Our 2nd Grade Weekly Update

December

• 12/17: Spirit Night - City BBQ @ 11am - 8 pm
• 12/17: WCPSS School Board Meeting
• 12/18: Paint the Town December
• 12/23-12/31: Winter Break

January

• 1/6: Return from Winter Break
• 1/10: 1/13: K-5 mCLASS
• 1/14: PTA Meeting @ 7pm
• 1/16: Spirit Night – Mellow Mushroom @ 11am-9pm
• 1/20: 1/21: Holiday & Teacher Work Day
• 1/28: Report Cards Sent Home
• 1/30: 2nd-3rd Grade Chorus Performance

Standards

• OA.4 Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
• MD.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
• NBT.3 Read and write numbers, within 1,000, using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.

Students will understand that...

1. I can draw an array and write repeated addition sentence(s) to express the total sum using equal addends.

2. I can skip count by fives to identify times given on an analog or digital clock.

3. I can read and write numbers to 1,000 in different ways.

Standards

• 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.
• RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• RI.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.

Students will understand that...

1. I can use evidence from the text to answer questions about other types of fossils and how fossils tell us about the earth long ago.

2. I can categorize different types of fossils by discussing my ideas with a partner.

3.I can make inferences about animals from long ago by closely examining pictures of fossils.

4. I can participate in discussions to reflect on my learning from the unit.

Standards

• PS.2.2 Understand the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.
• PS.2.2.1 Carry out investigations to illustrate how sound is produced by vibrating objects and columns of air.
• PS.2.2.2 Use models to summarize the relationship between sound and how sounds are produced and detected by parts of the body that vibrate.

Students will understand that...

1. I can describe the relationship between sound and vibrating objects.

2. I can explain that parts of the body vibrate in order to produce sound.

Student are not allowed to bring personal laptop devices to school. If they bring a phone, it must be kept in their backpacks and turned on silten at all times. Smart watches may be worn but need to be in airplane mode. They may not be used to play games, make phone calls and/or take pictures on campus.