Welcome Back from Spring Break!! Week 28

                                                                                                                         April 9, 2018

Dear Second Grade Families,

Welcome spring!!  Here we are back from Spring Break, hopefully everyone had an enjoyable

week!

A big thank-you for all the parents, family members, friends that were able to come to the

2nd grade project on Wednesday, March 28th.  The students enjoyed sharing their 3-D Maps

and slide shows.

Project Help

Our new project (listed below) has to do with time lines.  In class we will be working on

making a time line of the school year.  Miss Garcia and myself will be creating time lines of

our lives. By Wednesday students will be creating time lines of their lives.  Miss Garcia and

myself are asking for you to help your child pick 4-5 life events that you can put a date to

(month and year is fine).  Some possible events might be…

First tooth                         Birth of siblings

First word                         Date of getting a new pet

First step                          Date of other special events (sports, activities, awards, adoption,etc.)

First day of school            First haircut

Math

This week, students will be exploring fractions.  We will be looking at wholes versus fractions,

as well as halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths.  Some of the key vocabulary students

will be using will include numerator, denominator, whole, half, thirds, fourths, sixths, and

eighths.

                         

Homework for Week 28

Monday	IXL W.1 - Equal Parts
Tuesday	IXL W.2 - Halves, Thirds, Fourths
Wednesday	Fraction worksheet
Thursday	IXL W.3 - Identify the Fraction

Language

In language students will finish up their work on apostrophes in both contractions and

possessive nouns.  We will assess on apostrophes this week.

Writing

Second grade writers will finish writing their opinion piece on the better place to

vacation--the big city or the wilderness.  Students have come up with great reasons

for both vacation spots. It will be interesting to read about which place students

select and their reasons.

Projects

Our next project will have students creating a time line using the decades from 1890

through 2010.  This will entail students researching a decade and creating a tri-fold

board with a partner.

Looking forward to seeing all the second graders back ready to learn!!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

    and

Shannon Garcia