Happy New Year! We are so excited to be back in school and starting our second semester with your child. Here is what is coming up in Grade Two.
Reading: With the new year we are beginning our new reading unit. We will return to fiction reading, and start by focusing on fluency. Students will work on reading a book accurately and with a voice that matches what is happening in the story.
Writing: Our students will be learning to write as scientists, focusing on how we write up a lab report to go with a science experiment.
Social Studies: Our students will be reviewing what they learned about Maps, such as a legend and compass rose. They will work on using technology and google maps to discover more of how maps can help with directions and learning about the world.
Science: Students will continue to with ``The Changing Earth`` unit. In the last activity they learned about maps. Students will now use the mapping program, Google Earth to view satellite images and pictures of the entire world. They will be exploring where water is located on Earth and determine whether it exists as solid ice or in liquid form.
Key Vocabulary:
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Minuend: A
quantity or number from which another number is to be subtracted
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Subtrahend: A
quantity or number being subtracted from another
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Difference: The
solution to a subtraction problem
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Place value:
Referring to the unit value of each digit in a given number
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Place Value
Chart: A graphic organizer that students can use to see the coherence of place
value and operations between different units.
