Second Grade Times
451 Beall Ave. Rockville, MD 20850
301-279-8460
Classroom Newsletter
Issue # 16
This week we attended an assembly
called “Overcoming Embarrassment
to Achiev e Greatness.” Throughout
this assembly students heard the story
of Don Campbell and how he created
the dance style “Locking.” Students
participated in the dance style and
were able to see how they can face
embarrassment with confidence.
Important Dates
May 26 – Field trip to
Brookside Gardens
May 30 – Memorial Day
June 14 – Field Day
June 20 – Half day of
school for students (Make
up snow day)
Field trip permission slips went home for
our May 26 trip to Meadowside Nature
Center. Students will not be eating in
the school cafeteria. We will eat at the
nature center. Please bring a brown
bag lunch (disposable materials) or
let your teacher know ASAP if your
child will be ordering a brown bag
lunch from the cafeteria. Thank you!
Turn in field trip permission slips
and payment as soon as
possible!
Unifying Question for Marking Period 4, Week 3 and 4
How does organizing or combining ideas or information help you create
something new or solve a problem?
Reading: Informational text: ask and answer questions. Identify the
meaning of words, phrases and images; explain how images clarify text
Writing: Begin writing an informativ e piece showing how you used
effort/motiv ation/persistence to reach a goal. Use apostrophes to show
possession
Mathematics: Subtract a 3-digit number from another 3-digit number with
decomposing a ten and/or a hundred
Science: Compare Brine Shrimp to larger crustaceans, Prepare a
habitat for Painted Lady larvae
Social Studies: Describe how historic leaders took actions for the
common good (Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth,
Abraham Lincoln)
TASS
Thinking and Academic Success Skills
Synthesis
In reading we can synthesize information from
the text and from images to create a new or
deeper understanding.
Ask your child to tell you about an
achievement that they are most
proud of so far this year.
Effort/Motivation/Persistence
In writing, we used great effort to complete a
poetry collection. We were motivated to
become poets!