What will Second Graders learn this quarter?
3rd Quarter
January 22 -March 28
*Our critical thinking skill focus will be flexibility- Being open and responsive to new and diverse ideas and strategies and
moving freely among them.
*Our academic success skill focus will be intellectual risk taking- Accepting uncertainty or challenging the norm to reach a
goal.
Our Unifying Questions Are…
 How does challenging yourself and others to attempt
new tasks help you improve as a learner?
 How does using prior knowledge or new information
help you create meaning?
 How do seeking, listening to, and considering new or
different ideas help you learn?
 How do selecting and using multiple strategies or
resources help you understand ideas?
What will this look like?
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We will think about our ideas and the ideas of others and strive
to synthesize these thoughts.
 We will think about the meanings of words we know to help us
determine the meanings of unknown words.
 We will consider other’s points of view when selecting a strategy
or considering a new idea.
 We will examine what we know and apply it to what we are
learning in math, reading and writing.
 We will rethink our ideas and formulate new ideas based on the
information we have received.
 We will share and explain our ideas to help clarify our writing and
foster other’s growth.
What Will We Learn in Reading and Writing?
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Write opinion pieces in which students introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the
opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences.
Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
How Will We Learn These Things?
 By listening to, using and discussing many different reading
strategies, including the 5 ‘W’ questions, use of illustrations
in text and historical connections.
 By listening to, using and discussing different types of
comparison strategies.
 By identifying character’s actions, traits, feelings as they react
to challenging situations.
 By reading EVERY day both at school AND at home.
 By writing EVERY day.
 By expanding my ideas and trying new ways to communicate
in writing.
 By clarifying and focusing on my purpose for reading and
writing.
 By focusing on the main idea and supporting details of texts.
Vocabulary: *characters
*nouns
*setting
*plot *linking words
*simple sentence *compound sentence
Why Are We Learning This?
 To understand that reading fluently allows me to make
meaning from what I am reading.
 To recognize that understanding the structure of a story helps
to give meaning to the text.
 To realize that collaborative discussions and historical context
can expand my understanding of a text.
 To comprehend that using my background knowledge can give
me the power to understand new and difficult text.
 To understand that there are processes that will help me
communicate in writing.
 To recognize that gathering information from multiple sources
enriches my understanding of my topic.
 To understand that there is a connection between the way
characters react in a story and each student’s challenges.
*point of view
*verbs
*purpose
*main idea
*adjectives
What Will We Learn in Math?
Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.
Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements
relate to the size of the unit chosen.
Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.
Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as
drawings of rulers) and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same
object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.
Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and
describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.
Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.
How Will We Learn These Things?
Why Are We Learning This?
By reading and writing numerals to 1,000.
By skip counting in a variety of ways.
By using a variety of mental strategies for solving sums to 20.
By using our reading strategies to understand and solve
addition and subtraction situations.
 By measuring and comparing lengths of objects with various
tools in Metric and US Customary measures.
 By dividing various shapes into equal parts to determine
fraction equivalence.
 By reading and writing time to 5 minutes and recognizing the
significance of a.m. and p.m.
 To become fluent in our addition and subtraction facts.
 To develop our number sense so that we can use numbers in
more complicated ways.
 To become familiar with the US Customary and Metric
systems of measurement.
 To be able to understand the relevance of measurement in
our daily lives.
 To be able to tell time throughout the day.
 To show visual representations of time.
 To become aware of equal parts of a whole as it
relates to the world around us.
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Vocabulary:*array
*centimeter
*halves
*half of
*thirds *fourth
*inch
*a third of
*meter
*yard *foot
*a fourth of
*analog
* digital
*equal shares *meter stick
*yard stick
*partition
fraction
Important Dates and Information for Quarter 3
Contact Information:
 To report absences, late arrivals, early pick-ups or ANY change in your child’s dismissal routine: Call the
Main Office at 301-230-5919. There is a machine that takes messages if it is after hours. You may
email the teacher as well, but you MUST contact the office.
Teacher Name
Email
Donna Bardin
[email protected]
Lisa Ortiz
[email protected]
Rachel Kramer
[email protected]
Michele Werlin
[email protected]
Sabrina Goldberg
[email protected]
Important Dates
Wednesday January 22
First Day of Quarter 3
Monday, February 17
No School: Holiday-President’s Day
Friday, March 28
Professional Day for Teachers- No School for
Students
Thursday, January 30
Friday, February 28
Report cards distributed
Thursday, March 27
Early Release Day
3rd Marking Period Ends