Classroom Updates

Check out what we've been learning about in second grade!

Math: The kids have learned how to use an open number line and hundred chart to subtract two digit numbers. We are now learning a new strategy, regrouping.  This strategy takes practice!  The poem below is in front of your child's green folder.  It is a great resource to use when doing homework. Ask your child to tell you how they know when to regroup.

In reading we are reading folktales.  See if your child can tell you some of the ingredients of a folktale.  We've read, Little Red Riding Hood, Stone Soup, and The Little Red Hen.  Have your child retell his/her favorite to you.  Next week we will begin reading different versions of The Three Little Pigs.  

In writing, we are learning great writer's make sure they show how their characters are feeling not just tell how they are feeling.  This is called, "Show don't tell."  Check out our Show Don't Tell Posters.  We will be working on adding "show don't tells" to our narrative writing.

The Museum of Science will be visiting second grade next Tuesday.  They will teaching second graders about matter.  Stay tuned for some photos and videos from their presentation.