The Report on Reading!

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Super Special Second Grade News
The Report on Reading! STRATEGY FOCUS
Questioning. Readers generate questions before,
during, and after reading to clarify meaning,
make predictions, and focus on whats important.
This extends knowledge of the topic and engages
readers in active comprehension. IDEAS FOR HOME
READING/SUBJECT SUPPORT Read a book about
China. Make a poster showing what the important
influences are.   Write thank you notes during
the holiday season. Remember the parts of a
friendly letter.   Read your favorite book.
Then use your imagination to write a new ending
for the book. Remember to use lots of
descriptive words (adjectives) in your writing.
Subject Study News SOCIAL STUDIES (or
SCIENCE) 2.1 Explain how the contributions of
ancient China and Egypt have influenced the
present world in terms of architecture,
inventions, the calendar, and written language.
2.4 Locate China and Egypt on world
maps. MATH 2.7 Solve addition problems with two
whole numbers without regrouping. 2.8 Solve
subtraction problems with two whole numbers
without regrouping. 2.26 Create and solve story
problems.
Famous American of the Month Varies by
classroom.
Thank You, Thank You!! Thank you to all who
attended our American Education Week Native
American Day activities. The children so enjoyed
you being here!
Happy September Birthday to Varies by
classroom.
Mark Your Calendar 2 PTA Meeting 700
p.m. 11 Third Grade Musical 19
Sing-A-Long 22 Winter Break Begins
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School Improvement plan(SIP) in action
This year our school improvement plan is focusing
on four academic areas. Each month you will see
items in this chart that show activities we are
using to achieve this goal.
Document and implement reading comprehension
strategies.
Actively engage students.
During Guided Reading, students will not only be
answering questions, but coming up with their own
questions to ask each other. Questioning and
predicting is a great way to foster comprehension!
Did you know we play music in the classroom? Many
teachers are using a variety of chosen songs to
signal different activities. The students know
what they should be doing without saying a word!
Math Investigations Units
6-Traits Writing
We are continuing to learn our math facts with
lots of card and dice games. Students enjoy these
motivating games with buddies as they learn in a
fun way. Thank you for practicing some of these
games at home!
We have started discussing what makes a good
beginning of a story and looking at examples. We
are trying to have our stories start out with a
bang! and make the reader very interested in
reading more.