Welcome to the Grade 2 Newsletter
Important Dates
- April 19 - Egypt Festival
- April 22 - Race to Clean Air at 3:30 (no After School Activities)
- April 29 - Swimming during 1 hour PE class starts
- April 30 - Talent Show
- May 8 to 10 - Used book sale
Egypt Festival
Dear Parents,
Mark your calendar for our annual Egypt Festival on Thursday, April 19, 2018. Parents are invited to join us as we celebrate our host country, Egypt through music, dancing, food and grade level activities connected to the Egyptian Culture themes.
To add to the spirit of the day we invite you to wear a galabeya or perhaps clothes that reflect Egypt. You can purchase a galabeya on the 17th from 2:00 - 5:00 and on the 18th and 19th from 7:30-5:00 p.m. Our morning assembly will open the festivities for the day in the theatre and you are welcome to join us from 7:55 AM - 8:45 AM.
Our Egyptian lunch is for all elementary students, parents, teachers and staff and will be held during lunch/recess times between 11:00 - 11:30 for PreK, 12:00 - 12:30 for Kg, Grade 1 & 2, 12:30 - 1:00 for Grade 3,4 & 5 in the ES Hall. You will sample a variety of Egyptian dishes including freshly baked baladi bread (from our very own mud brick oven). Find here the full schedule.
The bread will be on sale for PreK - 12 students during their recess. A loaf costs two pounds and last year our students loved the fresh bread for morning snack.
The school will be covering the cost of the lunch and all entertainment. Students have pre paid 40 LE for their grade-level activity at the beginning of the year.
Parents are an important part of our Egypt Festival. We would love you to come and enjoy the Hassaballa morning welcome, opening ceremony, learn crafts from our vendors, the Tanoura closing ceremony, and we would appreciate your support by volunteering at either lunchtime or bread selling. Please sign up to help us if you can. Parent helpers.
We are looking forward to you joining us to celebrate our host country, Egypt and thank you for your support.
The Arabic and Egyptian Culture Department
Talent Show Update
Our ES Talent Show date has been moved to April 30th. We are supporting our wonderful PTO with this change of date. Thank you all for your flexibility.Please find below important dates and information regarding this year’s ES Talent Show:
April 15th and 16th Acts will perform for the ES Talent Show team. They will come during their lunch/recess time to the Drama Room. Any Act that is not performance-ready will not participate in this year’s Talent Show.
Sunday, April 29th is the mandatory rehearsal in the CAC Theatre from 3:15 - 5:15. All students must have a way to go home; the late bus service is not available. Students will be dismissed from the CAC Theatre at 5:15.
All Choir students will attend the Choir rehearsal on Sunday, April 29th, then come directly to the CAC Theatre for the remainder of the rehearsal.
The Talent Show will be for ALL ACTS beginning at 5:30 - 7:30 on April 30th. The Show will end by 8pm. ALL ACTS must come to the Theatre at 5pm, performance ready.
ES Talent Show - April 30th, 2018
Tickets - 30LE per seat
- Performances: 5:30-6:15
- Intermission: 6:15-6:30
- Performances: 6:30-7:15
- Show ends 7:30pm.
ES Talent Show Team
From the library - Used Book Sale, May 8 to 10
We are getting ready for our annual used book sale, this year from May 8 to 10. We welcome donations of used books for all ages in saleable condition. This is a good time for departing families to dispose of books before packing. We will soon have a donation box at the front gate.
The students will focus on the following essential questions:
Discuss non-fiction features and how these features help us as readers understand even more about a topic. Also, determine the main idea and supporting details of any think non-fiction such as articles, pamphlets, and books.
The students will focus on the following essential questions:
Brainstorming topics your child knows a lot about would be most helpful. Help your child think about what information books could they write while incorporate what they have learned about force and motion. Topics that include how things move or work are most helpful. For example, the book I will model for students will be about cleaning and the most effective cleaning tools you can use. In the past students found it helpful to write books about cooking, riding a bike or horse and physical games they play.
Cairo Challenge Series - Long Jump
Next Tuesday March 27 Grade 2 students will have the Long Jump for CCS during lunch time. Don't forget to remind your child.
