Ask your 2nd Grader:

• How does the Little Yellow Leaf change in the story?
• Why is evidence important in informative writing? 
• What is a verb? What is an adjective?
• Can you identify an adjective in the following sentence? The verb?  Snow flurried and  the Little Yellow leaf held fast to the great oak tree. 
• If you cut a sandwich into 2 equal parts, what do you call each part? What if you cut it into 3 equal parts? What if you cut it into 4 equal parts?
• What is a push? What is a pull? What is motion? What is a collision?
• Can you tell me about the marbles collide experiment?

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

• Wit and Wisdom Module 1: A Season of Change
  • Essential Question: How does change impact people and nature?
  • Learning Goals: 
    • Identify story elements and evidence of change in A Color of His Own.
    • Classify questions about A Color of His Own that relate to prior knowledge.
    • Recount what happens in A Color of His Own.
    • Make real-life connections to the word camouflage and use a dictionary to confirm its meaning.
    • Form complete sentences with multiple subjects.

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:
  • Read tricky words – what, where, why, from, one, once
  • Read different consonant sounds – /n/ spelled ‘kn’ as in knock, /r/ spelled ‘wr’ as in wrist, /w/ spelled ‘wh’ as in when, /qu/ spelled ‘qu’ as in quit, /j/ spelled ‘ge’ as in fringe, /v/ spelled ‘ve’ as in twelve, /ch/ spelled ‘tch’ as in itch, /s/ spelled ‘se’ as in rinse, /s/ spelled ‘ce’ as in prince
  • Tricky s spellings – /s/ as in cats, /z/ as in dogs
  • End punctuation – comma, period, exclamation mark, question mark
  • Identify the different sounds for the past tense marker -ed (/e/+/d/ as in acted, /d/ as in filled, /t/ as in asked)
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the student reader, The Cat Bandit
  • Spelling Words: snacking, mixing, smelling, running, kissing, buzzing, hitting, until, problem, how

Math:

• Partitioning Shapes into Equal Parts (Fractions – halves, thirds, fourths)

Social Studies/Science (We will rotate between science and social studies every two weeks.):

• Sound and Light

Dates to Remember:

• September 4th – Progress Reports Issued
• September 10th – Individual Picture Day
• September 25 – 2nd Grade Music Program (evening performance)
• October 7 – No school for local election day. **this was just added by MNPS, so want to make sure everyone has it on their radar

Reminders:

• The second grade team will begin sending homework this week. Homework will include at least 20 minutes of reading each night, spelling word practice, and a math practice sheet to supplement and reinforce what we are learning in class. Homework is optional, and students will not be penalized for incomplete work. However, we are not communicating the “optional” aspect to the children so that each family can decide what works best at home. We want to support your expectations without undermining them.