Our final public speaking begins this coming week! Please check in your child's folder for the assignment sheet that came home before spring break if you don't know when your child's turn is.
Second Annual Spring Cleaning!
Love Cascade but don't have time to show it during the school week? Come help us spruce up our space! Drop in Saturday, April 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Choose a job off the board you'd like to do, and get to work! Inside jobs, outside jobs, big jobs, little jobs, there is a job for everyone. Bring the whole family and a picnic lunch (no childcare provided). Bring your mower, weed-eater, edger, gardening gloves, litter grabber, carpet steamer, wipes, rags, spray bottles, dusters, anything else you can think of.
Students will get a homework pass for participating in he cleaning.
Contact Mr. C with questions
Help sew buttons on the button blanket! Second graders and their families have made great progress, but there is still much to be done! Sign up here for an evening to bring home the quilt, and I won't expect homework from your second grader the next day!
Auction basket items still needed!
The week ahead:
Weekend CK homework:
We have started studying our Immigration and Citizenship unit. Please take some time this weekend to chat with your second grader about where his/her family came from before they arrived in the United States. It is a tricky concept for this age: in response to the question, many students will say "My family came from Oregon," or "My family came from California" (meaning their mom or dad grew up in California).
If possible, talk with your child about several countries of origin, and perhaps even the WHEN and WHY their ancestors chose (if it was a choice) to come to the United States. They have brought home a hard copy map of the world, so they can make notes (write names of countries or relatives) to share with classmates on Monday. Our student teacher, Miss Auyong, is teaching a lesson on immigration, and students will need to know something about their family history in order to be successful in this lesson.
Riggs:
Study of words, crafting of excellent sentences.
IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing):
Friendly letter from a person who immigrated to the United States to their family in the old country.
Saxon 3 Math:
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Comparing and ordering unit fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, and 8 using fraction strips
Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators of 2, 3, 4, and 8 using fraction strips
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Fractions are EQUAL SHARES. The smaller the denominator (bottom number) the bigger the piece. When we add and subtract fractions, we add/subtract the numerator, but the denominator stays the same.
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Comparing and ordering fractions with denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 using pictures
Identifying fractions that equal ½ using pictures
Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10
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Equivalent fractions are different ways of showing the same fractional amount.
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95-1
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Multiplication facts:multiplying by 3
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We’ve been practicing our x3s for a while. Be sure your second grader continues to practice the other facts we’ve covered so far this year (x0, x1, x2, x5, x7, x10); if you don’t use it, you lose it!
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95-2
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Identifying units of weight and mass: ounces, pounds, tons,grams, and kilograms
Estimating the mass of an object
Written assessment 18
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Be sure to provide many opportunities for your second grader to estimate, and then confirm, weight and mass. “This loaf of bread weighs 16 ounces; how much do you think this orange weighs?”
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96
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Subtracting money amounts (decimals)
Subtracting across zeros
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If I pay $2.00 for something that costs $1.34, how much change do I get back?
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97
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Telling and showing time to the quarter hour
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We skip this one; be sure your mathematician is using analog clocks to tell time frequently!
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Showing fractional amounts greater than 1
Writing mixed numbers
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Mixed numbers:
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Core Knowledge:
Melting pot, e pluribus unum, more about Angel and Ellis Islands, the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lasarus' "Colossus."
The week in review:
Riggs:
We studied words from the Riggs spelling lists, and worked on writing paragraphs together as a class, to help us remember what young third grade work can and should look like. After we have increased the quality of paragraphs, students will likely go back to working with partners to craft paragraphs during workshop time.
We also reviewed ough, the final phonogram. Second grade weekend Riggs homework is to read a series of ough words to everyone they see this weekend (i.e., they should read and re-read it multiple times).
We also reviewed ough, the final phonogram. Second grade weekend Riggs homework is to read a series of ough words to everyone they see this weekend (i.e., they should read and re-read it multiple times).
IEW (Institue for Excellence in Writing):
We wrote paragraphs about the Underground Railroad after creating Key Word Outlines.
Saxon 3 Math:
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Estimating and finding the area of a rectangle
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Finding the area of a rectangle is multiplication and arrays!
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Finding the sum of three addends
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It’s as easy as finding the sum of two addends.
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90-1
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Division facts: dividing by 2 and 5
Working backwards to solve a problem
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We will apply what we’ve been practicing with our multiplication and division fact families to better understand division and work on our basic division facts.
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90-2
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Determining the likelihood of an event
Determining the fairness of a game
Written assessment 17
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Is it likely or unlikely? Is it possible or impossible? Is it fair?
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91
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Subtracting two- and three digit numbers (part 1)
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Subtraction algorithm, first without borrowing (regrouping) and then with regrouping.
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Subtracting two- and three digit numbers (part 2)
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Subtraction algorithm, first without borrowing (regrouping) and then with regrouping.
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Core Knowledge:
Second grade wrapped up their study of Native Americans by learning about Chief Sequoyah and the Cherokee alphabet, as well as a little about the Cherokee Trail of Tears, which was a tragedy in the history of this country. We then spend two days on the Underground Railroad, which touched on the Civil War, slavery, and we learned about Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people. Finally, on Thursday, we started our Immigration and Citizenship unit, by discussing the reasons why people immigrate. Click here to see the bigger plan.
We got our Chinese Legend books!
We got our Chinese Legend books!
