Second Grade News December

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1 Second Grade News December IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please remember to dress your children appropriately according to the weather. As long as the weather permits, we will continue to go outside every day during recess. The Second Grade team hopes you have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends! Homework Monday- Read Tuesday- Worksheet Wednesday- spell 5 high frequency words Thursday- Math facts Friday- Enjoy your weekend! UPCOMING EVENTS: December 10 th -14 th -Holiday Shop December 13- Conferences (parent requested) December 18 th Interims distributed December 24-January 1 st Schools closed Lots of stuffy noses and sniffles. Bring lots and lots of trips for tissues. Our last box has come and gone. And yet our nose keeps running on and on Could you help us in our fight against sneezes, By providing us with a box of Kleenex? Please see the following pages below for more information about academics.

2 second Grade Mathematics Unit 2 During Unit 2, your child will use their understanding of addition and place value to develop fluency with addition and subtraction within 100. They will solve problems by applying their understanding of fact strategies and models for addition and subtraction. Your child will develop, discuss, and use efficient, accurate and generalizable methods to compute sums and differences of whole numbers to 1,000 using their understanding of place value and the properties of operations. They will select and accurately apply methods that are appropriate for the context and the numbers involved to mentally calculate sums and differences for numbers with only tens or only hundreds, leading them to understand why procedures work. Operations and Algebraic thinking Ways Parents Can Help Students need to: Help your child use addition or subtraction to solve During Unit 1, your child will work on becoming fluent with real adding world problems and subtracting (e.g. adding within a bill, 20. calculating Basic facts for addition fluently add refer and to all subtract sums of within two 100 one-digit using strategies numbers. Over time, fluency with number relationships leads to based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve oneand two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem change from a purchase ) and have them explain why the addition or subtraction strategy they used worked. Create and solve word problems involving money. For example, if you have 2 quarters and 3 dimes, how many cents do you have? Practice counting a group of all nickels (skip counting by 5) and then all dimes (skip counting by 10) Use the ace through nine cards from one or two decks of playing cards to help practice single digit addition facts. Your child can simply turn over or pick the two cards to add together. You can also play a game where each partner picks two cards from their face down pile and adds them together. The player whose cards made the largest sum gets all four cards. Repeat. The player with the most cards at the end solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have? count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers Background information and examples for Parents Addition ADD EADD Key Vocabulary Add Addend Associative Property Fluent Fewer Graph Number Sentence Ones Plus Inverse Operation Commutative Property Scale Data Mentally Strategy HADDITION Subtraction ESUBT2

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8 Second Grade Social Studies The World around Me Dear Families- Here is what your child is learning in Second Grade, during our unit, The World around Me with some specific ways you can help. The World around me Students need to: Gather and interpret information about the past from information sources and biographies Collect and examine photographs of the past and compare with similar, current images, such as, photographs of modes of transportation and communication Use fiction and non-fiction to compare the elements of two different cultures, and how they meet their human needs for food, shelter, and other commonalities Explain ways people of different ages and/or cultural backgrounds can respect and help to pass on traditions and customs Give examples of how families in the community share and borrow customs and traditions from other cultures Identify the purpose and use of globes and a variety of maps and atlases Identify and use map elements to locate places in the United States Identify the location of the equator, poles, seven continents, four oceans, and countries on a map and globe Describe a place using bird s eye view of different places using satellite images, photographs, and pictures Identify natural/physical features and human made features using maps and photographs Describe and classify regions using climate, vegetation, animal life, and natural/physical features Identify the differences between rural and urban places Describe how geographic characteristics determine choices, such as climate guides decisions about food, clothing and shelter Explain how people adapt to changes in the environment Key Vocabulary Continent large divisions of land that are divided into countries. The continents are North America*, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica. Country - an area of land that is controlled by its own government. The country we live in is the United States of America. State smaller parts of land in a country. We live in Maryland. County the largest part of a state. We live in Carroll County. Bird's Eye View looking at an area from above Grid vertical and horizontal lines that cross each other on a map Coordinates a tool on a map, that help you find specific locations Cardinal Directions - North, South, East, West Compass Rose a map tool that helps you find directions North, South, East and West Globe a map that is shaped like the earth Ways FAMILIES Can Help Visit Discovery Ed. to watch video clips on these topics. When traveling to new places utilize map elements on GPS or maps, etc. Have discussions with children about differences when you were a child to the present Suggested readings The Great Trash Bash By Loreen Leedy Blast off to Earth! : A Look at Geography By Loreen Leedy Ocean the largest body of water that surrounds the continents Landforms a natural characteristic of the land (i.e. mountains, valleys, desert, plains, and islands) Bodies of Water - Oceans, Lakes, Rivers

