Second Grade News

    The second grade classes in Mrs. MacDonald and Miss Hallisey's classes will be participating in The Flat Stanley Project. They will become eagerly involved in this project after reading the book, Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown.  In this book, Stanley Lambchop was squashed flat by a falling bulletin board.
 

    After reading this exciting book, our students construct their own Flat Stanleys. Children take Stanley home and keep a journal of their adventures. Several students design clothing and furniture for Stanley.The children mail their Flat Stanleys to a friend or relative anywhere in the world. Beginning in April, Stanley arrives back in Norwich.  Through the use of journals, maps, souvenirs, bulletin boards, and pictures the children have an opportunity to share information about different parts of the world. Although Stanley is flat, he lives a full and exciting life!

SCIENCE

    In science, the students have an opportunity to construct ideas through their own inquires, investigations, and analysis. The three hands-on FOSS science kits are Balance and Motion, Organisms, and Weather and Air.

MATH

    Second grade students are involved in the challenging Everyday Math program. They use a variety of manipulatives and games to help them better understand the math concepts.

LANGUAGE ARTS

    The second grade students work in the Houghton-Mifflin reading series and use a variety of reading material from the Sunshine and Rigby Reading series. They also read many trade books, such as A Chair for My Mother, A New Coat for Anna, and Miss Rumphius.

WRITING

   The second graders love to write. They spend a great deal of time responding to prompts and writing in personal journals. Their creativity and personal background knowledge help form their own individual styles as a budding authors.

SPELLING

       The second graders will use a combination of the Cast-A-Spell program and the Houghton-Mifflin Spelling Program.  It is designed to instill in children a belief in themselves as outstanding learners.  The program will be teaching your child to spell common, everyday words as well as words that are very difficult.  When your child wants to impress you by spelling some very difficult words, be impressed!  Celebrate the enthusiasm your child brings home from learning.  Each week a list of words will be sent home.  Keep them home and help your child practice for their test on Fridays.

HOMEWORK

   We would like each child to read for 10 or 15 minutes a night.  A monthly reading chart will be sent home, and should be signed by the person who listened to the child read.  The listener can be a parent, grandparent, babysitter, older brother or sister, etc.  Time spent reading should be an enjoyable experience for both parent and child.

NumberKids

Miss Hallisey's and Mrs. MacDonald's students are participating in an interdistrict program, NumberKids, that supports our mathematics program while allowing our students to expand their horizons by meeting and learning with students from another school district.  This program is organized and run by  LEARN (a regional educational service center).  This is an exciting opportunity for our second graders!

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