Week of 4/29/18

Important Dates

 

1. Friday, May 3rd: Part 4 of Insect Report due
2. Friday, May 17th: Final Insect Report due

 

Announcements

 

1. MAP Testing is Monday and Tuesday of next week. Please make sure your student gets a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast the night before.
2. As of May 1st, all second grade classwork and homework will be done in cursive.

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

1. ELA: We will complete our final drafts about persuasive writing. We will build upon our knowledge of root words and prefixes and suffixes. We are also introducing contractions.
2. History: Scholars will continue their discussion on Civil Rights leaders by reading about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Caesar Chavez.
3. Science: Students will learn about social insects. We will also be doing an insect anatomy lab involving mounted insects!
4. Math: We will be beginning our Geometry unit, we will discuss 3D and 2D figures. We will also construct 3D mini-monsters.