ASA
The new session begins this week of Nov. 26- Feb.22.
Parent Teacher Conferences
We look forward to meeting with you on Monday, Nov. 27 and Tuesday, Nov. 28 in the afternoon to discuss your children’s progress.
Core Value Books
The core value for November is COMPASSION. We will be sending home the core value book with the theme of compassion: My Two Blankets. Please read it with your child, then return it to school for the next student to take home.
Mathletics
Students have customized lessons on Mathletics, please encourage your children to go on Mathletics to complete activities.
Counseling Corner
In guidance we are continuing with our lessons on empathy. Empathy helps students perceive and understand what others are feeling and is the key ingredient in the development of prosocial behaviors and interpersonal problem solving skills.. The lesson focuses on the critical next step of putting empathy into action by showing compassion. We read the book The Invisible Boy and are using the characters in the book to try to better understand how someone else might feel in certain situations through literature. The second step lessons and discussions also support this month’s core value.
Our Core Value for November is compassion. Just as we are responsible at work and home, so are our kids. You can help support their understanding of compassion by having discussions such as:
- The Core Value definition for compassion is, “Be Kind, Caring and Considerate”. Share with your child what you would you add to this definition?
- Share how you show compassion in your daily life?
- Do you have to know someone to feel compassion?
2nd grade goal: Based on the analysis of the friendship survey result, grade two students decided that, "playing with different people and including others we normally would not include" would be their goal for the year. They have brainstormed several ways to accomplish this goal and have already made encouraging posters and have signed a declaration to support their goal.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Dana Purpura
CAC School Counselor
dpurpura@g-cacegypt.org
What’s Going on This Week in Grade 2
Readers’ Workshop
Our readers will be comparing and contrasting information from different books on the same topic.
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
Our writers’ have a lot to say about the world. Students are writing about how to care for dogs, all about frogs, soccer, and other such topics. This week students will edit and revise their books and add text features to help readers gain a clear understanding of the topic.
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 4: Adding and Subtracting Within 200
This week students will use math drawings to represent subtraction with and without decomposition and relate drawings to a written method.
Some of the objectives are:
- Subtracting using the Vertical Form
- Decomposing tens into ones while subtracting
- Relating drawings to a written method
- Solve one and two-step word problems within 100 using strategies based on place value
Essential Questions
- How can strategies help me to quickly add and subtract?
- How do I explain my mathematical thinking and why is that important?
Key understandings of Module 4:
- I can add or subtract any two numbers between 0 and 100 within a one and two step word problem.
- I can explain my arithmetic using drawings and equations (with symbols for the "unknown")
- I can EASILY add and subtract any two numbers from 0 to 100.
- I can add up to four 2-digit numbers using a variety of strategies
- I can add and subtract numbers from 0 to 1000 using different strategies based on place value and regrouping
- I can mentally add or subtract 10 and 100 from any number from 100 to 900
- I can explain why various addition or subtraction strategies work using numbers, drawings, or objects.
*Don’t forget to check out Eureka Math at https://greatminds.org/
Science
We are starting our new unit this week: Leap into Space. Students will discuss what they know about the solar system, watch a few videos to spark their interest, and come up with questions they have.
Essential Questions:
- What do we know about our place in space?
- What is our solar system and how do we fit in it?
Some suggested discussions you can have at home:
- Discuss the solar system using unit vocabulary:
stars, star color, star brightness, moon, lunar, sun, sun's position, sun's size, solar, Earth, Earth's rotation, cycles, revolve, position, orbit, axis, phases, sky patterns, phases of the moon, solar system, telescope
- Discuss how patterns in the sky remain stable but appear to move because of the Earth’s motion.
Circles
Focus: Compassionate behavior especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home, and in the community.
Growth Mindset Questions
