Second Grade NewsWeek of December Jan 13-17

WEEK IN REVIEW

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This week students learned about MLK Jr. and his importancein our nation's history. We learned how his actions haveimpacted the world we live in today. Students learned aboutMLK's early life and efforts in the civil rights movementthrough close readings and writing activtities.

Students spent a lot of time this week completing their I-Ready tests and working on our PBL.Most students have now completed I-Ready. I look forward to using this data to driveinstruction and differentiate for students in the upcoming weeks.

MATH

Students worked in small groups or pairs this week on differentiated math activities involvingaddition within 1,000.

PBL

This week students worked with a budget of $75 to plan out the materials they would buy fortheir goods and services. This was a great way for students to apply their math skills to a realworld scenario.

They also did market research using interest surveys on Google Forms to see whatconsumers would be most interested in purchasing on Market Day. Each child created asurvey and generated a bar graph to see their results. The kids really enjoyed using the iPadsfor this task!

After learning the demands of their consumers, students used money from an investor (me) topurchase their materials and began their production!

In addition, students have been earning money in class for responsible choices to spend atMarket Day!

Spelling Bee

Congratulations again to Max and Maximilian for making it toour school spelling bee! We are so proud of them and all thespellers. We enjoyed cheering them on!

Guest Scientist

Today we had a guest scientist come to our class to teach usabout the properties of air. Students got to participate in manyexperiments to explore these properties. It was such a neatexperience and the kids very much enjoyed learning all aboutair!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Notes From the Teacher

Monday 1/20- No School MLK DayThursday 1/23- Market Day + Project boards dueMonday 1/27- Words Their Way TestThursday 1/30 Report CardsFriday 1/31 Parent Teacher Conferences

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LITERACY

Next week we look forward to our second writing celebration as we wrap up our unit onreviews, persuasive, and opinion writing. Students will each choose one piece of writing toshare at the celebration.

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MATH

Students will continue to focus on addition with regrouping using the traditional method aswell as solve word problems involving addition and subtraction within 100.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Next week, we will focus on �nishing up production on ourgoods and services and work on marketing and advertising.

Amy CarrasquilloSecond Grade TeacherChesterbrook Academy Elementary

130 Towne Village Drive, Cary, … amy.carrasquillo@nlcinc.com

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