Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What was the problem in the text, Separate is Never Equal? How was it resolved?
• What differences do you notice between how Sylvia and Ruby responded to injustice?
• How can you add details to narrative writing?
• How do you find the area of a rectangle? How does your knowledge of arrays help you find the area of a rectangle?
• What are animal adaptations?
• What are some examples of animal adaptations involving body parts that you learned about? 

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: 
    • Acknowledge differences in point of view.
    • Compare and contrast important points in two texts on the same topic. 
    • Ask and answer questions to deepen understanding. 
    • Collect evidence to answer the End of Module Task (narrative).
    • Write a narrative paragraph.
    • Finish drafting a narrative paragraph.
    • Revise a narrative paragraph. 
    • Strengthen writing based on feedback.
    • Determine the meaning of the new word formed when the prefix co- is added to a known word.
    • Demonstrate understanding of module words by analyzing correct or incorrect use in context. 

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:
  • Read words with different spellings for /k/ sound – ‘c’ as in candle, ‘k’ as in kite, ‘ck’ as in back, ‘cc’ as in soccer, ‘ch’ as in school
  • Read and write words with different spellings for the /ee/ sound – ‘ee’ as in bee, ‘ea’ as in beach, ‘e_e’ as in Pete, ‘e’ as in me, ‘ey’ as in key, ‘y’ as in funny, ‘ie’ as in cookie, ‘i’ as in ski
  • Read words with the tricky spelling ‘i’ – /ee/ as in pizza, /ie/ as in kind, /i/ as in fit
  • Fix run-on sentences
  • Find adjectives and adverbs in sentences
  • Alphabetize to the second letter
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the non-fiction student reader, The War of 1812
  • Spelling words: revenge, large, judge, fudge, nudge, huge, nation, attention, direction, fraction, locomotion, stations, option, action, change, range, cottage, addition, caption, Europe

Math:

• Arrays and Area (finish unit and assess)
• Time 

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

• Animal Classification

Dates to Remember:

• April 15th – Progress Reports Issued
• April 18th – No School
• May 5 – Field Day