A tremendous "Thank You!" to all of our Second Grade Families for...

• for responding to our Conference requests! We value your time and appreciate your willingness to work together as a team to support your child!
• for Volunteering to Chaperone on our Arizona Science Center field trip! Our students are THRILLED to have their FIRST EVER field trip!!

😊 Thank YOU for being a big part of our growth! 😊

Speaking of weather... our study of weather will culminate with DISCOVERY at the AZ Science Center on February 19th! Second Graders have been busy with a "whirlwind" of weather studies. If we have not received your child's permission slip, please be timely in returning the permission this week. We are unable to take students off school campus without permission. Please know your child's safety is always our priority! *If the $5.00 fee creates an unintentional financial stress- please let your child's Teacher know- we would be happy to sponsor your child! *Remember you can order a sack lunch for your child to take to the AZ Science Center 😊

Spring Conferences are a wonderful time to "refresh" the academic and behavior goals. We are on the stretch for Spring Break, but by no means are we "done" for the school year. With that being said, Second Graders need our combined support to put their "best foot forward." This is the time of year we are bridging the growth from August and pushing for the finish... we are NOT done! However, we can make success happen TOGETHER!!

Thank YOU in advance for meeting with our TEAM

Class shirts: We had an amazing sea of color at our APEX Fun-run event... Mills: Green, Livingston: Royal Blue, Trif: Teal Blue! No class shirt? Please have your child wear the similar color on our field trip 2/19. We value the color coordination to help with visibility and safety while off campus. It is much easier to "spot" our students in a crowd. 🙂 *New to our school- interested in ordering a class shirt? Please reach out to your child's Teacher. Fantastic Frogs-Mills, Trojan Warriors-Livingston, Sailors-Trif

Volunteers make our community a better place!

Check the link below for opportunities to get Volunteered trained. *Chaperones must be trained prior to a scheduled field trip. 😁 *Classroom support-copy maker...Volunteer trained.

https://www.dvusd.org/a-z-guide/volunteering

Module 7 Weeks 1-3:

Essential Question: "How do our experiences shape our lives?"

In this module, children will read and listen to stories about important people. These stories will help children recognize that people's lives are shaped and molded by their personal experiences.

Essential Skills:

• r-Controlled Vowels: or, ore, er, ir, ur
• Multisyllabic Words: or, ore
• Vowel patterns: air, are, ear & Vowel team oo
• Ideas & Support
• Text Features & Organization
• Central Idea
• Setting
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Please continue to read together and incorporate comprehension questions- such as:

What is the story trying to tell you? "I noticed.... it means...." "What do you think will happen next?- Predict what the ending will be..."

Units & Lessons & Sessions

UNIT 3 (contiuation)

Numbers Within 1000: Place Value, Addition, Subtraction,-comparing numbers

*The following standards are our focus objectives for this new Unit. This is definitely another essential Math Unit for 2nd Grade! We are bridging our understanding of numbers and increasing the rigor of addition and subtraction of larger numbers. These lessons will focus heavily on place value, grouping/regrouping of numbers:

2.OA.A.1

Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

2.NBT.A.1

Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g. 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.

2.NBT.A.3

Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

2.NBT.A.4

Compare 2 three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using symbols: >, =, and < to record the results of the comparisons.

2.NBT.B.5

Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

2.NBT.B.6

Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

2.NBT.B.7

Add and subtract within 1000- drawing models, using place value charts.

2.NBT.B.8

Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900. Mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.

2.NBT.B.9

Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.

Part of getting into our regular routines... Please work with your child in practicing Fluency, Spelling Skills, and Math Skills. These packets will have the focus sound of our reading cycle as Spelling words. (The first packet had a focus on prior sight words as a practice.) The following packets will have a focus sound related to the phonics skill being taught. Fluency passages have a section for a timed reading. Second graders will build their oral reading fluency throughout the school year; this first passage is a review from First Grade. Math pages are a review of skills taught daily and will reflect lessons that have already been taught in class. Remember, if you have any questions regarding the home practice pieces-please reach out to your child's Teacher. We are happy to help!

The POWER of YET ... We are READY!

dena.mills@dvusd.org

daniella.trif@dvusd.org

deante.livingston@dvusd.org