2nd Grade Newsletter – January 16th, 2026
Ask your 2nd Grader:
- What is the life lesson we can learn from Johnny Appleseed?
- What is something they learned how to do when they used Book Creator?
- What is the regular way to write a past tense verb?
- What is the past tense of go, run, play, make?
- If you are solving a word problem and you know the whole and part, how do you solve for the other part?
- Mental Math: 36 + 54 = ? ; 65 – 42= ?; 87 – 30 = ?
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: Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges
- Text: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington, by Frances E. Ruffin
- Learning Goals:
- Ask questions and make observations about Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story.
- Explore the meaning of the word injustice.
- Ask and answer questions about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington.
- Identify the main topic of sections of an informative text.
- Generate examples of civil rights in order to understand the importance of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964.
- Tennessee Foundational Skills:
- End of Unit 4 assessments
- Spelling Words: No spelling test next week.
Math:
- Unit 7: Addition and Subtraction Problem Solving
Social Studies:
- Civil Rights Heroes
Dates to Remember:
Jan. 19 – No School – MLK, Jr. Holiday Observed
**Clubs begin next week. Please let your child’s teacher know which day and which club your child will be attending.
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.