Welcome Back! I hope you are ready for another magical week in second grade. Now that our medieval homes have been built, we can finally add roofs. We will also finalize the exterior of our houses while learning about waddle and daub.
Inquiry
Medieval Life:
Next week marks the end of our Medieval Life unit, and we have some final touches to add to our homes. We will create thatched roofs for our homes while also learning about rectangular prisms. We will also discuss the role of producers and consumers in medieval life, taking time to compare how today’s economy compares to yesteryear. Helpful Vocabulary: thatched, rectangle, prism, waddle and daub, slat
Math
Geometry:
We begin a new unit in math this week: Geometric Thinking. Our investigation begins with rectangular prisms as we explore a variety of 3D shapes. Using a variety of materials we will attempt to create a bouquet of three dimensional shapes while inquiring into the relationships between 2 and 3-D shapes. Helpful Vocabulary: prism, polygon, 3-D, cone, sphere, cylinder, pyramid,
Reading
Making Predictions – The Power of Genre:
This week we look into how genre’s have predictable elements, which – if we know about them – can help us make predictions while we read. When we make predictions, reading can feel like a game – engaging us and helping us grow our brains. Helpful Vocabulary: predicition, genre, fiction, nonfiction, fairytale, historical, realistic, biography,
Writing
Developing Plot:
Having spent the first part of the year focusing on descriptive writing, this week we investigate how to write well-developed plots. We will inquire into Plot Mountain, looking at how good stories have an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and a resolution. Helpful Vocabulary: plot, character, setting, problem, conflict, resolution, conclusion.
CURRENT EVENTS (in reversed alphabetical order)
Second grade current events will resume in mid-January of 2013
Inquiry
Medieval Life:
Next week marks the end of our Medieval Life unit, and we have some final touches to add to our homes. We will create thatched roofs for our homes while also learning about rectangular prisms. We will also discuss the role of producers and consumers in medieval life, taking time to compare how today’s economy compares to yesteryear. Helpful Vocabulary: thatched, rectangle, prism, waddle and daub, slat
Math
Geometry:
We begin a new unit in math this week: Geometric Thinking. Our investigation begins with rectangular prisms as we explore a variety of 3D shapes. Using a variety of materials we will attempt to create a bouquet of three dimensional shapes while inquiring into the relationships between 2 and 3-D shapes. Helpful Vocabulary: prism, polygon, 3-D, cone, sphere, cylinder, pyramid,
Reading
Making Predictions – The Power of Genre:
This week we look into how genre’s have predictable elements, which – if we know about them – can help us make predictions while we read. When we make predictions, reading can feel like a game – engaging us and helping us grow our brains. Helpful Vocabulary: predicition, genre, fiction, nonfiction, fairytale, historical, realistic, biography,
Writing
Developing Plot:
Having spent the first part of the year focusing on descriptive writing, this week we investigate how to write well-developed plots. We will inquire into Plot Mountain, looking at how good stories have an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and a resolution. Helpful Vocabulary: plot, character, setting, problem, conflict, resolution, conclusion.
CURRENT EVENTS (in reversed alphabetical order)
Second grade current events will resume in mid-January of 2013