Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What were some of the main points in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?
• What is an adverb? Can you give an example?
• What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
• If you measured the same item with a centimeter ruler and an inch ruler, which unit of measure would you need more of to measure the length? Why?
• What happens when an object is dropped from a higher point? What happens when an object is dropped from a lower point? 

What 2nd Graders Are Learning Next Week:

 ELA (English Language Arts):

• Wit and Wisdom Module 3: Civil Rights Heroes
  • Essential Question: How can people respond to injustice?
  • Learning Goals: 
    • Examine the impact of repeated language in I Have a Dream.
    • Compare and contrast the main points of two texts on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
    • Participate, as both a listener and speaker, in a Socratic Seminar about the power of Martin Luther King Jr.’s words.
    • Use an additional source to answer a question in an informative paragraph. 
    • Write an informative paragraph, drawing evidence from two sources.
    • Determine the meaning of the new word formed when the prefix re- is added to a known word.
    • Develop vocabulary knowledge of the word freedom through creation of a Frayer Model.
    • Use the meaning of known words to predict the meaning of unfamiliar compound words. 

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:
  • Alphabetize
  • Read words with the /sh/ + schwa sound + /n/ spelled -tion as in station 
  • Vowel sound and spelling review
  • Review verbs (action and to be forms – is, am, are, was, were)
  • Present and past tense verbs
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the student reader
  • Spelling words: yelled, yarn, yellow, yes, myth, symbol, system, cry, frying, satisfy, yawn, sticky, lying, energy, edge

Math:

• Measuring Length
• Data Analysis

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

• Economics:
  • Imports and Exports
  • Catchy Jingles (Advertising)

Dates to Remember:

• February 17th: No School 
• February 18th: Read-a-thon Begins
• February 21st: Pajama Day
• February 28th: Navigator Day

Reminders: 

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