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Ms. Foglia, Ms. Kaur, Ms. Robinson, Ms. Dumpson, Ms. Natale, Ms. Peralta
Welcome to 2nd Grade at OWN2!
Welcome to 2nd Grade at OWN2!
Transdisciplinary Unit: Who We Are
Transdisciplinary Unit: Who We Are
Central Idea: Our relationships shape who we are.
Central Idea: Our relationships shape who we are.
Key Concepts: Function, Connection, Causation
Key Concepts: Function, Connection, Causation
This month, we are celebrating the IB Learner Profile trait Caring. Caring students show empathy, compassion, and respect toward others. They take action to make a positive difference in their classroom, school, and community. By practicing kindness, we create a safe, inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported. Small acts of kindness can make a big impact!
Who We Are: Our October Learning Journey
Reading
Reading
We’ve wrapped up Unit 1 and kicked off Unit 2: Animals and Nature! In this unit, students are exploring how animals survive in their environments. Through engaging stories and discussions, they’re learning about animal adaptations, climates, and how living things depend on nature. We’re also focusing on phonics with short and long o sounds, as well as vocabulary words like adapt and climate, and high-frequency words such as because and friends.
Writing
Writing
In our Informational Writing Unit: Animal Families, students are learning how to research and write factual reports about animals and their offspring. This connects beautifully to our IB Learner Profile trait—Caring, and our Pillar of the Month—Kindness.
As students explore how animal parents care for and protect their young, they develop a deeper appreciation for empathy, nurture, and connection in the natural world. By learning about the ways animals meet their babies’ needs, students reflect on how we, too, can show kindness and care toward others—at home, at school, and in our community.
Math
Math
In Module 3, students are deepening their understanding of place value by exploring how numbers are built using hundreds, tens, and ones. Through hands-on activities with straws, place value disks, and charts, they learn how to bundle and rename units—changing 10 ones for 1 ten and 10 tens for 1 hundred. Students also practice counting by ones, tens, and hundreds, comparing numbers, and finding 10 or 100 more or less.
This work builds on their earlier learning about addition and subtraction and prepares them for more complex operations later in the year. By connecting visual models like number lines and place value charts, students strengthen their number sense and understanding of our base-ten system—an essential foundation for all future math learning.
Second Grade Trip to Prospect Park Zoo:
Our class had an amazing trip to the Prospect Park Zoo! Students explored different animal habitats and observed how animals use their unique features and behaviors to survive. This experience tied perfectly to our Unit 2 theme: Animals and Nature and our writing unit on Animal Families. Seeing the animals up close helped students make real-world connections to what they’ve been learning about in reading and writing—how animals adapt, care for their young, and live in different environments. It was a day full of curiosity, discovery, and kindness toward nature!
Field Trip Reflections
Field Trip Reflections
After our exciting visit to the Prospect Park Zoo, students wrote thoughtful reflections about their experience. They shared their favorite parts of the trip, what they learned about animals and their habitats, and what they still wonder about. Their writing showed great curiosity and connection to our current unit on Animals and Nature. It was wonderful to see students applying their research and observation skills—just like real scientists and writers—while also expressing kindness and appreciation for the animals we saw!
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