February

     After several snow days we are finally getting back into the swing of things in second grade. We just finished a unit on measurement and are now beginning a unit on telling time.  This will be a challenge, as they also need to know how to draw the hands on a clock to show a specific time.
     We finished "The Chocolate Touch" and have now begun my personal favorite read aloud, "Charlotte's Web". We will be doing various writing activities along with this book.
    Social studies has been focusing on early American history with discussion of symbols important to America.  They will be designing their own idea for a memorial or monument as an American symbol. When this unit is completed we will turn to Science with a study of the Earth's surface. If you have any fossils to share with us, send them with your student!
     Our next reading unit is entitled, "Courage". We will have a board dedicated to any items that connect to this theme.  Please help your student gather any items to share with us!
     We are still working on our Hero Biographies.  The students are loving researching about their famous person in history, and I am anxious to complete and present them.  Next month we will do a persuasive paragraph, in which students try to convince a leprechaun to give them his pot of gold.
    So as you can see, we are still working hard in second grade!