Turkey day is almost here….but we still have much to learn!
Happy Thanksgiving! It is a time for families and friends to get together and enjoy. It only comes once a year, but when it comes it brings good cheer.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Book Fair: The students cheerfully found their “favorite” books at the book fair on Wednesday. Their “wish list” included non-fiction, action-packed, drama, mysteries, and fantasy stories. On Wednesday, November 18, our class will be visiting the media center for our “buying day.
Today was “World Kindness” day. New Prospect Elementary participated in an uplifting activity to recognize how kind we are to each other each every day. A “Kindness” necklace was passed around to each child in Mrs. Parson’s class today. Good work second graders!
Creek and Cherokee Village Project: the students will create and design Creek and Cherokee villages out of twigs, beans, rice, moss, clay, leaves, and other items. It is a wonderful learning experience for your child. The fun day is scheduled for Thursday, December 10. Please signup to volunteer in the classroom.
Holiday Party; on Thursday, December 18th, the students will enjoy a fun event filled with activities and food. Our room moms, Mrs. Armistead, and Mrs. Kakaraddi will be asking for your support. Please volunteer or donate to make this an extra special event for your child.
Math 2.2
This week, we will create “Even Steven and Odd Todd” neighborhoods. The second graders will design ten houses on a street. They will number their addresses and make windows.
The students will have a quiz on Thursday.
MCC2.OA.4 - Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
Example: Look at the X’s below. Write an equation to show how to represent the number of faces as the sum of two equal addends that when put together equal an even number.
X X X X X = 9
X X X X
Answer: Equation: 9 + 9 = 18 (2 even addends is 9)
Example: Joan and Lola play basketball. At the end of the game, all of the team placed their hands in the circle. How many fingers were in the circle if there are 5 players on the team?
Answer: Record an equation and solve. 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 =50
Explain how you got this answer.
There were 5 players that have 10 fingers. Use the strategies of repeated addition or multiplication. ______________________________________________________________
MCC2.OA.3 - Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.
Example: The picture below shows an even number of stars. Which equation below correctly shows another way to create the same even sum using equal addends?
* * * * * * + * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *
A. 6 + 4 = 5 + 5
B. 6 + 8 = 6 + 6
C. 10 + 8 = 9 + 9
D. 12 + 8 = 10 + 10
The answer is D. Add the stars. Then divide the sum (20) into equal pairs.
Example: Stephanie was arranging lawn chairs at a beach. She wants to arrange the lawn chairs in 5 rows with 6 in each row. Will that be enough lawn chairs to seat 32 beachgoers? Justify your answer with words, numbers, or pictures.
Answer: Make an array with 5 columns and 6 rows or a repeated addition sentence
5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 30 No, Stephanie needs 2 more lawn chairs.
Math 3.1
Students have been practicing their skills with area and perimeter. We will be emphasizing “estimation” and rounding concepts also this week.
A math quiz will be given on Thursday.
MCC3.MD.5 - Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
MCC3.MD.5.a - A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area
MCC3.MD.5.b - A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
MCC3.MD.6 - Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
MCC.3.OA.9 (DOK 2)
Find the rule for this pattern and determine the 8th number in the pattern.
1, 8, 16, 24, 32, ___, ___, ___ ?
Answer: Skip counting by 8’s. The 8th number pattern is 8 x 7 = 56.
MCC3.MD.5 (DOK 2)
The rectangle above has an area of 15 square units. Show how to make a rectangle with the same area but with a width of 5 square feet instead of 3 square feet.
The answer is: Make a rectangle with 5 rows and 3 columns or a rectangle with 3 row and 5 columns.
Science
This week, we have been scientists by making hypotheses, observations, and conclusions about our experiments. The students learned about how oil spills have created havoc on plants and animals. They observed first hand with the “feather and oil” experiment in our classroom.
Our class will be participating in some more experiments on Monday. There will be a short quiz on Tuesday. Erosion and weathering will be the concepts on the quiz. Students are expected to know the different kinds of changes that can effect an environment. These include changes caused by weather, plants, animal, or people. The students can take their science textbooks home to study on Monday.
Causes of Change
S2E3 - Students will observe and record changes in their surroundings and infer the causes of the changes.
S2E3.a - Recognize effects that occur in a specific area caused by weather, plants, animals, and/or people.
Social Studies
On Wednesday we will begin our next social studies unit on Native Georgians. In this unit we will study the Creek and Cherokee nations.
Native Georgians
The focus of this unit is the Cherokee culture and their interaction with the European settlers.
