Happy New Year!

I am so happy to be back to school and diving into learning again.

Here is what we are doing this week in second grade:

Reading- We kicked off the week with our mentor text- Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday.  Our focus is learning about the authors message, and how the characters give us understanding to what the author is trying to teach us.

Grammar-  The students are learning about pronouns this week.  We have been doing many different activities whole group and individual to learn more about these parts of speech.

Writing-  This week in writing we are taking a look at the different components of non-fiction.  If you have some non-fiction books at home, spend some time noticing all of the different features.

Math- Cha-Ching!! To go along with our mentor text, we have been working with money this week.  The students have been making different combinations of coins, solving challenges and adding and subtracting amounts under $1.00.

Social Studies- Our new social studies unit is all about the past. We will be learning about what our community was like long ago.