Looking Back Feb. 19th-22nd

This is such a busy time for second grade! Everyone is doing a fantastic job being flexible!

In Reading-
We continue to review all of the important skills we have covered so far this year. There are quite a few, we have come a long way as readers. We read a story called 'Just Plain Fancy' and discussed theme or the lesson the author wants you to learn from the story.
Looking ahead we will be reading 'Chato's Kitchen'. We may even be able to learn some new spanish vocabulary from our new book.

In Writing-
The class has combined reading and writing together by working on creating our own Non-Ficition books or 'All About Books' as you may have heard them called at home. The kids were able to chose any topic they knew they had a lot of schema, or background knowledge about already. Using a checklist, everyone is creating their very own book showing that they can use non-fiction features correctly. The books are looking great and we hope to have them mostly finished by the end of the week. We have books from football to playing an instrument.

In Math-
We continue to work through unit 6. I can see that the kids are really excited and engaged while learning about multiplication and division. Everyone has done a wonderful job on drawing and naming rectangular arrays. We are working on how to teach this concept to a younger student. Please ask your second grader to teach you about a math concept at home.

In Science-
Our pea plants are growing more like 'Jack and the Bean Stalk' then pea plants. We will continue to discuss the 'perfect' conditions in which to grow a plant and design an experiment to test out their theories.

In Social Studies-
We began one of my favorite projects (however I think I may say that for every project we do). The class was divided into continent groups. Each group was assigned a continent to research and is doing a  nice job starting to take notefacts. It is difficult to work in a team but everyone seems to be learning and trying very hard to listen to all group members.

Our Country Research has also been going well. Everyone has finished creating their T-Chart for all of the wonderful notefacts they took on their chosen topic. Now we will get ready to start thinking about how those notefacts compare to how we live here in the United States.

Exciting News:
The Second Grade Show is this coming week:
The parent shows are on Wednesday, February 27^that 2:15 and Thursday, February 28^th at 9:30.  

We all hope you can make it! I have had the pleasure of sitting in for some of the practices and everyone is doing a great job! The show looks great! You may be singing some of the songs for a while after the show ends.