Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What was one of your favorite books that was read to you this week?
• What is one of your teacher’s favorite books? 
• What is a narrative?
• Who is Ruby Bridges?
• How did Ruby Bridges respond to injustices?
• What is a non-standard unit of measurement?
• When your unit of measure is large will your measurement be more or less than a small unit of measure?
• Can you tell me 2 different types of measure tools?

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: How did Ruby Bridges respond to injustice?
  • Text: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges; The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
  • Learning Goals:
    • Ask and Answer questions about Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story and The Story of Ruby Bridges
    • Recount the text to a partner (setting characters, problem, action, ending)
    • Understand the different points of view of two characters in a text.

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:  
  • Unit 5
  • Read and answer questions from our decodable reader, Sir Gus
  • Vocabulary development:  review verbs; verb tense
  • Sounds and spelling:  ABC order; schwa sound (ex. about, debate, pizza)
  • Spelling Words: yelled, yarn, yellow, yes, myth, symbol, system, cry, frying, satisfy, yawn, sticky, lying, energy
  • Tricky word: edge

Math:

•  Measurement

Social Studies: 

• Civil Rights Heroes
• Famous African Americans

Dates to Remember:

• Monday, March 2 – Last Day of Read-a-thon – Please make sure your child brings his/her reading log to school.

• Friday, March 6 – Character Dress Up Day

• Friday, March 6 – Half Day – Dismissal is at 11:30.

• Monday, March 9- Friday, March 13 – Spring Break