Core Value Books
We will be sending home the core value book of the month. This month is COMPASSION. 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 readers are on fire reading nonfiction. They have questions and noticings that are being talked about beyond reading time. The excitement is wonderful to see and hear. This week our readers will work on using phrases to create a list of things we learned. Students will also work in partnerships to retell parts of their book by using transitional words to sound like an expert. Partners will use sentence frames like: ‘One kind of ____________ is ____________. Another kind is ____________. The last kind of____________ I learned about is ____________.’ to tell what we have learned.
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 we will look into talking about the main ideas and supporting details to write a lot about each part. Students will also look at a checklist to work towards goals or to help them write stronger pieces.
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 review for the summative assessment. You may see the assessment coming home this week or next. When you do, please review the reflection and talk about growths and challenges. We strive to see challenges as a road to growth and learning.
We will review 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 does the position of the digits in a number affect its value?
- How can a number be represented in different ways?
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 continue to work on Animals on Safari unit this week. Students will review vocabulary and unit concepts by reflecting and talking. Students will brainstorm a new species that can survive in a specific habitat. Students will talk about how the animal stays warm, defend itself, and catch and eat prey by naming a feature and elaborating on how it works and what it does.
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: Compassion behavior especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home, and in the community.
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