Smart - Shel Silverstein

Smart

Shel Silverstein

My dad gave me one dollar bill
‘Cause I’m his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
‘Cause two is more than one!

And then i took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes-i guess he don’t know
that three is more than two!

Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just ’cause he can’t see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more than three!

And i took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
and the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more than four!

And then i went and showed my dad,
and he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head-
Too proud of me to speak!

Newsletter 3/5-3/9

 

Archway Cicero Second Grade Newsletter

Week of April 5, 2021

 

Greetings, parents of second grade!

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Reading Groups	Time Review	Time Quiz	Reading Groups	Spalding Test

 

Announcements:

 

If your scholar attends morning math intervention in the MPR, please note that there will be no intervention sessions held this week on Wednesday the 7th and Friday the 9th to accommodate for state testing. 

 

During the school day scholars need a healthy snack, one lunch, and another snack if they stay after school for atheneum. Some scholars are letting us know that they are still hungry at the end of the day. Consider talking with your scholar about what they eat at school and if they feel they might need more to eat. 

 

 

Academics

Math	We will wrap up our unit on telling time with a quiz on Wednesday, then we will begin our unit on graphs.
Reading	We will continue to read Sarah Plain and Tall as a class, and practice answering reading comprehension questions after each chapter.  We will identify the type of text, then concentrate on finding the essential ideas, events or details from the given text.
Poetry	We will begin “Smart” by Shel Silverstein.
Language Arts	Students will practice identifying story elements such as character, setting, problem, and solution. They will use their findings to create a story summary of a tale from the Underground Railroad.
Spalding	We will be learning 10 new words on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  We will review all 30 words on Thursday and test on Friday.
Science	We will continue to learn about the human body - specifically cells and tissue
History & Geography	We will continue learning about the Civil War. This week we will learn about the start of the war and some key leaders. Due to the more serious nature of this content, we encourage you to have conversations with your scholars about the things they are learning.

 

Best,

The Second Grade Team