Week of: May 16th

 Upcoming Dates:

May 19: Field Trip to Chicago Children's Theater
May 30: Memorial Day - No School
May 31: Walking Field Trip - Oak Park Conservatory (permission slip coming soon!)
June 2: 2nd Grade Picnic - Rehm Park - 11:30-2:00 (Families welcome!)
June 7: Last Day of School

*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: We will continue with our reading unit: "Series Book Clubs". In this unit, students will work together in small groups to read books in a series.  The students will be assigned books at their appropriate reading levels. They will work on comprehension strategies together with their groups. This week we will that readers notice when an author uses literary language and they try to figure out what the author REALLY means.  We will also work on noticing patterns in our series books and using those patterns to figure out how other books in the series might go.  

Writing: We will be continuing our writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week we will learn that poets consider the mood they want to convey in a poem, making sure that this mood matches the poem's meaning. We will also choose our favorite poems and fix them up for publication. 

Math:  We will finish our work with Module 8: "Time, Shapes, and Fractions".  We will work on telling time to the minute as well as relating time to A.M. and P.M.  The kids will learn to solve elapsed time problems involving whole hours and half hours. Finally, we will take the end-of-module assessment at the end of the week. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long.  This week we will continue our science unit: "Plants and Insects".  We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as plants.  Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class! This week we will be continue studying the life cycles of a plant and mealworm. We will make observations and record what we notice in our journals.  We have also reviewed our US maps.  We now know all 50 states!  Yay! We will have a quiz on all 50 states on Friday, May 20th.
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Week of: May 9

 Upcoming Dates:

May 10: MAP Reading Assessment
May 11: MAP Math Assessment 
May 19: Field Trip to Chicago Children's Theater
May 30: Memorial Day - No School
June 2: 2nd Grade Picnic - Rehm Park - 11:30-2:00 (Families welcome!)
June 7: Last Day of School

*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: We will continue with our reading unit: "Series Book Clubs". In this unit, students will work together in small groups to read books in a series.  The students will be assigned books at their appropriate reading levels. They will work on comprehension strategies together with their groups. This week we will that readers notice when an author uses literary language and they try to figure out what the author REALLY means.  We will also work on noticing patterns in our series books and using those patterns to figure out how other books in the series might go.  Finally, the kids will take their Reading MAP Assessment on Tuesday, 5/10.

Writing: We will be continuing our writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week we will begin by working on editing some of the poems we have already written.  Then we will learn to think carefully about our word choice and try to pick the most precise words for our poems.  Finally, we will learn that writers of poems often use repeated lines to help give their poems a rhythm and to emphasize meaning. 

Math:  We will continue our work with Module 8: "Time, Shapes, and Fractions".  We will continue to work on halves, fourths, and thirds.  We will also learn to partition circles and rectangles into halves, thirds, and fourths to make equal parts. In addition to halves, thirds, and fourths; we will learn about the "whole" and how many equal parts it takes to make a whole. The students will understand that equal parts of an identical rectangle can have different shapes. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long.  This week we will continue our science unit: "Plants and Insects".  We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as plants.  Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class! This week we will be continue studying the life cycles of a plant and mealworm. We will make observations and record what we notice in our journals.  We have also learned the last two states on our US maps: Alaska and Hawaii!  Yay! We will have a quiz on all 50 states on Friday, May 20th.
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Week of: May 2

 Upcoming Dates:

May 10: MAP Reading Assessment
May 11: MAP Math Assessment 
May 19: Field Trip to Chicago Children's Theater
May 30: Memorial Day - No School
June 7: Last Day of School

*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Reading: We will continue with our reading unit: "Series Book Clubs". In this unit, students will work together in small groups to read books in a series.  The students will be assigned books at their appropriate reading levels. They will work on comprehension strategies together with their groups. This week we will learn that readers get to know the different people in a character's life and compare them to their own relationships.  We will also be switching from character study to studying the author's craft.  This includes how the author is able to paint a picture with their words as well as the precise words they use to make descriptions. 

Writing: We will be continuing our writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week we will learn that writers of poems take big thoughts and feelings and then try to zoom in on one small moment that holds that thought or feeling.  We will also work on finding topics that contain strong feelings and small moments. 

Math:  We will continue our work with Module 8: "Time, Shapes, and Fractions".  We will continue to work on halves, fourths, and thirds.  We will also learn to partition circles and rectangles into halves, thirds, and fourths to make equal parts. 

Social Studies/Science:  We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long.  This week we will continue our science unit: "Plants and Insects".  We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as plants.  Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class! This week we will be making plant observations from the seeds we planted last week.  We will also start learning about the life cycle of a mealworm! We have also learned some new states on our US maps: Kentucky and Tennessee. 
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