September 2023
Dear 2nd Grade Families,
The school year is off to a great start. We are enjoying building our classroom community and establishing routines.
Math: During the month of September we will finish Unit 1 of Everyday Math and begin Unit 2. Unit 2 includes developing strategies for adding and subtracting within 20. We will also be using place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract. Students will practice fact fluency and recall to help solve multi digit problems.
Literacy: We will continue to work on Unit 1 in September. In this unit, students read informational science texts and fiction stories about the interrelationship of plants, animals, and habitats.
Writing: We are working on personal narratives. We are teaching the writing process, including how to plan and edit a story. After using a graphic organizer for planning out important details such as characters and setting of the story, we will work on adding some pizazz to our writing by adding a hook, transition words, and interesting adjectives.
Social Studies/Science: We are learning about how geographers talk about the world. We will be learning about map keys and symbols, continents and oceans, hemispheres and poles, and the equator.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL): We will focus on managing distraction, building a growth mindset, and goal setting.
Lesson 1: How to Get Good at Something. In this lesson, your child will learn that their best skills have developed as a result of practicing, trying hard, and asking for help.
Lesson 2: What Mistakes Tell Us- in this lesson, your child will learn that mistakes tell us something’s not working and that they can respond to mistakes by asking for help, trying again, or making a small change to keep going.
Important Information:
-Planners and Homework: Students will bring their blue planners home each day. Please initial and return them the following day.
-Volunteers: Our first need for volunteers will be for Makerspace. Please look for an email from your child’s teacher sent on Friday, August 26 for the link to the signup.
Important Dates:
-September 4th: Labor Day - No School
-September 5th: No School- Teacher Workday
-September 7th: Vision and Hearing Screening
-September 11th: NNAT (Gifted and Talented) Testing for 2nd grade
-October 3nd & 5th: Parent Teacher Conferences (3:00pm-6:00pm)
-October 11th : Parent Teacher Conferences (3:00pm-7:00pm)
-October 16th-20th: No School- Fall Break
