Curriculum Update

Math: We are beginning our fourth math unit next week  The four main areas of study include:

• Story problems, both change to more and parts and total stories
• Telling the temperature
• Estimating costs
• Addition of larger numbers

Reading: Our new reading unit focuses on helping students prepare to read longer and
harder books.  The first portion of the unit focuses on fluency and reading with a smooth,
expressive voice. The second portion of the unit focuses on exploring figurative language
as students read increasingly complex texts.

Writing: Students are beginning their opinion writing unit. They will develop opinions about their

reading and preferences in general. Students will learn to state opinions clearly and support these

ideas with reasons and evidence.

Social Studies: Our science unit is coming to a close and we will begin our new unit on
community next week.  In this unit we will explore the ideas of location and communities,
focusing on how people, institutions, and organizations interact with each other within
communities. We will also cover mapping skills and landforms as a part of this unit.  

We would love to have parent guest speakers come in to talk about how they contribute
to their community either through their job or through organizations they belong to.
If you would be interested in being a guest speaker please contact your child’s classroom teacher.

Português: Os alunos do 2nd grade estão começando a trabalhar com concordância nominal,
a partir da observação de como os autores a aplicam em seus textos, para depois aprimorarem
na sua escrita. A seguir, trabalharemos com a diferença entre UN (UM) e AN (AM) em Português,
pois em Inglês os dois são escritos UN. Novamente, comparar e contrastar Português e Inglês para

realmente aprender as especificidades das duas línguas.