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2nd Grade Newsletter – January 16th, 2026

Ask your 2nd Grader:

  • What is the life lesson we can learn from Johnny Appleseed?
  • What is something they learned how to do when they used Book Creator?
  • What is the regular way to write a past tense verb?
  • What is the past tense of go, run, play, make?
  • If you are solving a word problem and you know the whole and part, how do you solve for the other part?
  • Mental Math: 36 + 54 = ? ;  65 – 42= ?; 87 – 30 = ?

 

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

  • Wit and Wisdom Module 3: Civil Rights Heroes
    • Essential Question: How can people respond to injustice?
    • Focusing Question: What injustices did people face before the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
    • Text: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges
    • Text: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington, by Frances E. Ruffin
    • Learning Goals:
      • Ask questions and make observations about Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story.
      • Explore the meaning of the word injustice.
      • Ask and answer questions about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington.
      • Identify the main topic of sections of an informative text.
      • Generate examples of civil rights in order to understand the importance of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964.
  • Tennessee Foundational Skills:  
    • End of  Unit 4 assessments
    • Spelling Words: No spelling test next week.

Math:

  • Unit 7: Addition and Subtraction Problem Solving

 

Social Studies

  • Civil Rights Heroes

 

Dates to Remember:

Jan. 19 – No School – MLK, Jr. Holiday Observed

**Clubs begin next week.  Please let your child’s teacher know which day and which club your child will be attending.

 

Reminders:

  • Yearbooks are on sale now.  If you would like to order, click on this link  yearbookordercenter.com and use code 26776 to order today.

 

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