9 Second Grade Social Studies Our Community at Work Dear Families/Guardians, Here is what your child is learning in Second Grade, during our unit, Our Community at Work with some specific ways you can help. Look for additional newsletters for upcoming units. Our Community at work Children will be able to: Identify and discuss the economic choices people make about goods and services Identify the natural, capital, and human resources used in the production of a good or a service Identify specialized workers in the school and community Analyze why consumers use technology in their daily lives Describe different market situations where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods and services Identify goods and services provided by businesses or the government Explain different ways to pay for goods and services, such as credit cards, checks, debit cards and money orders Key Vocabulary Goods They are things that you can use, eat, or drink (something that can be held or touched) Resources materials we need to build or make something Capital Resources - goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services Human Resources - people doing physical or mental work to produce goods or services Natural Resources - gifts of nature that can be used to produce goods and services Occupation- the job by which someone earns a living Specialized Workers- use natural, human and capital resources in their jobs Services It is work that is done for others, such as a teacher or a fire fighter. Taxes It is an amount of money that people are required to pay the government and is then used it to pay for the things done by the government. Bargain - something bought for a low price Consumer - a person who buys and uses goods. Market - a place where people buy and sell things Producer - a person who grows or makes things for people to buy Ways FAMILIES Can Help Involve children in financial decision making (school, food, and activity spending) as appropriate Identify human, natural, and capital resources in your household Identify taxes on receipts when making purchases Identify occupations and places that provide services (i.e. fire stations, doctor s office, and server). Identify items purchased when shopping at various places (i.e. grocery store, mall, and restaurant) as goods. Visit Discovery Ed. to watch video clips on community services. Production - the act of creating goods and services by combining economic resources. Vendor - a person who sells things Credit- money borrowed to buy something; people must pay credit back later. Check- a way to let people use money they keep at banks Debit Card- a way to let people use money they keep at banks Money Order- an order for a specific sum of money, usually purchased with

10 SECOND Grade Social Studies Responsible Citizens in Our Community Dear Families-Here is what your child is learning in Second Grade, during the study of Responsible Citizens in Our Community, with some specific ways you can help. Look for additional newsletters for upcoming units. Responsible Citizens in Our Community Children will be able to: Explain how school/community rules promote orderliness, fairness, responsibility, privacy, and safety Identify leadership positions and organizations in the community and how they can help maintain safety and order Use democratic skills and attitudes (rights/responsibility, respect, fairness, honesty, loyalty, and courage) Connect important symbols, people, songs, and poems to the ideals they represent (George Washington leadership, flag loyalty and respect, National Anthem courage and freedom) Explain contributions of local government leaders of school and community (county exec., county council or mayor, and city council) Explain how contributions of people are recognized in holidays (Memorial Day, Constitution Day) to represent democratic beliefs and attitudes Recognize how making choices affects self, family, school, and community Identify concerns in the community (safety issues and pollution) and ways to resolve these concerns Key Vocabulary Community - a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood) Leader a person who sets an example for others to follow Leadership setting an example for others to follow Symbol a visual that represents a person, place or thing Trademark something that shows ownership over an idea or product Pledge of Allegiance - promise of loyalty to the United States Respect - a feeling or understanding that someone or something is important Rule a direction you are asked to follow Law a rule that is enforced by some type of authority National Anthem - a song that praises a particular country and that is officially accepted as the country's song Statue a figure that is built, usually to honor someone or something Liberty freedom to act and speak freely Freedom being able to speak, think and act without being controlled Ways FAMILIES Can Help Discuss the differences in rules for different places and situations and their importance Explain the roles of our local and state leaders Identify people and their contributions for holidays celebrated Suggested readings What are your Basic Rights? By Jacqueline Laks Gorman Community Spirits; Symbols of Citizenship in Communities By Angela Catalano What Does the President Do? By Amanda Miller Visit Discovery Ed. to watch video clips on these topics. Democracy a type of government in which everyone is treated equally and has equal rights Strength being united and being able to defend (as it pertains to a nation)