Week 8

Culture Day

Culture day was a huge success. Many thanks to the parents who volunteered! We also very much appreciate your feedback and will take your ideas into consideration.

Global Math

Global Math Week Parent Workshop: Tuesday 17th October, 8:30 - 9:30am

Challenge Series (CCS) - Grade 2 - 5 Students

This year, the ES is offering a new lunchtime sports program called the Cairo Challenge Series. The CCS is a series of 5 events throughout the year for Grade 2-5 students. The five events are 40m sprint (October), Cross Country race (December), Badminton (grade 3-5 in January), Long Jump (March) and 25m swim (May). All events are designed to recognize participation as well as excellence.

The first event is the 40m sprint, occurring the week of October 8. The first and second rounds will be done by grade with top finishers in each heat progressing to subsequent rounds.

• October 9 - Grade 2
• October 10 - Grade 3
• October 11 - Grade 4
• October 12 - Grade 5
• October 16 - Semi-finals for Grade 2-5
• October 17 - Finals for Grade 2-5

We hope that we have 100% participation! No sign up is necessary, students should just come to the track and we will be marking who is there at this time. On the day of your child’s races, please pack a lunch for them as there will be limited time to get hot lunch on these days. There will be an area for students to eat when they are not racing.

We are very excited to get this program started. If you have any questions, there is additional information on our website or you can email Matt Lautenbach @ mlautenbach@caceygpt.org.

Core Value Books

We will be sending home the core value book of the month. This month is RESPONSIBILITY. Students will start taking turns bringing the RESPONSIBILiTY book home this week. Keep in mind we will continue circulating the RESPECT book until all students have shared it with his/her parents. When your child brings home the book 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.

Room Parents:

The leadership team has chosen the room parents for all three classrooms in Grade 2:

2K - Linda Cederblad (Astrid’s mom)

2R - Ahmed El Kilany (Zaiden’s dad)

2S - Rajaa Berrada (Amanda’s mom)

Important Reminders:

Tuesday, October 3rd is New Student Orientation Day.

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

In part 2 of Characters Face Bigger Challenges, readers learn to  think about character’s traits and feelings
The main focus for this week is learning about character inference (tracking feelings by using story structure). Readers infer about characters by paying attention to their feelings in the beginning, middle, and end of the book. Our readers will practice tracking character’s changing feelings by using post-its with feeling faces or feelings words, then line them up to make a timeline. Students will also continue to work on partnership skills. When we talk with our partners, we might ask them, ‘Why would?’ or ‘Why did?’ or ‘Would you?’ to push our partners to have some new thinking about the characters’ actions.

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

In Bend 2 of Gripping Fictional Stories with Meaning and Significance, students learn to pull their readers to the edge of their sets. They will practice determining the most important part in their story and fill it with details that help your reader know exactly what is happening and why. One way we do this is to find the heart of our story. We can think about the part that has the biggest meaning and is the most important to us and then make sure it has the kind of details that will help to situate the reader.
Students will also practice editing for capitals and end marks.

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

In module 3, students learn to develop a deeper understanding of counting and place value. Students will focus on three-digit numbers in Unit, Standard, Expanded, and Word Forms. Students will recognize and use the terms below.

• Unit Form - 211
• Word form - two hundred eleven
• Expanded from - 200+10+1

We will continue using the Happy Counting way to count to 1,000. Students will also talk about the value of each digit.

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:

1. I can explain the value of each digit in a three digit number.
2. I can explain how ten tens can be put together to form a hundred.
3. I can explain the value of each digit in a three digit number.
4. I can explain how all the hundreds are related to one another because they have no ones or tens.
5. I can skip count by 5's, 10's, or 100's up to 1000 and starting at any number.
6. I can read and write any number from 1 to 1000 in "regular" form, words, or expanded form.
7. 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/

* Module 3 Parent Tips Letter

Social Studies

Students will teach each other some of the similarities and differences they learned during Culture Day. They will also take a culminating assessment that allows students to demonstrate their learning.

Essential Questions:

• Are cultures the same?

Some suggested discussions you can have at home:

How can you...

• show respect for the ideas of others.
• work collaboratively.

Circles

Focus: Responsible behavior especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home, and in the community