Ask your 2nd Grader:

• How were the buffalo helpful to the prairie?
• What did the settlers do that was harmful to the prairie?
• What is a topic specific word?
• What is a proper noun that names a place? person? thing?
• What is something you have learned about a number line? 
• How can you solve 78 – 32 on a number line?

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?
  • Text: Journey of a Pioneer
  • Learning Goals:
    • Apply previously learned reading skills to state observations and generate/answer questions.
    • Apply previously learned reading skills to reading and comprehending new text with unfamiliar topic specific vocabulary words
    • Match key details with major events in a story.
    • Identify topic statements and important details in sentences.

• Tennessee Foundational Skills: Finish and REVIEW skills from Unit 2
  • Sound/Spelling: /ue/ long u spelled with /u_e/ (cute); /ue/ (value); /u/ Cuba) tricky   spelling for /ew/ (few); /aw/ (paw); /au/ (haul)
  • Grammar: antonyms and synonyms; plurals -s and -es
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the student reader, Kids Excel
  • Spelling Words: under, noise, open, brave, cute, minus, last, foe, robber, road
  • Tricky Word: no tricky word this week

Math:

• Unit 5: Comparing Numbers to 1,000

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

• The American West
• Veterans Day 

Dates to Remember:

• • November 10 – 14th: Food Drive – See the flyer in your child’s Friday folder
  • November 11: No school for Veterans Day

• November 14: Field Trip to TN State Museum
• November 24 – 28: Thanksgiving holiday, students do not report

Reminders:

• 2nd Grade Field trip to the TN State Museum – Please return your permission form and make your payment at https://schoolcashonline.com/ .

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