5-20-16
Please send in your May snacks if you haven't already. Our cupboards are pretty bare. You may want to start packing an extra snack for your child just in case we run out.
Turtle Trot Reward Picnic
The school-wide picnic will be on Thursday, June 2. Each class will get to eat their lunch outside during their lunch time so everyone should pack a lunch on that day. Anyone is welcome to join the 2nd grade group during their recess that day. We have recess and lunch from 10:56-11:44. I'm not sure exactly how it's going to work. More details to come... Rain Date will be on June 6th.
Lesson 1
Objective: Describe two‐dimensional shapes based on attributes.
Lesson 2
Objective: Build, identify, and analyze two‐dimensional shapes with
specified attributes.
This was the final week for our What a Surprise!
unit. We wrapped it up by thinking about this:
“How is life now the same and different from
life long ago?” We read an informational
text about Benjamin Franklin, who made many
helpful new discoveries long ago. In addition
to Now & Ben, we will read A Model Citizen,
where we learned of the many other helpful
things Ben Franklin did for his country.
Target Vocabulary: accomplishments,
inventions, result, designed, achieve,
composed, remarkable, amounts
Phonics Skills: Reading longer words;
final stable syllable -le
Vocabulary Strategy: Using a dictionary
Comprehension Skill: Compare and
contrast—tell how two things are alike
or not
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize—
picture what is happening as you read
Today marks the 10th day since our caterpillars arrived. We have focused on what plants they eat in the wild and learning about all of their body parts. Each child needs to know that a caterpillar has a head, thorax, abdomen, spinneret, 13 body segments, 12 simple eyes, 10 prolegs, 6 true legs, spiracles, and bristles.
