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Our 2nd Grade
Classroom News
Friday, December 2nd, 2016
Upcoming Events
Math
Date Event
12/3 Community First Holiday Gift HMS 10AM-1PM
12/21 Polar Express Day
12/21 End of 2nd quarter
12/22-1/3 Winter Break
1/27 PTO Movie Night
Please join me in welcoming Evelyn Watson, our new student & friend in A-7!
Solving 1- and 2-step addition and subtraction story problems created by classmates
Unit 3 post-assessment
Introducing 1,000 (pre-assessment)
Estimating and counting 1,000 sticks, bundling in 10s and 100s
Place value- 1s, 10s, 100s
Ordering numbers
Comparing pairs of 3-digit numbers (greater than, less than, equal to)
Add with sums to 1,000
Social Studies
Thanksgiving books and projects
Geography: landforms study through…
PebbleGo
Library books
Vocabulary booklet
Landform charades
Created holiday cards for men and women serving in Kosovo
Reminders
Writing
Using “tiny topics notebooks” to find ideas for poems
Searching for moments/topics with strong feelings
Editing poetry
Using precise words/language in poems
Experimenting with repetition in words, lines, sounds, and images
Using comparisons
Revising poetry
Reading
Independent reading and comprehension
Writing in response journals
Mid-year reading assessments
Understanding compound words to help determine meaning
Using context clues to determine meaning