November 11, 2022

HUGE shoutout to Officer Ann from JCPD for reading to us during "Worth it Wednesday" this week! 

Practicing our /ow/ phonics pattern this week with dry erase. So much fun!

Getting creative during today's indoor recess! 

2nd grade has worked hard this week in all content areas. We took our Georgia’s Native American Assessment.  We loved seeing the turkeys in disguise come back to school. There are some very creative turkeys! Our Student Success Skills lesson was "Stop, Then Decide." It helped us to pause and think before making a decision. How will the decision make you or others feel?  Choose the best decision. Then go for it! ​

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NEXT WEEK'S "I CAN" STATEMENTS

Student Success Skills

• I can identify when I am feeling stressed and practice strategies for managing stress effectively.  

On-Level Reading & ELA

• I can read and write with unpredictable vowel teams (ea for eagle and ea for bread) 

• Examples of ea (long /e/): sea, heat, peach 
• Examples of ea (short /e/): head, thread, breath 

• I can identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to explain, describe, or answer.  
• I can read and understand a fiction text.  
• I can identify the author’s point of view.  
• I can write a personal narrative using a sequence of events, transitions, and an ending.  
• I can draft an introduction to my personal narrative.  
• I can draft the body of my personal narrative.  
• I can explain what an adjective is and use it in my writing.  

​Accelerated Reading & ELA

• I can determine the meaning of non-literal words and phrases as they are used in a text.
• ​I can recount important events in folktales.

Science 

• I can describe how pulling on an object will affect it.  
• I can design and create a device to change the speed or direction of an object. (paper airplanes) 
• I can describe some effects that forces have on an object.  

On-Level Math (New Enhanced Standards) - Unit 2.3

• I can estimate the length of an object and select the appropriate tools to measure objects twice using different units of measure.  
• I will measure and compare the lengths of objects.  
• I will model and solve addition and subtraction story problems involving length.  

Accelerated Math - Unit 3.3 

• I can recognize that 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.  
• I can describe area as measurement of n unit squares that cover a figure with no gaps or overlaps.  
• I can measure area by counting unit squares.  

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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

• Sunday, November 13th   World Kindness Day
• Friday, November 18th   Thankful for Reading Day - Students are invited to dress as their favorite book character (or in their PJs). Our only ask is that students don't wear Halloween masks, please! Feel free to bring the book that your character is in. We would love to take some photos! There will also be a contest for the best dressed character. Lastly, we will get to spend some extra time reading throughout the day. You may send a flashlight in with your child for "Flashlight Reading." It is going to be a fun-filled day of reading activities!
• Monday, November 21st - Friday, November 25th   Thanksgiving Holiday Break - No School

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CLOSING

As always, feel free to reach out with questions and concerns. I am here to support you and your child. Have a great weekend ahead! 

Best,

Bianca Balcar