2nd Grade Newsletter – February 6th, 2026
Ask your 2nd Grader:
- Who are 2 Civil Rights historical figures we have read about this week?
- What does segregation mean?
- What are Civil Rights? Can you name 2 rights we have?
- If you have a math problem such as 54 + ______ = 98, what is missing? (part) How would you solve this problem? (subtract 98-54)
- To show you how to solve 93 with regrouping.
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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: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Learning Goals:
- Generate text-based observations and questions about I Have a Dream.
- Explain how images contribute to a text.
- Compare and contrast the main points of two texts on Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
- Tennessee Foundational Skills:
- Unit 5
- Read and answer questions from our decodable reader, Sir Gus
- Vocabulary development: adjectives
- Sounds and spelling: ‘o_e’ with short u sound (ex. come); ‘ou’ with short u sound (ex. country); ABC order; schwa sound (ex. about, debate, pizza)
- Spelling Words: quickly, neatly, ugly, jelly, chilly, slowly, funny, angry, empty, mommy, daddy, happy, pretty, grumpy
- Tricky word: alphabet
Math:
- Addition and Subtraction with regrouping
Social Studies:
- Civil Rights Heroes
- Famous African Americans
Dates to Remember:
- Friday, February 13 – Valentine Party from 1:50-2:45