Important Dates
- Dec. 10-14 - Book Fair
- Tuesday, Dec. 19, will be a Thursday schedule
- Dec. 21 - ES/MS House Event - Wear House shirts
- ES Winter Classroom Party - All parents welcome 1:00-1:50
- ES Winter Assembly - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Dec 22 - Jan 13 Winter Break
- Jan. 14 - School resumes
Christmas Book Fair
This year's Christmas Book Fair begins on Sunday, December 10th in the Middle School Back Courtyard!
Your child will be passing by the book fair with their class.
Your child will be passing by the book fair with their class.
- 2K - Monday, December 11th at 2:30-3:00
- 2R - Wednesday, December 13th 11:00-11:30
- 2S - Wednesday, December 13th 2:30-3:00
If you would like your child to shop during this time, please send cash (suggested: 300 LE) with them.
Otherwise, the fair will stay open Sunday-Thursday after school from 3-5 so you can accompany your
child or purchase for yourself. The book fair will feature 5 local book vendors with English
and Arabic books for all age groups. Keep an eye out for posters about our after school book
signing events ('Happy Belly' author Yasmine Nazmy on Wednesday!!) On Thursday the 14th,
a Mini Christmas Bazaar will open up alongside the book fair and the Booster Club will join us
with hot chili from the snack restaurant and CAC gear on Sale!
child or purchase for yourself. The book fair will feature 5 local book vendors with English
and Arabic books for all age groups. Keep an eye out for posters about our after school book
signing events ('Happy Belly' author Yasmine Nazmy on Wednesday!!) On Thursday the 14th,
a Mini Christmas Bazaar will open up alongside the book fair and the Booster Club will join us
with hot chili from the snack restaurant and CAC gear on Sale!
Winter Celebrations
As we are planning for the last day of school which includes a house event, winter parties and
culminating in a winter assembly at the end of the day, we hope you will all be here to join in the fun!
If you can’t, we would appreciate knowing if you are planning to take your child/ren away at an earlier
date. Please inform your classroom teacher.
culminating in a winter assembly at the end of the day, we hope you will all be here to join in the fun!
If you can’t, we would appreciate knowing if you are planning to take your child/ren away at an earlier
date. Please inform your classroom teacher.
“Christmas around the world” will be the theme of our Winter assembly. Grade 2 students will sing a
German song that you can find here to help your child practice. Thanks in advance for your support.
German song that you can find here to help your child practice. Thanks in advance for your support.
Core Value Books
The core value for December and January is INTEGRITY. We will be sending home the core
value book with the theme of integrity: The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade. Please read it
with your child, then return it to school for the next student to take home.
value book with the theme of integrity: The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade. 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. Do not hesitate to send an email to your kid’s teacher if they have any problem
working in the website.
to complete activities. Do not hesitate to send an email to your kid’s teacher if they have any problem
working in the website.
What’s Going on This Week in Grade 2
Readers’ Workshop
Students will share their learning about the topics they read about by sharing their posters with the class.
Partners will be reading together, jotting notes and discussing what they’ve learned.
Partners will be reading together, jotting notes and discussing what they’ve learned.
Essential Question:
- How can I let the nonfiction books I read be my teachers, so that all the pages and pictures of those
- 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 continue to edit and revise
their books getting ready to publish so that they can teach the readers in a clear and exciting way.
all about frogs, soccer, and other such topics. This week students will continue to edit and revise
their books getting ready to publish so that they can teach the readers in a clear and exciting way.
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
Students have taken the mid-module assessment last week. They will reflect on it after it’s scored
and fill out their two stars and a wish. It will be going home this week. Please have your child discuss
the strategies they used in solving the problems. This week students will use mental strategies to relate
compositions of 10 tens as 1 hundred to 10 ones as 1 ten, will use manipulatives to represent additions
with two compositions, and will relate manipulative representations to a written method.
and fill out their two stars and a wish. It will be going home this week. Please have your child discuss
the strategies they used in solving the problems. This week students will use mental strategies to relate
compositions of 10 tens as 1 hundred to 10 ones as 1 ten, will use manipulatives to represent additions
with two compositions, and will relate manipulative representations to a written method.
Some of the objectives are:
- Adding using the Vertical Form (standard algorithm)
- Composing tens into hundreds and ones into tens
- Using the place value chart while adding and 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
*Module 4 Parent Tips Letter
Science
We are working on our unit: Leap into Space. Students will watch a video about the Earth and the
moon and come up with questions they have.
moon 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: Displaying integrity especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home,
and in the community.
and in the community.
Growth Mindset Questions
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