Our 2 nd Grade Classroom News Thursday April

Our 2 nd Grade Classroom News Thursday, April 13 th, 2017 Email: thranek@hudson. edu Twitter: @Thrane. Explorers Upcoming Events Date Event 4/17 field trip to Cleveland Museum of Nat. History (bring a packed lunch!) 4/19 field trip to Laurel Lake Retirement Community 5/1 2 nd Grade Literacy Night @ 6: 30 PM 5/18 3 rd Grade Parent Orientation @ 6: 30 PM in Mc. Dowell gym 5/24 Carnival Day 5/25 last day of school Science Air and Weather Unit: • Exploring air through wind resistance • Observing weather and using symbols, terminology, instruments Math * Don’t forget to check our Twitter account! Measuring and fractions checkpoint Writing & Reading Began new unit: Writing about Reading (focus on opinion writing) Writing letters to share ideas about characters Rehearsing for writing by having conversations with partners Developing new opinions by looking at pictures Retelling part of a story in order to further explain and support an opinion Writing with a specific audience in mind Using checklists to set goals Writing about more than one part of a book Review of “after reading” strategies: o Writing down the most important ideas o Talking about your reading with partners o Making connections with other texts Decoding strategies Vocabulary strategies Solving two-step “toy store” story problems involving both addition and subtraction Review addition and subtraction strategies