News & Notes for the week of April 24th
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Shiver me Timbers!
Here's What's Happening in Second Grade!
The kids are so excited about our math time for the remainder of the year because we finally get to dive into multiplication and division! I will introduce multiplication this week with the concept of repeated addition and equal groups. This is a great reminder of WHY it is important for us to know our addition and subtraction facts by memory! We will be using those addition facts and our skip-counting skills to understand multiplication. I strongly recommend having your child continue to practice his or her addition and subtraction facts daily over the summer so that they are ready to hit the ground running in third grade.
During writer's workshop we will continue to work on opinion writing. For the next couple weeks we are going to focus on responding to literature and sharing our opinions about the text. I will be introducing the OREO model of responding to a text which includes: O=state an opinion, R=provide a reason, E=strengthen with evidence from the text, and O=conclude by restating your opinion.
Who wouldn't love to write when cookies are involved?!?!
Our story for this week is a collection of poems about nature titled Old Elm Speaks. This week we will learn about five different poetic devices including alliteration, onomatopoeia, similes, repetition, and personification. We'll have the opportunity to learn about several famous poets and explore many different types of poetry. This will be a great introduction to poetry because in a few weeks we will begin writing our own poetry during writer's workshop!