October 14, 2022 - Week 10

!We enjoyed extra recess today as 2nd grade donated the most coats for the for the coat drive. Thank you, parents, for supporting our school and helping the community! 

Welcome back! I hope you had an amazing "Fall Break" with however you chose to spend it. I know some of you stayed at home and some of you went on a trip. Either way, I hope that you were able to make memories, have fun, relax, and rejuvenate as your second grader will be starting the 2nd quarter of school.  

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​NEXT WEEK'S "I CAN" STATEMENTS

Student Success Skills

• I know how mistakes help me grow.
• I know that it is okay to make mistakes, that is how I learn.  

On-Level Reading & ELA

• I can recognize, read, and write words with vowel teams (aw and au).
• I can recognize, read, write, and say words with digraphs.  
• I can make words that rhyme when I see a word or hear a word.  
• I can recognize the middle sound of a word.  
• I can read and understand poetry. 
• I can use text evidence to ask and answer questions about poetry.  
• I can use the writing process to research and write an expository text. (Planning, brainstorming, researching, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) 
• I can read and use irregular plural nouns in my writing.  

Accelerated Reading & ELA

• I can use text evidence to respond to historical fiction.

• I can determine the main idea of a text and identify supporting details.
• ​I can summarize the events of a story.
• I can identify and use irregular plural nouns in sentences. 
  
• I can use a graphic organizer to draft an opinion essay.
  

Social Studies

• I can describe how the Creek and Cherokee Indians adapted to the land and influenced by their environment.  
• I can compare the Indian cultures from the past to Georgia today. (then and now) 
• I can describe the culture, clothes, homes, tools, food, accomplishments, and ways of living for the Creek and Cherokee Indians.  

On-Level Math (New Enhanced Standards) - Unit 2.2
*Click above where it says "Unit 2.2" for the Parent Letter for further explanation of the standards/topics covered in this unit.

• I can fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties, and the relationship between addition and subtraction.  
• I can solve one and two step word problems using addition and subtraction strategies.  

Accelerated Math - Unit 3.2
*Click above where it says "Unit 3.2" for the Parent Letter for further explanation of the standards/topics covered in this unit.

• I can create a model for and solve multiplication and division word problems.
• I can use data to create a bar graph.

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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

• “Socktober” Collections EXTENDED through Friday, October 21st​​ - Let's go 2nd Grade! Please consider bringing in the new socks that will be donated to our community. 
• Monday, October 17th   Motivational Monday: Wear your favorite motivational/kind shirt 
• Tuesday, October 18th Twin Tuesday Find a friend and Twin it up 
• Wednesday, October 19th Orange you glad its Wednesday? Wear orange. 
• Thursday, October 20th   Give Negativity the Boot: Wear your favorite pair of boots.  
• Thursday, October 20th   Picture Retake Day  
• Friday, October 21st   50th Day of School: Poodle Skirts and Bobby Socks 

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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​