Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What is the name of the new text we are reading in Wit & Wisdom?  (The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola
• What is a legend?  (a story passed on through word of mouth; like a folktale)
• Who is the main character? (She-Who-Is-Alone)
• What is a plural noun?  (a word that names more than one thing)
• What do you add to the end of the following words to make them plural – watch, boy, fox, dish, book? (watches, boys, foxes, dishes, books)
• What are some strategies you can use to solve 2 digit  addition and subtraction problems?  (pictorial model, number line, using place value)

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

• Wit and Wisdom Module 2: The American West
  • Essential Question: What was life like in the West for early Americans?
  • Focusing Question: What life lesson can we learn from the story of the Bluebonnet?
  • Text: The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
  • Learning Goals:
    • Determine the lesson of The Legend of the Bluebonnet and explain how it is supported by key details.
    • Orally recount what happens in the story.
    • Explore story events and character responses.
    • Experiment with creating introductory statements for informative paragraphs.
    • Answer the Focusing Question Task.

• • Tennessee Foundational Skills: REVIEW skills from Unit 3
    • Ask and answer questions about key details in the student reader, The Job Hunt.
    • Sounds: /ie/ long i sound spelled with y, i, or ie (ex. my, shy, kind, pie);/oe/ long o sound spelled with ‘o_e’, ‘oe’, ‘ow’ and ‘o’ (open, hope, foe, snow)
    • Changing ‘y’ to ‘i’  and adding -es
    • Regular and irregular plural nouns
    • Read and answer questions from our student reader, The Job Hunt
    • Spelling Words: car, bar, store, chore, nerve, serve, stir, shirt, girl, bird, fur, hurt, turn, purse
• Tricky Word: all

Math:

• Unit 6: Addition and Subtraction Strategies

Social Studies: The American West 

Dates to Remember:

• December 19th: – 1/2 Day for Students, Winter Break begins
• December 22 – January 5th: Winter Break

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.

• Kids Heart Challenge is happening.  Please see your child’s Friday folder for more information and sign up today at heart.org/schools or follow this direct link to Percy Priest’s home page. Please direct any questions to Mrs. Tanner at amy.tanner@mnps.org.