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Happy Holidays and may your New Year be filled with blessing! Thank you for sharing your 2nd graders with us.  We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026….

Ask your 2nd Grader: What is the life lesson we can learn from The Legend of the Bluebonnet? What is a drought, famine, and a sacrifice? What Indian tribe is…

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…

Important Dates:  November 24 – 28: Thanksgiving holiday, students do not report December 2nd: – Stockpile Day (students do not report) December 10th: Community Room Coffee (see below) December 11th: – 1st Grade Music…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What is the title of the new book you are reading in W&W?  (Journey of a Pioneer) What do the words pioneer and prairie mean? Where…

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…

Ask your 2nd Grader: Why Do Leaves Change Colors ? (There is less sunlight.  The weather gets cooler.  The tree stops producing sugar.) What is chlorophyll ? (the natural green…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What genre is the book Why Do Leaves Change Colors ? (nonfiction) What is the meaning of absorb? (to soak up) What is one thing that…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What is the central message of A Color of HIs Own? What resolution did the chameleon have at the beginning of the story?  Why does that…

Ask your 2nd Grader: How does the Little Yellow Leaf change in the story? Why is evidence important in informative writing?  What is a verb? What is an adjective? Can…

Ask your 2nd Grader: How do changes in fall weather impact people, plants, and animals? What is a topic statement?  What is a subject? What is a predicate? Can you…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What important job does the stomach do as part of the digestive system? What important job does the small intestine do as part of the digestive…