Archway Cicero
Second Grade Newsletter
Week of January 20, 2020
Greetings,
parents of second grade!
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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No School
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Bring fun run
envelopes back to school
Library Books
Due
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Library
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Reading Groups
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Fun Run! Wear
field day shirts
Old Ironsides Poem Recitations |
Announcements:
Fun
Run/Prizes/Donations: Funds
raised will go toward security for our school. Prizes will be handed out every
other day. Money will be collected in the envelopes every other day until
January 27th.
Simple
Machine Project: The simple machine project packet went home last week. This project
will be due on February 20th. It has a written and oral component. Please see
the packet for instructions and the project rubric.
Academics
Math
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This week we will continue our unit of Mental
Math. We will focus on subtraction of numbers close to 100.
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Reading
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We will continue reading Little House in the Big Woods.
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Poetry
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This week we will finish memorizing “Old
Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes, in conjunction with our War of 1812 unit
in history.
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Language Arts
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This week we will continue practicing
identifying and generating pronouns. In writing we will learn more about
topic sentences.
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Spalding
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This week we will be learning 10 new words
daily in Spalding, and will have cursive handwriting practice. Please
encourage your student to take his or her time with writing!
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Science
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We will
continue our unit on simple machines. Please see the project packet
that went home last week!
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History & Geography
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This week in history we will continue learning
about the War of 1812.
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Best,
The Second Grade Team
