Core Value Books
We will be sending home the core value book of the month. This month is RESPONSIBILITY. Then, return it to school for the next student to take home.
From the ES office:
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
Our 3rd unit begins! Reading Nonfiction- Reading the World. Our little readers will review how to read nonfiction texts in order to gain knowledge and understanding from the authors of those texts. The payoff for nonfiction texts is knowledge! And once a person becomes knowledgeable about a topic, that person can teach the topic to others.
We will begin with reviewing nonfiction features as they help us make a quick study of the lay of the land by glancing at the table of contents, the chapter heading, and the subheadings to get an idea of how the text will go. We will also discuss how to use our voices and intonation when reading nonfiction books as they are read differently than fictional books. We will also use main ideas and be determining importance to make a table of contents.
Essential Question:
- How can I let the nonfiction books I read be my teachers, so that all the pages and pictures of those books teach me about a topic?
- How can I read nonfiction books with so much power that they turn me into an expert on my topic?
Some suggested discussions to do at home:
- Read to learn and develop wonder about the world.
- Reread books for fluency and intonation.
- Using nonfiction features to find key facts and information.
- Talk about illustrations and how pictures clarify text or provide informational content
Writers’ Workshop
We will begin our 3rd unit in writing about Informational books. Writers often approach a new kind of writing by studying the genre and then trying to write in similar ways.
Writers of information books sort what they want to say into different parts, pages, or chapters, trying to elaborate as they make their way through each part.
Essential Question:
- How can I add more information to my book once I already put down all that I know about the topic?
Some suggested activities you can do at home:
- Talk about nonfiction topics that interest your child
- Talk more about what you know about that topic
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 use sentence frames such as ___is more than _____. ____ is less than_____. _____ is equal to ______.
Students will also 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
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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