Week of: June 1st

 Upcoming Dates:

June 10 - Last Day of School 
Reading/Writing: Research - For the last few weeks of school we will be combining our reading and writing time to work on a multi media research project.  The kids will all choose a topic and use multiple resources to learn as much as possible about their topics.  Some of these resources include: Britannica Online, Epic! (non-fiction), encyclopedias, and books from our Irving School library. They will use graphic organizers and "note-catchers" to organize their learning.  Finally, the kids will take what they have learned and create a presentation on an app called: "Explain Everything". They will cite their sources and also use copyright-free images.  This is such an engaging and immersive project!

Math:    We will continue our mini-unit on Geometry.  This week we will learn about splitting shapes into equal parts.  We will learn about halves, thirds, and fourths. We will also spend a couple of days taking an end-of-the-year cumulative math assessment. This math assessment will cover many of the topics we have learned in 2nd grade.  The scores will be shared with our third grade teachers in order to prepare for instruction in the fall. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will review our United States map. We will continue our science unit: "Plants and Insects".  We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as Brassica (broccoli) plants.  Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class!  We have been learning about the different parts of a plant and their functions.  We have also been making formal and informal observations of both our mealworms and our plants. 
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Week of: May 24

  Upcoming Dates:

May 31 - Memorial Day - No School
June 10 - Last Day of School 
Reading/Writing:Research - For the last few weeks of school we will be combining our reading and writing time to work on a multi media research project.  The kids will all choose a topic and use multiple resources to learn as much as possible about their topics.  Some of these resources include: Britannica Online, Epic! (non-fiction), encyclopedias, and books from our Irving School library. They will use graphic organizers and "note-catchers" to organize their learning.  Finally, the kids will take what they have learned and create a presentation on an app called: "Explain Everything". They will cite their sources and also use copyright-free images.  This is such an engaging and immersive project. I can't wait for us to get started this week! 

Math:    We will be starting our mini-unit on Geometry this week!  The kids will learn how to build and identify two-dimensional shapes based on their attributes. They will also learn to draw these shapes, including: triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons. Finally, we will learn about halves and equal parts.  This will lead us into our study of fractions for the following week.

Social Studies/Science:  We will review our United States map. We will continue our science unit: "Plants and Insects".  We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as Brassica (broccoli) plants.  Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class!  We have been learning about our meal worms molting as well as the "conditions" that a seed needs in order to "germinate". Everyone's broccoli plants have already sprouted, which is very exciting!
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Week of: May 10th

  Upcoming Dates:

May 13 - Virtual Author's Visit at 2:00 - Pete Oswald
May 31 - Memorial Day - No School
June 10 - Last Day of School 
Reading: We will continue our current reading unit: "Series Book Clubs". In this unit, students will work together in small groups to read books in a series.  The students have been assigned books at their appropriate reading levels. They will work on comprehension strategies together with their groups. This week the kids will learn to pay close attention to the ending of a book what lesson the author might be trying to teach. We will also learn to share what we have read with others!

Writing: This week we will continue our work with our current writing unit: "Writing About Reading".  In this unit the children will learn to write about their opinions.  They will share their opinions about their favorite books. This week the kids will learn to write "nominations" for books that we love! These nominations will include text evidence to prove our opinions to others.  Finally, we will learn to add quotes from our books to further support our opinions. 

Math:    We will finish working on module: Module 6 "Foundations of Multiplication and Division". In this unit we will primarily be focusing on drawing arrays, repeated addition, and even/odd numbers. This week we will learn to pair objects and skip-count to relate to even numbers.  We will also investigate patterns of even numbers.  Finally, we will use rectangular arrays to investigate odd and even numbers.  

Social Studies/Science:  We will review our United States map. Next week we will begin our last science unit: "Plants and Insects".  We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as Brassica plants.  Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class!  It will be very exciting!
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