Newsletter 3/8

 

Archway Cicero Second Grade Newsletter

Week of March 8,  2021

 

Greetings, parents of second grade!

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Reading Groups		Westward Expansion Test	No Reading Groups   Fractions Test   Fun Run!	Westward Expansion Day!   Half Day - 12:10 release

 

Upcoming Dates:

 

Students are permitted to wear field day shirts for the Fun Run on Thursday! Please also put sunscreen on your child at home. 

 

Westward Expansion Day! 

Please use the following sign-up to bring supplies for Westward Expansion Day 

https://signup.com/go/FyWBByw

 

Westward Expansion Day is coming up on March 12th. Students will be allowed to wear either jeans and a pioneer shirt, or a pioneer dress. They can also wear cowboy boots. If they are not wearing cowboy boots, they need to wear their regular school shoes.  We will be outside, so feel free to also send in your student with cowboy hats, bonnets, or other accessories. Please put sunscreen on them at home.  A rule of thumb if you are unsure about your student’s outfit is to send in their uniform with them in their backpack.  

 

Announcements:

Please read aloud with your student each night. They should read their leveled book from the red book bag.  They must bring their books back each day. You should see the books being changed about once a week. Students may have their books longer if they forget to bring their book on a reading group day.

 

Review Questions for Westward Expansion:

• Who were some important explorers and what were they known for?  Daniel Boone opened the Wilderness Road so that settlers could get to Kentucky; Jedediah Smith discovered the South Pass through the Rockies.
• Why would Americans want to go west? They wanted to explore the frontier; the government promised they would get a lot of land. 
• How far does the Oregon Trail go, and how long would it take you to get there? Over 2,000 miles; it would take 6 months! 
• What obstacles would be in your way west? Rocky Mountains, rivers, wild animals, deserts, unfriendly Native Americans, etc.
• What types of jobs could you have if you moved West? Farmer, Rancher, Cowboy, Miner
• What’s a Ghost Town and how did they get there? People rushed to an area when valuable minerals were found. This caused “Boom Towns” to spring up almost overnight. Once the mines ran dry, people would leave, and the deserted towns were called Ghost Towns.

 

Academics

Math	We will be taking our test on Fractions
Reading	This week we will continue to read Tall Tales together in class.
Poetry	We will reread some of our favorite poems from quarter three this week!
Language Arts	The students continue to review everything we have learned in grammar so far this school year. In writing, we will continue to work on copywork and dictation in conjunction with history. Students are now encouraged to spell all their words correctly in dictation, as many of the words are those we have covered in Spalding.
Spalding	We will take a break from Spalding this week to complete our monthly Morrison Mccall test.
Science	There will be no science this week as we pause to focus on our History Unit on Westward Expansion.
History & Geography	This week we will complete our unit on Westward Expansion and will have a test on Wednesday.

 

Best,

The Second Grade Team