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2nd Grade News Vocabulary

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I hope you are having a great week so far. Everyone has horizontal

completed their MAP tests for the most part. Im really proud symmetry

of how hard the students worked to complete their tests. I will fable

be emailing in the next week about parent teacher conferences. moral

Im hoping to be able to meet with all families this time.

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On February 2nd TMSA will be hosting 2nd grades cause and effect

Family Breakfast from 8:00-8:45 in the cafeteria. This is a fun

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and informal way to meet with teachers, admin, and other pronoun

parents. Its also great to start your day with a hearty topic sentence

breakfast! We hope you will be able to attend. Following the supporting details

2nd Grade Family Breakfast we will be taking a field trip to closing statement

Marbles Childrens Museum. The permission slip and emergency

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contact form were sent home with your child last Friday. If for

some reason these did not make their way home please let me function

know and I can send home another copy. Permission slips as pollination

well as payment need to be received before the day of the trip. germinate

We are still in need of 4 chaperones to join us. If you would like disperse

to be a chaperone please let me know and I will email you with inspire

more details. segregation

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Please remember this Friday will be a half day for

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students. If you have any questions or concerns please don't

hesitate to ask.

Upcoming Events
1/27- Early Release

What we are learning: 1/27 End of Quarter 2

1/28 Chinese New Year
2/2 Marbles Museum
In Reading we are reading dierent types of folktales and using story elements to determine the moral
of each story. We will also be using this skill to compare two dierent versions of the same fable or
folktale. In grammar we have been reviewing the spelling rules of plural nouns and have been learning
about past, present, and future tense verbs. We have also been learning about pronouns. In writing we
are strengthening our skills as authors with a focus on a strong topic sentence, using transitional words
to tell the sequence of steps, and a closing statement. Next week we will begin learning about opinion
writing. In Math we have been working on 2 and 3 digit subtraction with and without regrouping. We
have also been learning about pictographs and line of symmetry. In Science we have been learning
about pollination and seed dispersal in preparation to help us build a device to spread seeds over a
large plot of land. In Social Studies we have been learning about the life and accomplishments of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr and will begin learning about Chinese New Year.