ISpring Field Trip to Chattahoochee Nature Center
On Wednesday, April 20, the second graders will enjoy a field trip to the Chattahoochee Nature Center. They will explore nature at its best.
Permission slips were distributed on Thursday. If you could sign and/or donate $14.00 for the bus trip and ticket to the park, it would be appreciated. Return the form with any money to Mrs. Parson.
No School!
On Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11, students will enjoy a four-day weekend as they re-energize. Have fun! See you on Monday, March 14.
Daylight Savings
Spring ahead…on Sunday, March 13, turn your clocks ahead by one hour. Unfortunately, we lose an hour that day. Daylight in the evenings will be longer.
Snowflakes and Hotcakes Breakfast
It was great to see all of my students at the pancake breakfast. The students enjoyed the donut holes, toppings, and yummy pancakes!
Math
3.1
Students will be practicing line plots, bar graphs, and pictographs. They will label them with titles and use keys along with composing questions about the graphs.
We will continue to use strategies to solve multiplication and division problems.
There will be a study guide distributed on Monday, March 14. The unit 2 assessment is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
MCC3.OA.3
Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.[1]
MCC3. OA.4
Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers using the inverse relationship of multiplication and division. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations, 8 × ? = 48, 5 = □ ÷ 3, 6 × 6 = ?
3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one-and two step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
3.2
Students will be practicing line plots, bar graphs, and pictographs. They will label them with titles and use keys along with composing questions about the graphs.
We will continue to use strategies to compare equivalent fractions using number lines and fraction models.
There will be a study guide distributed on Monday, March 14. The unit 5 assessment is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
3.NF.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.
3.NF.3 Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
Writing
The second graders are having fun using metaphors, similes, personifications, alliterations, and, rhyming words to create poems. We will learn how to pick “just right” words to create a picture in our reader’s head, think about different words we can use to create different moods in our poems, and use comparisons to express our ideas.
In grammar, there will more practice with adjectives and adverbs.
Standard- L.2.1.e - Conventions of Standard English: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Science
This week we began a unit on energy. The students are learning about 3 types of energy-light energy, sound energy, and heat energy. Students should complete the energy study guide on Monday, March 7. We will be reviewing the concepts to help support the students’ success.
The quiz is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9. Students can use their study guide, science journal, and science book to help prepare for the quiz.
Standards- S2P2 - Students will identify sources of energy and how the energy is used.
S2P2.a - Identify sources of light energy, heat energy, and energy of motion. S2P2.b - Describe how light, heat, and motion energy are used.
Reading
This week, we focused on the question-what makes a story a fable? Students enjoyed reading fables using Tumblebooks and Raz Kids. They learned that fables depicted animals with human characteristics and learned a lesson or moral.
Next week we will continue to read folktales.
Standard-
RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
On Wednesday, April 20, the second graders will enjoy a field trip to the Chattahoochee Nature Center. They will explore nature at its best.
Permission slips were distributed on Thursday. If you could sign and/or donate $14.00 for the bus trip and ticket to the park, it would be appreciated. Return the form with any money to Mrs. Parson.
No School!
On Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11, students will enjoy a four-day weekend as they re-energize. Have fun! See you on Monday, March 14.
Daylight Savings
Spring ahead…on Sunday, March 13, turn your clocks ahead by one hour. Unfortunately, we lose an hour that day. Daylight in the evenings will be longer.
Snowflakes and Hotcakes Breakfast
It was great to see all of my students at the pancake breakfast. The students enjoyed the donut holes, toppings, and yummy pancakes!
Math
3.1
Students will be practicing line plots, bar graphs, and pictographs. They will label them with titles and use keys along with composing questions about the graphs.
We will continue to use strategies to solve multiplication and division problems.
There will be a study guide distributed on Monday, March 14. The unit 2 assessment is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
MCC3.OA.3
Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.[1]
MCC3. OA.4
Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers using the inverse relationship of multiplication and division. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations, 8 × ? = 48, 5 = □ ÷ 3, 6 × 6 = ?
3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one-and two step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
3.2
Students will be practicing line plots, bar graphs, and pictographs. They will label them with titles and use keys along with composing questions about the graphs.
We will continue to use strategies to compare equivalent fractions using number lines and fraction models.
There will be a study guide distributed on Monday, March 14. The unit 5 assessment is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23.
3.NF.2 Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.
3.NF.3 Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.
Writing
The second graders are having fun using metaphors, similes, personifications, alliterations, and, rhyming words to create poems. We will learn how to pick “just right” words to create a picture in our reader’s head, think about different words we can use to create different moods in our poems, and use comparisons to express our ideas.
In grammar, there will more practice with adjectives and adverbs.
Standard- L.2.1.e - Conventions of Standard English: Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Science
This week we began a unit on energy. The students are learning about 3 types of energy-light energy, sound energy, and heat energy. Students should complete the energy study guide on Monday, March 7. We will be reviewing the concepts to help support the students’ success.
The quiz is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9. Students can use their study guide, science journal, and science book to help prepare for the quiz.
Standards- S2P2 - Students will identify sources of energy and how the energy is used.
S2P2.a - Identify sources of light energy, heat energy, and energy of motion. S2P2.b - Describe how light, heat, and motion energy are used.
Reading
This week, we focused on the question-what makes a story a fable? Students enjoyed reading fables using Tumblebooks and Raz Kids. They learned that fables depicted animals with human characteristics and learned a lesson or moral.
Next week we will continue to read folktales.
Standard-
RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.