WEEKLY
UPDATE
Greenwood
Elementary School
Brookeville, MD
9/11/15
Second Grade
Reading
We have begun our Fall mClass
testing. This formal assessment will
help us to group students in reading.
During reading instruction, we
practiced the strategy of asking
questions about key details in the text
and then reading on to find answers to
our questions. Also, we examined how
characters’ feelings can change
throughout a book and how the events
in the story lead to a conclusion that
solves a problem.
Math
Students identified patterns on a
hundreds chart and extended those
patterns through 200. Students began
reading and writing 3-digit numbers and
must be able to describe a 3-digit
number as representing amounts of
hundreds, tens, and ones.
Social Studies
In class we have begun studying the rights
and responsibilities of good citizens. We
are examining rules and laws. What is the
difference and why do we need them?
Students must be able to explain how
rules and laws promote safety, fairness,
orderliness, and responsibility.
In addition, we are working
collaboratively, understanding appropriate
social skills, and building relationships by
being Bucket Fillers not Bucket Dippers!
Super Reader Homework
Throughout the year, students will be
assigned Super Reader homework.
Students were introduced to the
format on Tuesday with their first
assignment coming home the same
day. Students will have a week and a
half to complete the assignment.
Super Reader homework will be due
every other Wednesday.
Thank You!
Thank you for completing all the
forms that have been sent home
from school these early days!
Please continue to check your child’s
homework folder and initial the
assignment book each day. Also, if
you haven’t already done so, please
send $6.00 to cover the cost of the
assignment planner.
Upcoming Events
9/14 Holiday- No School
9/16 Super Reader #1 due
9/16 Back to School Night (Grades 3-5)
9/23- Holiday- No School
10/2 Early Dismissal
10/12 Open House
10/16- No School - Teacher Convention