Happy December! I hope you are all surviving and enjoying this
busy and exciting time of the year! The energy is certainly felt in 2nd grade!
:)
In second grade we have been very busy. We enjoyed an all school
assembly last Friday where we kicked off the letter A in CARE which stands for
Acceptance. Mr. LaCoste will be visiting our classroom next week to read our
next Care to Read book which focuses on the concept of acceptance.
We have been enjoying our new social studies unit which is on
Mapping Skills. The children have learned about the cardinal directions, may
key, how to "read" various maps. They are also beginning to learn
about the names and location of the 7 continents and the 5 major oceans. These
are skills that will lead us into our Around the World unit which we will begin
the end of January.
Next week we are looking forward to starting our next science unit
which is Materials and Their Uses. The children will have the opportunity to
learn the various materials that objects can be made of and will investigate
why certain materials are used for different objects.
In math the children have been learning about telling time on an
analog clock. This can be a difficult concept for some, so we encourage you to
reinforce this concept at home. This is an area that we will continue to review
throughout the year. At this point, the expectation is that the children can
tell time to the hour and half hour. The expectation for the END of the year is
that they tell time to the 5 minute interval. We have also worked with place
value. The children have built various numbers with base ten blocks. Also, the
children have explored the value of each digit in a 3 digit number along with
comparing which number is largest by looking at the value of each digit.
During reading, we have been enjoying some holiday books along
fictional texts and talking about the character traits of the main characters
in the book. We began this topic by doing an activity where the children
brainstormed character traits that describe themselves. The children did a
wonderful job reflecting upon their own personalities.
The character traits concept has also led us into a fun writing
activity. We received a letter from Santa explaining that he was looking for
some friends to help the elves at the North Pole. The children brainstormed the
character traits that they felt Santa would be looking for and the reasons why
those character traits would be important to Santa. Next, they will begin to
write letters to Santa and create their own elves to be displayed in the
classroom.
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