January 4-8, 2016
Marking Period 2 - Week 7
Second Grade Shark Shout
Students
use
various text
Studentswill
will
retell
features
to
locate
key facts
folktales and determine
or information in a text
their central message,
efficiently.
lesson, or moral.
Students
ask
and answer
Studentswill
will
answer
“wh”
“wh” questions to
questions about key
demonstrate understanding
details
in a folktale.
of
key details
in a text.
Students will use a known
Students will use beginning
root word to
determine
dictionaries
and
glossaries to
the meaning
of an unknown
clarify
the meaning
of words
and
phrases.
word.
Students will identify and
describe ways to observe
minute features of
objects.
Students will draw and
describe the minute
features of objects with
and without hand lenses.
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Students will write an
original folktale which
will include a detailed
setting, problem, and
lesson.
Students will strengthen
their writing by revising
and editing with peers
and adults.
Students will use
Students will compare
geographic tools to locate
elements
of the
and
describe
places on
Wampanoag
Pilgrim
Earth
such as and
continents,
countries,
oceans,
the
culture.
equator, and north and
south poles.
Students will explain
Students
willpeople
use map
ways that
of
elements
such
as
the
different ages respect
compass rose, legend or
and and
helpsectors
to passtoonlocate
key,
traditions and customs.
places.
Students will apply
strategies to mentally add
and subtract within 20.
Students will use place
value strategies to solve
addition and subtraction
problems within 100.
Students will use addition
and subtraction to solve
word problems.
During the last two
weeks of Marking
Period 2, we will be
working on money
skills. Please spend
some time over the
break identifying and
counting sets of coins
and bills. Thanks.
Our mission is clear and the
possibilities are endless!
Upcoming Dates…
December 24---Winter Break begins-Yeah!
January 4---------First day back to school—Yeah!
Positive Notes…
We had so much fun making and modifying our
Lego vehicles. They are all amazing! Ask your
child all about their experience.