Math
We've begun multiplication and division this week! Our Chapter 5 test is scheduled for next Thursday the 10th. Let me just say, I am beyond impressed with how quickly they've picked up multiplication. As we dive deeper into division on Monday, they will begin learning more strategies to help them solve problems!
Reading
We have been practicing synthesizing what we read this week. Synthesizing is putting all the pieces of the text together into one big idea, kind of like a puzzle. It's also how our thinking grows deeper and changes as we read. Practice this skill at home as you read!
Writing
We have been studying biographies in second grade. We practiced writing a biography of a friend in class, learning that it is a true account of someone ELSE'S life. We also learned about characteristics of a biography as well.
Science
We are focused in on simple machines and magnets up until Winter Break! We are digging into levers, pulleys, wheel and axles, screws, wedges, and inclined planes! We are also figuring out what exactly motion, friction, force, work, and gravity are.
Check out the photos below!
**Important info at bottom, so please read all the way through**
Next Week:
Vocabulary Words
- reduce: making something smaller
- labor: the work that people do
- effort: the energy it takes to do something
Sight Words: past, water, week, soon, ground, food, laugh
Spelling Words: chalk, small, stalk, walk, wall, boardwalk, solid
IMPORTANT INFO
- This week I sent home a red paper regarding a Holiday Book Exchange. Please bring/buy a new or gently used book to wrap and send to school with your child by December 16. On the last day of school before break, we will have a book exchange and each child will go home with a new book!
- Just a reminder to make sure you child is getting in their reading and math minutes at home! There are many fun holiday books out there to engage your child during this season! :)
- Our Holiday party will be on the last day of school from 1:00-1:30. We have early out at 1:45 the last day as well.
Have a fabulous weekend!