2nd Grade News - Week 11

Over the last two weeks we have been spending some time talking about culture and race.  Last week we discussed the differences between cultural appropriation and culture appreciation.  This week we read the incredible book, Let’s Talk About Race, by Julius Lester.  In his book, Julius talks about everyone having their own personal story. (“I am a story.  So are you.  So is everyone.  My story begins the same way yours does:  I was born on _____________ in _________.”)  As a class, we are taking the time to write our personal stories.  In your child’s homework this week I have included an activity sheet to help students begin to write their story.  If you could please take a few minutes with your child to help them fill in the missing information that would be great.  The bottom blank that says, “And I am ____________,” is where your child would fill in their race.  This template follows the same template Julius Lester used in his book.  Thanks for your help!

Literacy:        Lucy Calkin’s Reader’s Workshop – Reading Nonfiction

                                    -Using the lingo (vocabulary) of a nonfiction topic

                                    -Using text features to notice and understand key words

                                    -Using context to build our knowledge of unknown words

                                    -Using strategic thinking to solve tricky words

                        Lucy Calkin’s Writer’s Workshop – Writing Nonfiction Text

                                    -Writing a lot of information to teach the reader about a topic

                                    -Setting goals to make our writing better

                                    -Using different text features to make our writing better

                        Words Their Way – Differentiated phonics lessons for individual levels

Mathematics: Unit 2: Addition & Subtraction Strategies & Developing Number Sense

              -Practicing strategies to quickly answer addition and subtraction math facts

                        -Fact families and triangle fact families

                        -Post assessment

                       

Science:  Properties and phases of matter

                        -Insulating vs. Conducting Properties

                        -Changes in matter: Solids and Liquids

Upcoming Events:   

            *No School/Veteran’s Day – Monday, Nov. 11^th

            *Book Fair – Tuesday, Nov. 12^th – Thursday, Nov. 15^th

            *Popcorn Friday – Friday, Nov. 16^th

            *Nov. Birthday Celebration/T-Shirt Day – Friday, Nov. 22^nd

            *Fall Conferences – Monday, Nov. 25^th – Tuesday, Nov. 26^th

            *No School/Conferences & Fall Break – Monday, Nov. 25^th – Friday, Nov. 29^th

Have a Great Weekend!

Mrs. Hawksford (ahawksford@pps.net)