november 18, 2022

2nd grade has had a busy week! We had so much fun today on Thankful for Reading Day. We got to read with our 5th grade book buddies, we listened to special guest readers (Mrs. Noles), we rotated to all the 2nd grade classes and listened to a book read by each teacher, and we got to read by flashlight with our friends. It was a great day of being thankful for reading!  heard so many students comment on how fun today was and how it was the best day ever! We are all thankful for each other and are excited to spend time with family as we head into the upcoming holiday week.

I hope everyone has a wonderful and relaxing week.  Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who will be celebrating. We all have so many things to be thankful for!​

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Upcoming "I CAN" STATEMENTS

Student Success Skills

• I can make a goal and follow the steps to reach the goal.  

On-Level Reading & ELA

• I can read and write with unpredictable vowel teams (oo as in moon and oo as in book) 
• I can identify how characters in a story respond to challenges.  
• I can identify the different points of view of the author.  
• I can identify the different points of view of characters.  
• I can write a personal narrative using a sequence of events, transitions, and an ending.  
• 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 use descriptive text structures to make logical connections between sentences and paragraphs.

Science 

• I can describe some effects that forces have on an object.  
• I can understand how force and motion is used in the real world.

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

• I will model and solve addition and subtraction story problems involving length.  
• I will generate measurement data by measuring several objects and display data in a line plot 
• I will tell whether events happen in the AM or PM.  

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

• Monday, November 7th – Friday, December 2nd   Window of Wishes 
• Monday, November 21st - Friday, November 25th   Thanksgiving Holiday Break - No School
• Tuesday, December 6th   Remote Day - Runoff Election 
• Friday, December 9th   Virtual Parent Coffee 

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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 Thanksgiving Break ahead!

Best,

Bianca Balcar