March 21-23, 2016
Marking Period 3 - Week 8
Second Grade Shark Shout
Students
various
text
Studentswill
willuse
describe
how
features
to in
locate
key
facts
characters
a story
respond
or
in a text
toinformation
major challenges.
efficiently.
Students will acknowledge
Students will ask and answer
the differences in points of
“wh” questions to
view of characters, including
demonstrate understanding
speaking in a different voice
of key details in a text.
for each character.
Students will write an opinion
piece which introduces the
topic and supplies reasons.
Students will use linking words
to connect opinions and
reasons.
Topic: Owning a Robot
Students will use beginning
Students willand
formglossaries
and use to
dictionaries
the past
form of
clarify
thetense
meaning
of words
irregular
verbs.
and
phrases.
Students will strengthen their
writing by revising and editing
with peers and adults.
Students will share
descriptions of observable
changes of seed and plant
growth with others.
Students will use
geographic
tools to locate
Students
will identify
and
describe
places on
examples of specialized
Earth
such
as
continents,
workers in the community.
countries, oceans, the
equator, and north and
Students will identify the
south poles.
natural, capital, and human
Students will identify,
sequence, and describe the
stages in the life cycle of a
plant.
resources
in the
Students used
will use
map
production
of
a
or
elements suchgood
as the
service.
compass rose, legend or
key, and sectors to locate
places.
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treasure
box surprises
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Students will partition
shapes into two, three, or
four equal shares, and
describe those shares as
halves, thirds, or fourths.
Students will identify a whole
as two halves, three thirds,
or four fourths.
Students will apply strategies
to mentally add and subtract
within 20.
Homework Reminder:
Today at our Cluster Meeting
we explained the Specialized
Worker book project. The
poster paper and directions
are in your child’s Friday
Folder. The posters are due
on Wednesday, March 23rd.
Reading and Math Grids are
also due on Wednesday.
There is no additional
homework for the week.
Our mission is clear and the
possibilities are endless!
Upcoming Dates…
March 24----------Professional Day-no school for students
Mar. 25-Apr. 3---Spring Break-no school
April 4-------------- First day back after vacation
Positive Notes…
The Music Night practice and performance were so much
fun. We really enjoyed hearing our students sing! Which
song was your favorite? If you weren’t able to come to the
show, ask your child to give you a private mini-concert. You
will smile from ear to ear!