Ask your 2nd Grader:

• How do you end a narrative paragraph? What are the other story elements included in narrative writing?
• What do a.m. and p.m. mean? 
• When is a.m.? What are some activities you do during the a.m.?
• When is p.m.? What are some activities you do during the p.m.?
• What are vertebrates? 
• What are invertebrates?
• Which two countries were involved in the War of 1812?
• What was the name given to those in favor of the War of 1812? 
• Who were the people that opposed the War of 1812?

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

• Wit and Wisdom Module 4: Good Eating
  • Essential Question: How does food nourish us?
  • Learning Goals: 
    • Ask questions and make observations about a section of the text Good Enough to Eat.
    • Ask and answer questions about The Digestive System.
    • Examine the importance of conducting shared research to answer a question.
    • Answer a research question by conducting shared research.
    • Use text-based clues to determine the meaning of the digestive system. 
    • Use a glossary and beginning dictionary to determine or clarify the meaning of the word starches, mucus, and gastric.

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:
  • Sort words with the ‘i’ spelling: /i/ as in trip, /ie/ as in rising, /ee/ as in piano
  • Build complete sentences with a subject and predicate
  • Build sentences to make them more descriptive by asking who, what, when, where, and why
  • Sort words based on their schwa spelling
  • Alphabetize to the second letter
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the non-fiction student reader, The War of 1812
  • Spelling words: painting, navy, Madison, troops, hawks, impressment, Washington, support, paved, monarchy, president, march, merchants, Dolley, British, battle, Congress, death, cannon, Ironsides

Math:

• Time 

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

• Government Branches
• Rules and Laws

Dates to Remember:

• April 15th – Progress Reports Issued
• April 18th – No School
• May 5 – Field Day