A Look Ahead to What We Will Be Doing in November in 2nd Grade…
Writing
Literacy, Language, and Vocabulary
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Informational Text: Ask and answer questions, how reasons
support author’s points main topic, meaning of words/phrases,
clarifying images, text features, text’s main purpose, how reasons
support author’s points text features
Literary Text: Traditional stories, ask and answer questions,
recounting stories, characters’ response to events and challenges,
recount key details
Vocabulary: Shades of meaning, context clues, ask and answer
questions about what a speaker says, prefixes, root words, word
nuances-verbs.
Language: Capitalization, formal/ informal English usage, spelling
patterns, sight words, complete sentences with details, past tense
of irregular verbs, collective nouns and sentences with details
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Informative: ideas-introduce topic, answer a question
Informative: ideas - answer a question, develop points,
Informative: voice, word choice Language: capitalize geographic
names, formal and informal use of English
Informative: organization, conclusion
Narrative: ideas, events, answer a question, ideas-events,
elaboration, answer a question, organization- closure, expand and
rearrange sentences, and consult reference materials for spelling.
Math
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Odd and even (up to 20) mental strategies: addition and subtraction
within 20.
Addition within 100 (two 2-digit numbers): concrete models,
drawings, number lines, place value strategies Mental strategies:
addition and subtraction within 20, written methods
Subtraction within 100 (2-digit from a 2-digit number without
decomposing 10), concrete models, drawings, number lines, place
value strategies
Addition and subtraction situations within 100
To learn more about the curriculum—
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/2.0/
IMPORTANT DATES:
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Early Release Days: Wednesday, November 11th and Thursday,
November 12th at 1:20 PM
November 12th: Report card distribution
November 25th: Early Release at 1:20 pm.
November 26 and 27th: No School for the Thanksgiving Holiday
Social Studies, Science, and Health
Social Studies/Health:
o Personal health: eye and ear behaviors to promote overall
health
o Health issues created by pollution.
o Places on Earth: equator, poles, continents, oceans, countries
o Geographic tools: maps and globes
o Geographic characteristics of regions
Science:
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Classification of objects based on observable properties
Description of the parts of objects
Description of relationships between the parts of objects