Northview Elementary School
2nd Grade Newsletter: Weeks of May 18th, 2018-May 31st, 2018
Poetry Unit
Guiding questions: What excites us about nature?
Where can your imagination take you?
Poems: Snow Shape, Nature Walk, In the Sky, April Rain Song, Rain Poem, Helicopters, Windy Tree
Strategies: Summarize, Point of View
Skill: Theme
High Frequency Words: free verse, rhythm, touch, repetition, simile, alliteration, stanza, rough, enough
Phonics: r controlled vowels
Conventions: Adjectives that compare, punctuation, apostrophes with possessive nouns, and adverbs /
●May 29th Henry & MudgeTheatreworks Show for Gr. 1 &2 (in school field trip) please send in your payment and permission slip.
●June 8th Walking Field Trip to Allen Pond park. We need chaperones and emergency contact forms returned. Thank you!
●Mrs. James is looking for parents to share their interesting jobs with students during Career Day. Please consider volunteering. You can email her at . Thank you! /
We are now in the Writing Fundamentals Unit of Poetry. Students are reading and writing their own poetry. We have written a variety of different forms of poetry. We will have lessons about: celebrating words, the imagery of poetry, traditional poetry, and choral reading.
We are continuing to learn the cursive alphabet for writing. Keep practicing those letters!
We have started our next and final Math unit for the year. Our focus for this unit is on: measurement, using a number line to solve word problems, shapes, word problems to solve for the unknown, money, using graphs, and fractions.
Vocabulary: quadrilateral, fractions, equal shares,
estimate, width, length, equation, value, centimeters, inches /
Students will be learning about different water and land habitats. Students will be able to identify descriptions of both land and water habitats including the animals living in each habitat.
Vocabulary: habitat, river delta, tide pool, marine biologist, rainforest, savanna, freshwater, saltwater, coral reef, ecosystems, lake /
We are finishing up Unit 2 over the next couple of weeks. Before the unit ends, students will continue to learn about making good choices regarding money. Don’t forget families can access their online textbook through Clever. This can be found through the schools website!
Vocabulary:
needs skill
wants trade
resource savings
cost borrow
goods loan
consumers