we began reading about book about John Chapman. John Chapman was more commonly known as Johnny Appleseed. The book is titled John Chapman: Planter and Pioneer. We have been focusing on knowing the author's purpose for writing. This text is a biography. Our next writing assignment will be an autobiographcial slides presentation. There will be a short homework assignment coming home soon that about the origin of your child's name. We will also need a copy of a family photo (digitally is prefered, but I can also scan the photo if needed).

We are working on finishing up our desk pet stories. We have been focusing on writing a story with a beginning, middle, and end. We are also working on using transition words.

In Grammar, we have finished our unit on sentences but we will continue to work on writing proper sentences by also learning about the parts of speech of different words.

We finished chapter 2 of our math book. This chapter was focused on addition and subtraction fact strategies. 

Our next chapter will be on Geometry and Measurement. We will learn about different types of shapes and we will learn about measuring with inches, feet, centimeters, and decimeters.

2's Skip Counting 

3's Skip Counting 

4's Skip Counting 

5's Skip Counting 

10's Skip Counting

We finished our unit on vertebrates. We are not learning about invertebrates. The 2nd graders learned a song to help them remember the parts of an insect:

Insect Parts (to the tune of Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes)

Head, Thorax, Abodomen, Abdomen

Head, Thorax, Abodomen, Abdomen

2 Wings, 6 legs, and 2 antenae

Head, Thorax, Abodomen, Abdomen

None-We will only be doing history during the 2nd sememster of 2nd grade.