Global Math Week
We hope you enjoyed the activities and saw the same enthusiasm from the kids as we did!
Core Value Books
We will be sending home the core value book of the month. This month is RESPONSIBILITY. When your child brings home the book, I Wanna Iguana, please take a day or two to read it and talk about it. Then, return it to school for the next student to take home.
Halloween Costume Reminder:
In order for CAC to have a safe and fun Halloween, everyone should check their costume follows the guidelines. We appreciate the variety of costumes and/or original designs.
- Remember come to school wearing your costume. Put makeup, hairspray, etc… on at home
- Prop headwear (hats, caps, masks, etc.) may be worn, but not during class time
- No dangerous props ( knives, swords, toy guns, etc.) or high heeled shoes
- Practice some of our core values
- Respect - commenting positively on other’s costumes
- Responsibility - for wearing costumes according to our guidelines
- Creativity - for creating and planning your costume
Come join us at the Parade! It starts at 2:30 by the ES lawn.
From the ES office:
Digital Intelligence and your Child/ren: 21st Century Libraries for Parents session, October 25, 8:30 am. Join us in the MHS library for a presentation by our Information Services Director, Santha Kumar, on how to develop digital intelligence at home. Among other topics, we’ll be discussing how to develop a family tech plan and controlling screen time for children.
Kenn Nesbitt visit
US poet and performer Kenn Nesbitt will be visiting CAC from November 7 to 9. Mr. Nesbitt is a dynamic performer who is sure to keep us entertained with his humorous poems and his tips on writing for children. He will have a school-wide performance on Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:55 to 8:25 am in the ES Hall. He will be available for autographs after school on Tuesday and Wednesday. Books will be on sale at the front gate that week. His books are available in electronic format on the ES library catalog and on our Overdrive collection.
Room Parents:
The leadership team has chosen the room parents for all three classrooms in Grade 2. Feel free to email them if you have any question:
ASA
- If your child can't attend ASA please notify Ereeny: egergess@cacegypt.org
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What’s Going on This Week in Grade 2
Readers’ Workshop
This week in Characters Face Bigger Challenges, readers will be introduced to the idea of writing long about a post-it note they wrote about a book. The reason behind writing long is for students to grow and support ideas about the book. They will take a post-it they feel they want to elaborate about and make further comments and thinking about what they wrote on the post-it and what they want to say more about. Things to talk about: favorite character and why, problem and solution, how did the character feel and why, what would you do if you were the character….
This is the last week of our fiction reading unit. We will culminate with a reading celebration by reading outside with our friends and by reflecting on what they have learned as a reader.
Essential Question:
- When reading fiction stories, what can I do to be sure I understand the main characters' problems?
Some suggested discussions to do at home:
- Ask your child to retell the story
- Talk about the problem(s) and solution(s) the character has
Writers’ Workshop
We will be ending our unit Gripping Fictional Stories with Meaning and Significance. Students will take a favorite piece to spice up by revising and editing to publish and share in their portfolios.
Essential Question:
- How can I write detailed, focused, gripping fictional narratives, drawing on all I've learned about this kind of writing?
- Where do authors get their ideas?
- How do good writers HOOK the reader?
Some suggested activities you can do at home:
- Generate ideas to write about by talking about a small moment and talk about what the people did, said, or felt.
Math- Module 3: Place Value Counting- Numbers to 1000
This week we will continue modeling numbers within 1,000 with place value disks. We will also talk about comparing two 3-digit numbers using symbols such as <,>, and =. Students will continue to practice with writing numbers in expanded, unit, standard, and word forms.
- Word form - two hundred eleven
- Expanded form - 200+10+1
- Standard form - say the number (221)
- Say ten way - 2 hundreds, 1 ten, 1 one
Please continue practicing counting around benchmark numbers. For example, 88, 89____ or 138, 139, ____, or 98, 99, _____. This can be a fun game to play in the car or in the elevator or anytime you have to practice. You can also practice counting by units of ones, tens, and hundreds. Change it up! Find two ways to count….
For example, count from 300 - 450. Talk about which unit is changing...
300, 400, 410, 420, 430, 440, 450, OR
300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 450
Essential Questions
- How can a number be represented in different ways?
- How does the position of the digits in a number affect its value?
Key understandings of Module 3:
- I can explain the value of each digit in a three digit number.
- I can explain how ten tens can be put together to form a hundred.
- I can explain the value of each digit in a three digit number.
- I can explain how all the hundreds are related to one another because they have no ones or tens.
- I can skip count by 5's, 10's, or 100's up to 1000 and starting at any number.
- I can read and write any number from 1 to 1000 in "regular" form, words, or expanded form.
- I can correctly compare 3-digit numbers using >, =, and < by observing the value of their digits.
*Don’t forget to check out Eureka Math at https://greatminds.org/
Science
We will discuss animal defenses such as mimicry, chemical defense, camouflage, horns, claws, eye-sight and hearing, hard shell, thick skin, spikes/stiff spines, hard scales, speed, jaw un-hinges, flippers, legs. We will watch videos, engage in activities, and discuss our findings. We will talk about ideas such as:
What defenses do you have?
What about other animals?
What other questions do you have that might help better understand why do animals look different?
What defenses do you have?
What about other animals?
What other questions do you have that might help better understand why do animals look different?
Essential Questions:
- Why do animals look different?
Some suggested discussions you can have at home:
- Describe animals using unit vocabulary
structure, classification, classify, features, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects, camouflage, survive, defend, eat
- Talk about: How does this physical structure or characteristic help the animal to eat, stay warm and defend itself?
Circles
Focus: Responsible behavior especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home, and in the community 
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