Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What was life like for the Plains Indians in the early American West?
• How did eastern Plains Indians live differently than western Plains Indians?
• What does nomadic mean?
• What are some words that have the /ae/ sound (long a)? What is the spelling of /ae/ in each word?
• What are some words that have the /ie/ sound (long i)? What is the spelling of /ie/ in each word?
• Is 40 tens greater than, less than, or equal to 4 hundreds? 
• Is 60 tens greater than, less than, or equal to 650?
• How does sound travel to our ears? 
• What is pitch? What is volume?

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

• Wit and Wisdom Module 2: The American West
  • Essential Question: What was life like in the West for early Americans? 
  • Learning Goals:
    • Apply previously learned reading skills to state observations and generate/answer questions. 
    • Apply previously learned reading skills to reading and comprehending new text with unfamiliar topic-specific vocabulary words.
    • Examine how proper capitalization changes the meaning of writing.
    • Match key details with major events in a story.
    • Examine examples and non-examples of clearly explained details, or evidence.
    • Edit sentences to ensure capitalization of holidays and geographic names. 
    • Identify information in a narrative nonfiction text.
    • Examine how specific words help indicate challenges and responses in a text.
    • Explain the phrases and expressions jumping off, trains, make camp, and sitting watch.
    • Collect evidence of challenges and responses in a text.
    • Draft an informative paragraph with clearly explained details.
    • Develop vocabulary knowledge of the word tragedy using a Frayer Model.

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:
  • Identify words with the /u/ (short u) and /ue/ (long u) sounds
  • Read, write, and sort words with different spellings for /ue/ sound (‘u_e’ as in cute, ‘u’ as in unit, ‘ue’ as in cue)
  • Read words with different spellings for /aw/ sound (‘aw’ as in paw, ‘au’ as in haul, ‘augh’ as in caught
  • Antonyms and synonyms
  • Identify the correct spelling of plural nouns
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the a decodable text that incorporates the letter-sound correspondences taught
  • Spelling words: under, noise, open, brave, cute, minus, last, foe, robber, road

Math:

• Compare Numbers to 1,000
• Addition and Subtraction within 100

Social Studies/Science (We will rotate between science and social studies every two weeks.):

• Culture and Economics: Producers and Consumers, Goods and Services

Dates to Remember:

• November 11th: No School (Veterans Day)
• November 12th: Progress Reports Issued
• November 25th-29th: No School (Thanksgiving Break)
• December 3rd: Field Trip to the TN State Museum
• December 6th: Navigator Day

Additional Information:

• Our first second grade field trip will be on Tuesday, December 3rd. We are visiting the TN State Museum. Please be on the lookout for permission slips and payment information in the next few days.