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Second Grade News​
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Friday, Jan. 29, 2016
Jan. 29 - 1st Thomas Leadership Day
Feb. 4 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Students enjoyed having Ms. Cooper join our class to teach a Guidance Lesson this week!
**Students are beginning to prepare for their 2nd grade musical. Please visit: ​
thomasmusicroom.blogspot.com ​
for
music videos and words for each song that your child will be singing. Mrs. Arcaro would greatly appreciate your
child practicing outside of school! **
Reading/Writing Workshop ​
Students have been enjoying our newest reading theme, Fables. These are short
stories where animals are personified and help teach us a lesson/moral. Students have had practice with developing a deeper
understanding of author’s purpose and central message (theme) while also being able to site sections of the text for evidence.
Aesop’s Fables are meaningful lessons we all are using as we apply the 7 Habits in our daily lives. Students have been using the
writing skills to produce an opinion paper. It is important for the students to implement the model of this writing style to
introduce the topic, state an opinion, and provide details and to have a concluding statement. Students are being reminded of
the importance of transitions and neatness with this assessment. The children will be putting final editing touches on the
project “What is the Best Classroom Pet?”.
Math ​
Students began revisiting place value. We moved onto 3 and 4 digit numbers to determine place value. Students enjoyed
playing a version of yahtzee that helped them determine place value and earn points for creating 3 and 4 digit numbers. We also
began adding 3 and 4 digit numbers. Students will be expected to regroup when adding these numbers. We will then be moving
onto subtraction. Please make sure you are completing your weekly math homework and don’t forget to do xtramath!
Word Study:​
Our Word Study unit is back in full swing with our 2-week rotation! This unit we will be focusing on commonly
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missed high frequency words and vowel teams. Your child will be tested over these 12 words (and their patterns) on Friday,
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. Please make sure you are reviewing these words and the connections they make each night.
Word Study words: off, your, just, to,two, too, once, rain, tray, tried, knight, python
Social Studies:​
Second graders began a new unit on landforms this week! We learned the following terms: mountain, hill, valley,
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plain, plateau, volcano, island, and peninsula. We completed a landform mini book, identified
and colored the landforms on a dinosaur picture, and completed a landform and bodies of
water cut and sort. Students were tested over landforms on Friday. Please check Progress
Books for grades!
Mapping Project​
: Your child should have brought home a neon yellow piece of paper explaining
their Social Studies Map Project. The students are to construct a map that shows the route
they take to get from home to school. Please have the maps brought to school by Monday,
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to share with their classmates. Thank you for your support!
Specials:
Monday - A -Library
Tuesday - B - PE
Wednesday -C - Music
Thursday -D - Art
Friday - A - Library
We, the students of Thomas Elementary, proudly practice the 7 Habits of Happy Kids. 1. Be Proactive
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Think Win WIn ​
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Synergize 2. Begin with the End in Mind ​
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Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood 3. Put First Things First ​
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Synergize