Second Grade News
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READING/LANGUAGE ARTS
As we approach our Fulton County instructional assessment, we will focus on test taking strategies and review many reading skills. Some of our focus skills are making inferences, locating information, and making predictions. We will practice these skills with many different genres of reading. We will also be on the look-out for homophones as we read and determine the author’s purpose of the reading piece. READING IN 3RD GRADE As we approach our Fulton County instructional assessment, we will focus on test taking strategies and review many reading skills. Some of our focus skills are summarizing, cause and effect, and locating information. We will practice these skills with many different genres of reading. ON-LEVEL MATH We are beginning a new unit in math after spring break. In this unit, the students will identify two and three- dimensional shapes. They will focus on attributes, examine angels in 2 and 3-dimensional shapes, and classify angles by their size (acute, right and obtuse). They will also identify the number of sides and vertices on plane figures (squares, triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons) and vertices, faces and edges on geometric figures (prisms, cones, cylinders and spheres). Finally, students will cut and rearrange two and three dimensional shapes and describe the change in attributes. ADVANCED MATH Advanced math students are investigating the properties of fractions. In this unit, students investigate fractions and define them as equal parts of a whole or set. They will explore the many ways fractions can be represented and used, identify and model fractions of a whole object (1/2 of a square, 1/4 of a rectangle, etc.) and find fractions of a set (1/2 of 12 objects). Students also compare unit fractions and discover that when all fractional parts are included, such as three thirds, the result is equal to the whole. They will explore addition and subtraction of common fractions and begin to develop their understanding of equivalent fractions. ACCELERATED MATH Accelerated students are continuing to build on their knowledge of multiplication and division by working with larger numbers. Students are multiplying up to 3 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers using different strategies including the distributive property of multiplication.They will also be using strategies to divide up to 3 digit numbers with a one digit divisor. Students will explore the meaning of remainders in division situations and explain their meaning. They will also use mental math strategies to multiply and divide. SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES All About Life Cycles: Every animal has a life cycle. A life cycle is all the stages, or times, of an animal’s life. In our next unit in science, students will focus on the life cycles of the butterfly and the frog. They will learn that all living things are born, grow and change, consume food and water, and die. We are very lucky to have tadpoles and caterpillars in all our 2nd grade classes. Students will get the opportunity to observe the changes that our caterpillars and tadpoles experience. We will also investigate the life cycles of plants and identify fungi (mushrooms) as a living organism.  Pearl of the Month
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APRIL 2nd- 6th Spring Break
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