Second Grade Scoop March 25-29

Hello,

It was nice visiting with you this week for conferences. The students did a great job leading the meetings and putting their voice
into the discussion.

Knowledge-A-Thon Please practice these questions with your child over the next couple of weeks. The Knowledge-A-Thon will
be held Friday, April 5th. This is a huge fundraiser for our school. We appreciate your support!!

• This year, New Directions Learning Community has a new way for you to order your yearbooks with Network Photography - ordering online instead of using the traditional yellow envelope.
• To order your yearbook (the deadline is March 25, 2019): 
• Please visit www.networkphoto.net
• Click on the Fall Prepay tab
• Type "New Directions" into the space there
• Click on "New Directions" and follow instructions
• If you have any questions, please contact Network photography or the New Directions Learning Community office.

Upcoming Events:

March 28th-Brewer Wear

April 17th - Early Release 11:30 am

April 18th - 22nd - No School

Curriculum Updates:

Writing-We sent home this week a poetry anthology that each student created using their best poems. Students utilized
Chromebooks to type some of them. Their work was very creative. Hope you enjoy!

Reading-The next unit we will be focusing on is book series and being able to discover favorite characters and follow them through different books.

Math-Our week focused on picture graphs and bar graphs. We continue to practice counting money as well as coming up with different combination for money. This coming week students will finish the unit by making graphs, interpreting the data, and taking the final test.

Word Study-This week we will finish up instruction on sounds of er, ir, ur and begin looking at the vowel teams of ‘ai’ and ‘ay’.

Content-Mr. Skurr's class started learning about Kaukauna history. So far we have talked about some of the early people in the area like Jean Nicolet and the importance of water travel. We will learn more about other early settlers this week.

Ms. Zobel's class  examined how scientists organize animals into groups based on their characteristics. Students sorted animal cards into groups, then classified three “challenge” animals.