Archway Cicero Second Grade Newsletter
Week of March 29, 2021
Greetings, parents of second grade!
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Reading Groups |
| Poetry recitations begin | Reading Groups Poetry recitations due R&R | NO SCHOOL |
Announcements:
There is no school this Friday, April 2nd. This will also be an R&R weekend.
Join us in wishing Mrs. Artiles a Happy Birthday this Monday, March 29th! She can be reached at tartiles@archwaycicero.org
We will be using the Core Knowledge Language Arts curriculum to explore our units on the civil war, immigration and the civil rights era. CKLA is a free, standards-based curriculum used by schools across the country, both public and charter. This curriculum is available for download at the link below. Here you can see what your scholar will be learning, as well as find resources and literature to continue these discussions at home to expand their learning. If you have any questions about what these upcoming units will look like, please feel free to reach out.
https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/download-curriculum/?grade_filter%5B0%5D=35&subject_filter%5B%5D=30#filter-wrapper
Academics
Math | This week we will start our unit on telling time on a digital and analog clock to the minute. |
Reading | This week we will continue reading Sarah, Plain and Tall. |
Poetry | We will continue learning “The Seashell” by Frederico Garcia Lorca. This poem relates to our literature book, Sarah, Plain and Tall. |
Language Arts | Students will continue to do dictation and copywork. This week we will discuss capitalization, and review adjectives. We are reading Sarah Plain and Tall Chapters 3 and 4 |
Spalding | We will be learning 10 new words on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We will review all 30 words on Thursday. Since there is no school on Friday, students will not be tested on these words. |
Science | This week we will continue to study the human body, this week focusing on the contributions of inventor Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
History & Geography | This week we will continue learning about the Civil War. Students will learn about the division of the United States and the events that led some states to secede, forming the Union and the Confederacy. |
Best,
The Second Grade Team