Evidence of Learning
What students should know:
• The Creek and Cherokees are an important part of Georgia's history because they were the first to live in the valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here the Cherokee cultivated the land and began growing crops that we still have growing today (corn, beans, and squash).
• Sequoyah showed good character traits by showing honesty, dependability, liberty, trustworthiness, honor, civility, patience, and compassion.
• The life of the Cherokee is the same as Georgians today because they live in bigger houses, own farms, raise animals, use chimneys instead of smoke holes, wear clothing like the settlers, and follow rules and laws to keep order.
• The life of the Cherokee is different from Georgians today because they speak the Creek language, and they celebrate the Green Corn Festival.
• The decision made by the Cherokee connected them to where they lived because they wanted to live near the mountains and valleys. They needed lowlands for crops. Rivers were used for fishing and traveling.
• We need rules and laws to protect the rights of all people.
• Money is better than trading or bartering because the value of different items was not consistent from one person to another. Money makes trade easier than bartering.
• Goods and services are allocated by price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, command, first-come first-served, and personal characteristics.
Writing
Next week we will continue our informational writing unit. Students have all chosen a topic and are writing books about what they know about the topic.
They will be dividing those books into chapters and putting each part of what they know about the topic into a different chapter.
In writing the students will be graded on:
Overall- They wrote a book to teach something.
Transitions- Telling each part of what they are teaching on a different page.
Organization- Creating chapters covering different topics.
Elaboration- Writing details about each topic
In grammar, the students will be graded on the following:
1.Writing in complete sentences: Capital letters, punctuation and details that make sense.
2. No run on sentences
3. Using commas and conjunction correctly
4. Spelling contractions and multiple meaning words correctly
Our grammar skill for next week will focus on proper nouns. After next week students will be expected to us proper nouns correctly in their writing.
Reading
Next week we will be reviewing and assessing on the standards we have be learning since our informational unit began.
These include:
RI.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RI.2.2 - Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.5 - Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
Our mini-lessons will focus on reviewing the skills and then during guided reading. I will assess the students on their knowledge of each skill and applying the strategies we have learned.
Happy Thanksgiving! It is a time for families and friends to get together and enjoy. It only comes once a year, but when it comes it brings good cheer.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Book Fair: The students cheerfully found their “favorite” books at the book fair on Wednesday. Their “wish list” included non-fiction, action-packed, drama, mysteries, and fantasy stories. On Wednesday, November 18, our class will be visiting the media center for our “buying day.
Today was “World Kindness” day. New Prospect Elementary participated in an uplifting activity to recognize how kind we are to each other each every day. A “Kindness” necklace was passed around to each child in Mrs. Parson’s class today. Good work second graders!
Creek and Cherokee Village Project: the students will create and design Creek and Cherokee villages out of twigs, beans, rice, moss, clay, leaves, and other items. It is a wonderful learning experience for your child. The fun day is scheduled for Thursday, December 10. Please signup to volunteer in the classroom.
Holiday Party; on Thursday, December 18th, the students will enjoy a fun event filled with activities and food. Our room moms, Mrs. Armistead, and Mrs. Kakaraddi will be asking for your support. Please volunteer or donate to make this an extra special event for your child.
Math 2.2
This week, we will create “Even Steven and Odd Todd” neighborhoods. The second graders will design ten houses on a street. They will number their addresses and make windows.
The students will have a quiz on Thursday.
MCC2.OA.4 - Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
Example: Look at the X’s below. Write an equation to show how to represent the number of faces as the sum of two equal addends that when put together equal an even number.
X X X X X = 9
X X X X
Answer: Equation: 9 + 9 = 18 (2 even addends is 9)
Example: Joan and Lola play basketball. At the end of the game, all of the team placed their hands in the circle. How many fingers were in the circle if there are 5 players on the team?
Answer: Record an equation and solve. 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 =50
Explain how you got this answer.
There were 5 players that have 10 fingers. Use the strategies of repeated addition or multiplication. ______________________________________________________________
MCC2.OA.3 - Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.
Example: The picture below shows an even number of stars. Which equation below correctly shows another way to create the same even sum using equal addends?
* * * * * * + * * * *
* * * * * * * * * *
A. 6 + 4 = 5 + 5
B. 6 + 8 = 6 + 6
C. 10 + 8 = 9 + 9
D. 12 + 8 = 10 + 10
The answer is D. Add the stars. Then divide the sum (20) into equal pairs.
