This week in 2nd grade...

We have a very short week ahead of us, but we won't let that stop our learning! I hope everyone has a wonderful break and enjoys their time with family/travels!

Math

We are still working on geometry. Being gone last week set us a few days behind the other 2nd grade classes. This being said, we are still taking our time to really understand each concept. I am noticing a lot of success with geometry in our classroom, so this makes me very excited!! This week we will do a few fun activities to help us remember 2D and 3D shapes, and learn a new shape game!

Writing

We have started informational writing and hit the ground running! Our classroom is looking into informational writing and combining it with a little science. We are using experiments to help us write lab reports. This helps us know how to write with detail, use our 5 senses, and use a few facts as well. Last week we talked a lot about physical and chemical changes, and that will continue this week! Here's an overview of our experiments this week:

• Monday: Putting an egg in vinegar. We will use our sense of sight to notice what happens when we put the egg in, make predictions about how we think it will react, and then check it out again on Tuesday!
• Tuesday: We are using milk, food coloring, and Dawn dish washing liquid. We will drop the food coloring into the milk then squirt a drop of Dawn to see what reaction is created!

I hope your child has come home just as excited as they are in school each day. It is so fun to see them ready to work on writing, and our classroom is quiet enough to hear a pin drop!

Reading

We are working on non-fiction text features. The first couple days this week will be focused on determining non-fiction vs. fiction text and telling how we know. Next week, we will move into features of non-fiction text we can carry over into our writing!

Health

We wrapped up health last week by talking about the heart. We will be beginning civics in the coming weeks and focusing on government/elections!

Finally, Friday Folders will come home this week with work we have completed BUT they will not include the behavior sheets. We will resume behavior sheets next week. Please be sure to send the folder itself back on Monday so we have it for next week!

As always, if you have any questions about anything, please contact me! klister@cpsk12.org or on Remind!