Hello families,
This week in Second Grade we read the book Otis and the Kittens by Loren Long. This was another book in our Otis series. In this story Otis continues to show the same character traits: caring, kind, sympathetic, and playful. We read how Otis goes inside a burning barn to save 6 kittens. He then gets stuck in the barn, crashing through the wooden floor. The animals pull together to rescue him this time! Students were finding the author's message and one said, "Don't leave anyone behind!" We also made a Venn Diagram comparing this Otis book to another Otis stories finding similarities and differences.
We continue to work on poetry in writing. We worked this week to make comparisons in our poems. We tried using similes and metaphors. We tried to stretch out a comparison through our whole poem!
Today we will have fun trying out an acrostic poem.
In math we continued to learn more about 3-D shapes. Many students brought in shapes to share with the class. We learned vocabulary words: side, face and edge. We also worked on making arrays and equal groups to begin learning how multiplication works! We will wrap up Unit 8 next week and be getting ready for a Unit test again near the end of the week.
In science we observed our growing grass and we "mowed" our lawns. We continue to see how our Brassica plants develop. We have seen pollen and now are waiting for the plants to grow seed pods as they come to the end of their life cycle. Today we will plant another seed.
In Social Studies we will continue to decide whether Walled Lake should have an amusement park. We will share our at home Venn Diagrams for schools today compared to schools in the past next week. Students diagrams are due on May 14th.
We will be going on our field trip to Mill Race Village on Wednesday, May 16th!
If you have not returned the slip notifying Wixom Elementary if your child will be returning next year, please send it in as soon as possible.
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Scheck
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