Example: Stephanie was arranging lawn chairs at a beach. She wants to arrange the lawn chairs in 5 rows with 6 in each row. Will that be enough lawn chairs to seat 32 beachgoers? Justify your answer with words, numbers, or pictures.
Answer: Make an array with 5 columns and 6 rows or a repeated addition sentence
5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 30 No, Stephanie needs 2 more lawn chairs.
Math 3.1
Students have been practicing their skills with area and perimeter. We will be emphasizing “estimation” and rounding concepts also this week.
A math quiz will be given on Thursday.
MCC3.MD.5 - Recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement.
MCC3.MD.5.a - A square with side length 1 unit, called “a unit square,” is said to have “one square unit” of area, and can be used to measure area
MCC3.MD.5.b - A plane figure which can be covered without gaps or overlaps by n unit squares is said to have an area of n square units.
MCC3.MD.6 - Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units).
MCC.3.OA.9 (DOK 2)
Find the rule for this pattern and determine the 8th number in the pattern.
1, 8, 16, 24, 32, ___, ___, ___ ?
Answer: Skip counting by 8’s. The 8th number pattern is 8 x 7 = 56.
MCC3.MD.5 (DOK 2)
The rectangle above has an area of 15 square units. Show how to make a rectangle with the same area but with a width of 5 square feet instead of 3 square feet.
The answer is: Make a rectangle with 5 rows and 3 columns or a rectangle with 3 row and 5 columns.
Science
This week, we have been scientists by making hypotheses, observations, and conclusions about our experiments. The students learned about how oil spills have created havoc on plants and animals. They observed first hand with the “feather and oil” experiment in our classroom.
Our class will be participating in some more experiments on Monday. There will be a short quiz on Tuesday. Erosion and weathering will be the concepts on the quiz. Students are expected to know the different kinds of changes that can effect an environment. These include changes caused by weather, plants, animal, or people. The students can take their science textbooks home to study on Monday.
Causes of Change
S2E3 - Students will observe and record changes in their surroundings and infer the causes of the changes.
S2E3.a - Recognize effects that occur in a specific area caused by weather, plants, animals, and/or people.
Social Studies
On Wednesday we will begin our next social studies unit on Native Georgians. In this unit we will study the Creek and Cherokee nations.
Native Georgians
The focus of this unit is the Cherokee culture and their interaction with the European settlers.
Evidence of Learning
What students should know:
• The Creek and Cherokees are an important part of Georgia's history because they were the first to live in the valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here the Cherokee cultivated the land and began growing crops that we still have growing today (corn, beans, and squash).
• Sequoyah showed good character traits by showing honesty, dependability, liberty, trustworthiness, honor, civility, patience, and compassion.
• The life of the Cherokee is the same as Georgians today because they live in bigger houses, own farms, raise animals, use chimneys instead of smoke holes, wear clothing like the settlers, and follow rules and laws to keep order.
• The life of the Cherokee is different from Georgians today because they speak the Creek language, and they celebrate the Green Corn Festival.
• The decision made by the Cherokee connected them to where they lived because they wanted to live near the mountains and valleys. They needed lowlands for crops. Rivers were used for fishing and traveling.
• We need rules and laws to protect the rights of all people.
• Money is better than trading or bartering because the value of different items was not consistent from one person to another. Money makes trade easier than bartering.
• Goods and services are allocated by price, majority rule, contests, force, sharing, lottery, command, first-come first-served, and personal characteristics.
Writing
Next week we will continue our informational writing unit. Students have all chosen a topic and are writing books about what they know about the topic.
They will be dividing those books into chapters and putting each part of what they know about the topic into a different chapter.
In writing the students will be graded on:
Overall- They wrote a book to teach something.
Transitions- Telling each part of what they are teaching on a different page.
Organization- Creating chapters covering different topics.
Elaboration- Writing details about each topic
In grammar, the students will be graded on the following:
1.Writing in complete sentences: Capital letters, punctuation and details that make sense.
2. No run on sentences
3. Using commas and conjunction correctly
4. Spelling contractions and multiple meaning words correctly
Our grammar skill for next week will focus on proper nouns. After next week students will be expected to us proper nouns correctly in their writing.
Reading
Next week we will be reviewing and assessing on the standards we have be learning since our informational unit began.
These include:
RI.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RI.2.2 - Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
RI.2.5 - Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
Our mini-lessons will focus on reviewing the skills and then during guided reading. I will assess the students on their knowledge of each skill and applying the strategies we have learned.