Ask your 2nd Grader:

• What region of the United States are you learning about in your new ELA module? 
• What is the name of the flat, grassy land on which buffalo/bison roamed and grazed?
• How did the Native Americans take care of the prairie?
• What happened when the settlers came to the prairie?
• What new spellings have you learned for the /oe/ (long o) sound? 
• How can you use a number line to tell the difference between two numbers?
• What is a democracy? Do we live in a democracy?

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:
    • Use the words and illustrations in The Buffalo Are Back to determine the text’s essential meaning. 
    • Express understanding of how the American Indians and early Americans impacted the prairie in the early American West. 
    • Categorize topic-specific vocabulary to make real-life connections between words. 
    • Understand and apply correct structure to an informative paragraph with a topic statement, evidence, and concluding statement and include text-specific words and phrases that enhance meaning.
    • Identify real-life connections between the concept of impact and topic-specific vocabulary.
    • Use a Wonder Wheel (question words: who, what, when, where, why, how) to ask and answer questions about Plains Indians.
    • With support, identify and explain the purpose of frequently occurring irregular plural nouns. 
    • Recount the main topic and key details from pages 10-12 of Plains Indians. 
    • Analyze how points support a topic statement about nomadic and non-nomadic Plains Indians. 
    • Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns. 

• Tennessee Foundational Skills:
  • Read, write, and sort words with different spellings for /ie/ sound (‘i_e’ as in bite, ‘ie’ as in tie, ‘i’ as in Friday)
  • Read one-syllable words
  • Read two-syllable words with /ie/ sound
  • Unscramble sentences
  • Correct capitalization and punctuation
  • Identify common and proper nouns in sentences
  • Plural nouns
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in the a decodable text that incorporates the letter-sound correspondences taught
  • Spelling words: knotted, knitting, knocked, wringing, wronged, whipped, whined, quitting, quacked, all

Math:

• Compare Numbers to 1,000

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

• Culture and Economics

Dates to Remember:

• October 25th: Parent Teacher Conference Day (No School)
• October 31st: Harvest Parties
• October 28th – November 8th: Book Fair
• November 5th: No School for Students
• November 7th: Grandfriends Day (grades K-2nd)