Core Value Books
The core value for April is COURAGE. We will be sending home the core value book about courage: Drum Dream Girl. Please read it with your child, then return it to school for the next student to take home.- What is the definition of courage? The core value definition of courage is “be brave in words and actions.” What would your students add to this? What does this mean to them?
- Discuss with your kids how courage...
- Is used by adults in the workplace,
- Is used by students outside of school,
- Applies to school situations,
- Benefits when mastered,
- Consequences of not possessing it.
What’s Going on This Week in Grade 2
Readers’ Workshop
Grade 2 will end our 5th unit Reading About Science Topics to Become Experts with a reading celebration on Thursday. Grade 2 students will share their expertise with Grade 1. Our students are digging deeper in one of the topics they have researched during the last weeks, and they will create a poster with some of the knowledge they have learned during these lessons. They will show their posters and share their learning with Grade 1 students. Grade 2 students will be ready to answer all kind of questions demonstrating that they have truly become experts in their own topic of interest.The students will focus on the following essential questions:
- How do readers read non-fiction differently from fiction?
- How can I read non-fiction books to become an expert on a topic?
Discuss non-fiction features and how these features help us as readers understand even more about a topic. Also, determine the main idea and supporting details of any think non-fiction such as articles, pamphlets, and books.
Writers’ Workshop
We will be continuing our new unit titled, Lab Reports and Science Books. This week the students will start Bend III where they will plan and draft information books. Students will use non-fictions features to help them express their knowledge. They will use features such as table of contents, illustrations, captions, and labels. They will be teaching others about their chosen topic by authoring a non-fiction book. They will be using the write process to write, illustrate, and publish their expert books.The students will focus on the following essential questions:
- How do I find out information about a topic?
- Why do I need to revise my writing?
- How do I present my findings to the world?
Brainstorming topics your child knows a lot about would be most helpful. Help your child think about what information books could they write while incorporate what they have learned about force and motion. Topics that include how things move or work are most helpful. For example, the book I will model for students will be about cleaning and the most effective cleaning tools you can use. In the past students found it helpful to write books about cooking, riding a bike or horse and physical games they play.
Math
Module 7 presents an opportunity for students to practice addition and subtraction strategies within 100 and problem-solving skills as they learn to work with various types of units within the contexts of length, money, and data. Students represent categorical and measurement data using picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots. They revisit measuring and estimating length from Module 2, though now using both metric and customary units. Students build upon this understanding by drawing both picture and bar graphs. First, they record category counts in a table, solving problems based on the information in the table. Next, they draw picture graphs in which each picture represents one object. Finally, they represent the same data set in the form of a bar graph where one axis names the categories and the other shows a single-unit count scale.
Some of the objectives are:
*Tips for parents: Module 7, Topic D, Topic E and Topic F.
- Choose the best unit (e.g., inch, foot, yard) to measure a given object.
- Estimate the length of a given item by using a mental benchmark; then measure the item by using inches, feet, or yards.
- Measure a line by using both centimeters and inches. Compare the measurements and relate the difference to the sizes of the length units.
- Measure and compare two lengths and use addition or subtraction to determine the difference.
- I can use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
- I can measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
- I can relate addition and subtraction to length.
- I can represent and interpret data.
*Tips for parents: Module 7, Topic D, Topic E and Topic F.
Science
This week we will start our end of unit project where our students will be creating a compound machine that is made out of at least 3 simple machines. Grade 2 students will be planning and sketching their machines and they will start building and reflecting on their machine about things that worked well and things to improve while trying some different solutions. Students are encouraged to keep researching at home. How does a simple machine help us to do a work easier? Check out our Grade 2 Science site for more information.
Essential Questions:
- How do objects move?
- How does force and motion help me understand the world around me?
Some suggested discussions you can have at home:
Discuss how simple machines help us in everyday living using unit vocabulary:
- direction, slide, back/forth, pulley, movement, push/pull force, gravity simple machine - any of the basic mechanical devices for applying a force, such as an inclined plane, wedge, or lever, wheel and axle, pulley
- Force - energy that moves something
- Effort x distance = work
- Discuss motion and forces.
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