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Ms. Hansen’s Newsletter

Spicewood Elementary November 13, 2017

Parents,

Thank you for another wonderful week in second grade. Secret word: Veterans' Day

Updates & Reminders: Monday, November 20- Friday, November 24 No School- Fall Break Wednesday, December 6:  Picture Retake Day Monday, December 18:  8:00AM   K-2 Principals' Pride Thursday, December 21:  Last Day of Semester for Students

IB Primary Years Program How we Express Ourselves Central Idea Perspective  can impact how we express ideas.   An Inquiry Into: How ideas are communicated How perception shapes ideas How culture influences expression

Language Arts Reading:    We are introducing poetry!  We will learn how poets communicate ideas and participate in a poetry gallery walk  to explore what students see/think/wonder in each.  Students will be exposed to various poems throughout the week  to look for rhythm, line-breaks, stanzas, and rhyming words.   Grammar lessons will focus PRONOUNS and how authors use them to make writing easier and more enjoyable to read. We will explain that sometimes pronouns are used to show possession of an item that belongs to someone.    Writing:   We will learn how to see the world with poets eyes, to explore  the world in different, fresh, and unusual ways.  Students will practice making a list of ideas to show items in new ways.  We will experience rhythm of poetry and plan a rap reading graphic organizer, then take the ideas to write a poem.   Word Work: Review of the short i, long i, long o and short o vowel patterns that use the vcc pattern. For example: most, film, and lost.

Math We will begin studying 3D shapes this week.  We will explore polyhedrons, pyramids, and discuss what we already know about 3D shapes.  We Will observe objects to look for how many edges and vertices each have and practice creating and composing 3D objects.   Problem solving and computational fluency are integrated into daily math lessons.