Thank you for attending our 2nd Grade Performance, Artists Around the World! The kids worked very hard to prepare and were eager to share it with you. I was so impressed with their commitment and enthusiasm. Thanks to Mrs. Oliver for doing a wonderful job putting it all together.
In addition to being busy preparing for the performance, we have been busy in the classroom too.
The kids are doing such a great job with poetry. They have enjoyed writing some "template" poems where some of the words and structure were provided, but they had the opportunity to put their own creative spin on it. The children also wrote Shape Poems! It was amazing to see the different ideas the children came up with. Finally, we created a "Table of Contents" for our Poetry Books. Be on the lookout for these amazing books to be coming home soon!
During math, we finished up Unit 7 and have started Unit 8 which focuses on Geometry and Arrays. In this first couple of lessons, the children explored 2-and 3-dimensional shapes and their attributes. They enjoyed playing a game called "Shape Capture" where they used shape attributes to "capture" shapes. We also enjoyed building various polygons with straws and pipe-cleaners and comparing their attributes. Children learned many new vocabulary words to describe the shapes: vertices, angles, parallel sides, sides, faces, edges, and bases.
The children are continuing to enjoy our Around the World unit. We finished up our study on Europe by learning about the famous places. The children enjoyed learning about Italy, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the infamous gondola rides. Now we are onto Africa!
A friendly reminder that the Ancestor Research sheet that was sent home this week is due back by Wednesday, April 11th. We will do our best to accommodate first choices, but sometimes a lack of age-appropriate materials may make that difficult. The children will use their research information to do our last type of writing, which is "Informational." Thank you for helping your child with this assignment!
Your child's Distance Learning Activities will be coming home April 13th. The children have 2 weeks to complete the assignment and it should take a total of 60-90 minutes but can be broken into segments. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Upcoming Dates
April 14-22nd April Vacation
April 27th- Due Date for Distance Learning Activities
