2ndhills@park

Writing: The kids are learning all about Hudsonville History during writing time, so we can write our own Non-fiction Hudsonville History Books.  They are really getting into looking at old photographs, and hearing some familiar names...Hughes ring a bell? Math: We are learning all about shapes right now.  Have your child tell you some different triangles and quadrilaterals.  Can they tell you about right, acute, and obtuse angles? Reading: The kids had a fun day at STARBOOKS this week to kick off our next unit!  We are going to be starting book clubs next week on different series books.                                                Voracious Reader of the Week: Congratulations to Addison for being this week's Voracious Reader!  Addison has grown so much in reading, and it is so fun to see her love for reading grow!  Keep up the grea...

Writing:  The second graders made great progress in writing their book reviews. This will be their last grade for opinion writing. Next week, we will revisit informational writing for a few weeks as we study and write about Hudsonville History. Social Studies: This week we started our unit on economics. We talked about wants, needs, scarcity, choice, and opportunity cost. We also learned about natural and capital resources and learned how paper, gold, glass, and pencils are made. These are all concepts that come back in future grades, so we are trying to build a basic understanding  Math: The second graders took their Unit 5 test on Tuesday, we went over it, and it came home in folders on Thursday. Attached to the test are a grade sheet and the two checkpoints from this unit. We finished the week by finishing the last module in Unit 5 which was all about patterns. The homework sheet that went home today will also help with patterns.  Next week we will start Unit 6 which i...

Writing: The kids are going to work on their last opinion piece next week, and it will be a book review!  Have them think of some books they have been reading, and ask them which book they think they could write a review on. Math: The kids will be taking their assessment on the unit we will be finishing next week.  They will show what they know about money and adding three digit numbers.  The math page that went home for homework will help with some more money practice. Phonics/Economics We are finishing our Phonics unit next week, and will take a break from Phonics and start learning about Economics!  We will learn about needs vs. wants, and goods and services next week. Reading: We are practicing reading with fluency and paying attention to dialogue tags, to know HOW our voices should be sounding when we read. Homework: The math page is due by February 20.  The kids did get a "valentine homework pass" that they can use for not doing homework one time this year...