September 14 - 18

Don't forget CURRICULUM NIGHT on Tuesday, September 15th in the Library! 2nd grade Curriculum Night is from 5:30-6:15! The 2nd grade teachers will be there to tell you all about our year and answer any questions you may have! We look forward to seeing you there!

Also, Monday (September 14^th) our spelling homework begins! Look for a note from your teacher for details on homework. We are excited for the learning to continue at home!

Here's what we're learning this week...

Reading: Readers make meaningful connections (text to self, text to text, text to world) with the books they read.

Writing: Writers read to learn and write to teach. We are starting our topic unit!

Math: Each part of a number has a place value. Ones can be added to make tens, tens can be added to make hundreds. When we compare numbers we use the terms greater than, less than and equal to.

Social Studies: We will continue to learn the traits of a good citizen! We will be discussing the following characteristics that all good citizens should possess – respect, honesty, caring, and responsibility.

Science: The three different types of matter we will look at are solids, liquids and gases! We will also wrap up our unit on measurement.

September 8 - September 11

Can you believe it's already our third week in 2nd grade?! We are having a great kick-off to our year! As you have heard, this is the place where you can check to see what we're learning and what's going on!

PICTURE DAY is September 10th!

Here's what we're learning this week:

Reading - Readers notice when they are not understanding what they have read,  and they use “fix-up” strategies to clear up any confusion.

Writing - Writers apply all they know about good grammar and spelling to their writing.

Math - We are learning about numbers to the 1,000's and place value!

Science - Students will be experimenting in measurement using standard and nonstandard units. We will also be exploring matter and the phases of liquids, solids and gases!  

Social Studies - This week in social studies students we will continue our discussion on citizenship! Specifically, we will be discussing the Cougar Code and what it means to be a HCE Cougar!

 

Homework will be starting NEXT WEEK! 

Heads Up!

Today your child will be coming with their Friendly Letter Spiral. We are very excited. Please look for the attached note explaining our new, authentic way for students to practice the friendly letter format as a means of communicating about school. Thank you for your participation! We are so excited for a great year!

Welcome!

Welcome to Second Grade! We are so excited to have your students!

This blog will weekly have a post containing what your kids will be learning as well as fun games and strategies to use at home! Check back weekly to stay up to date on what's going on!

We are looking forward to a GREAT year!

Love,

Your Second Grade Teachers

May 18-22

Don't forget our Publisher's Picnic is THIS THURSDAY from 12:10-12:40! Come enjoy lunch and view your student's hard work with them!

In reading we are identifying characteristics of myths and adding it to what we already know about folk tales! We are connecting this to Ancient Greece for Winds of Time!

In Writing we are reviewing non-fiction text features as we finish up our Bird Books for our Publisher's Picnic!

In Math we are learning about probability and the likelihood of events. We are learning about how some things are certain, some are impossible, and some are more likely or less likely to happen.

In Science we are wrapping up our study of birds with our bird books.

In Social Studies we are studying Ancient Greece for Winds of Time. The students are enjoying learning all of this new information!

April 27 - May 1

We can hardly believe it is going to be MAY at the end of this week! Wow! Your kiddos are almost THIRD GRADERS!

Fun News: Ask your child about what we released into the wild today during snack time - we are sure they will be excited to tell you!!

Please remember that NEXT Monday is our Field Trip to the zoo! You will need to pack a sack lunch for your child because we will be there all day! We are so excited to look at birds and habitats!

We have started our bird research as well as our bird books and your students are so excited! Be sure to ask them which bird they are studying!

Check out what we are learning this week...

Writing - In writing we are learning to write using researched information. This includes the writing for our bird book!

Reading - In reading we are learning how to gather evidence from resources, how to use text features to locate information and how to record this information in a graphic organizer! We use an organizer to research our bird to write our bird books! The students are very excited about this project!

Math - We are finishing up picture graphs, bar graphs and tally charts and will be beginning shapes and patterns!

Science - In science we are studying birds! The students have each picked a bird to research.

Social Studies - We are continuing to study the choices people make in the USA free enterprise. We are talking about spending, earning, saving. We are also studying needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers.

Important Upcoming Dates:
5/4 - Zoo Field Trip
5/5 - Visiting Author 

April 20 - 24

Sorry for the week hiatus! We are back on the blog!

First - Hunters Creek just got a new math subscription called “Mangahigh Math”. It’s an awesome website where there are fun math games as well as games that we can assign for our kiddos. It lets the teachers assign “challenges” to the kids where they play games to practice their math and it lets us see their progress and assign games with more rigor as they advance through the program. We wanted to let you know that it is available to use at home and throughout the summer as well! Your kids can work on the challenges we assign them (IF YOU want them to) or they can play around on the math games. Everything on Mangahigh is math education and the kids are finding it very fun and exciting!

    With that being said, here is how they log-on (and they already know this, but just so you’re informed as well..

    Go to: https://www.mangahigh.com/login

    Their username is their computer username at HCE (they know these – email your teacher if you have questions).

    Their password is their lunch #.

    The School ID is 42383.

Mangahigh is AWESOME and the kiddos are loving it!

Also - you should be receiving a Field Trip form today in your child's green folder! We are going to the zoo on May 4th! Please sign and return this to your child's teacher ASAP!

Check out what we are learning this week..

Writing - We are learning about sensory details and colors! Students will write their own poems about a color that they choose. We will also write Earth Day poems!

Reading - We will learn to gather evidence from resources, use text features to locate information, and record basic information in visual formats!

Math - We will finish up our unit on time and move on to picture graphs.

Science - We will continue our study of birds and their characteristics. This week we are looking at their beaks and feet to see how the different types of each affect their diet and movement!

Social Studies - We will look at the choices people make in the USA free enterprise including earning and spending, needs and wants, goods and services, consumers and producers!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!