Second Grade Scoop

Students did a great job with the Music Concert - we hope you enjoyed it! Thanks again to Mrs. Krueger for all of her efforts. This coming week we will finish up MAP Testing with Ms. Zobel’s class testing on Wednesday and Mr. Skurr’s class on Thursday. Upcoming Events: May 21st - Family Night:Tailgate and Treats May 24th and 27th - No School May 29th - Kaukauna History & Government Field Trip Curriculum Updates: Reading Students will get the chance to read and discuss about some more non-fiction topics of interest through clubs. This week we’ll focus on author’s purpose and inferring. Writing Our work with lab reports continues this week. Students will utilize a checklist to help them edit  and improve their writing. Math We will continue working on subtraction with 3 digits and practicing different strategies. Students will also think about how addition can help them out with subtraction. Content Students conducted a salt paint experiment

I can't believe it's May! As we near the end of the school year, we will begin our end of the year assessments. This week Mrs. Zobel's class will have their math MAP test on Tuesday, and Mr. Skurr's will be on Wednesday . Upcoming Events: May 9th - 2nd Grade Concert (6:30pm) May 21st -Family Night-Tailgate and Treats- Look for more information to come soon May 29th - Kaukauna History & Government Field Trip (permission slips came home last week ) Curriculum Updates: Reading Students will continue to read in nonfiction topic clubs. This week we will be choosing new topics and focusing on main ideas and key details. We'll spend time time developing our ideas through club conversations as well. Writing We will be continuing our lab reports. Last week students wrote up two reports! Math Our work with 3 digit addition will continue and we will also be discussing how to subtract from a 3 digit number. Content We are continuing to connect ou

The week starts our final units of study in Reading and Writing - how time flies! With our new Writing unit, we will be conducting experiments and writing up results. On Wednesday this week, students should bring in one of the following candies of choice so they can conduct a follow up experiment: M&Ms, Starbursts, marshmallows, Kit Kat, Reeses Pieces Cups, or Life Savers. Upcoming Events: April 30th and May 2nd - Running Club will have its last 2 practices this week. If you/your child are interested in doing the Kaukauna Strong Challenge on May 5th, here is the link to sign up: https://reg.planetreg.com/E924793319448 May 9th - 2nd Grade Concert (6:30pm) May 29th - Kaukauna History & Government Field Trip (information coming home this week) Curriculum Updates: Reading: This week students will be starting a new unit focusing on reading Nonfiction text. Students will have an opportunity to read various books on the same topic and then be able to report t

We have a short but busy half week coming up! On Monday students should bring in an egg for the schoolwide Egg Crack Off competition. Second graders are also asked to wear green for that day. Our field trip to the Barlow Planetarium is on Tuesday. We will leave around 12:40pm and should return by 2:30. If you want to order books from the Scholastic forms sent home a couple weeks ago, the due date is April 16th. Lastly, Running Club will continue this week for those that have signed up. It will only be on Tuesday after school (weather looks to be good). Upcoming Events: April 17th - Early Release 11:30am April 18th - 22nd - No School Curriculum Updates: Reading: This week students will be learning how to debate topics from fiction books. They will have to take a side and be able to support that side of the debate by using text evidence. Writing: Students will be polishing up their opinion letters on fiction books and have a mini celebration to share their le

Hello, Students did an amazing job with their KAT questions. They all received NDLC flashlights with light up pens. So cool!! Please return Barlow Planetarium permission slips by Wednesday, April 10th. If you'd like to order books from the book order, they are due April 16th. Upcoming Events: April 16th-Field Trip to Barlow Planetarium April 17th - Early Release 11:30am April 18th - 22nd - No School Running club starts this Tuesday from 3:10-3:50. If your child would still like to join and you need a permission slip, let me know! Curriculum Updates: Reading & Writing:    We are continuing to work on learning about characters from reading and using that to help guide our opinion letter writing. The more that we learn about characters, the more we are able to formulate strong opinions for our writing. We are also studying author's craft in reading. Math: We have been working on length word problems and number line diagrams. We will be finishing up