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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

2nd Grade News - Week 10


It’s hard to believe, but the first quarter of school is over and fall conferences are right around the corner on Monday, Nov. 25th and Tuesday, Nov. 26th.  This quarter, conferences will be done in place of report cards.  Please sign up for a conference time at your earliest convenience.  The sign up sheet will be hanging up outside our classroom door from Monday, Nov. 4th – Wednesday, Nov. 20th. If you are unable to come in and sign up, please let me know a couple of times that will work for you and I will schedule your conference time.

Academic Areas of Focus for Next Week:
Literacy:        Unit 2 – Informational Reading
                                    Priority Standard - RI.2.2. Identify the main topic of a multi-
paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the
text.
Priority Standard - RI.2.5. Know and use various text features (e.g.,
captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic
menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
                        Unit 2 – Informational Writing
                                    Priority Standard - W.2.2. Write informative/explanatory texts in
which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Mathematics:  Unit 2: Addition & Subtraction Strategies & Developing Number Sense
                Practicing strategies to quickly answer addition and subtraction math facts
                           Fact Families/Target Numbers
                           Zearn Math and Xtra Math Online

Science:  Properties and phases of matter
                        -Solids, liquids, and gas
Upcoming Events:  
            *Picture Retake Day – Tuesday, Nov. 5th
            *No School/Veteran’s Day – Monday, Nov. 11th
            *Book Fair – Tuesday, Nov. 12th – Thursday, Nov. 15th
            *Popcorn Friday – Friday, Nov. 16th
            *Nov. Birthday Celebration/T-Shirt Day – Friday, Nov. 22nd
            *Fall Conferences – Monday, Nov. 25th – Tuesday, Nov. 26th
            *No School/Thanksgiving Break – Wednesday, Nov. 27th – Friday, Nov. 29th
Have a Great Weekend!

Mrs. Hawksford (ahawksford@pps.net)

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