2nd Grade

Second Grade Newsletter 2025-2026!

Summary of Module 3 Meet in the Middle: In this module, “This is what I think.” “Well, I think you’re wrong.” “Well, maybe I don’t like you, then.” Disagreements can sometimes stress relationships. But can we agree to disagree and still get along? In this module, children will learn ways to listen to each other and work out disagreements. Through reading and collaboration, children will learn to see different points of view. Then they will be able to understand why people may disagree and why sometimes that might be okay!

Reading: Over the course of Module 3 we will read texts that will help us answer the following

Essential Question: How can people work out disagreements? We will develop and work on the following reading skills and strategies: Text Organization, Make and Confirm Predictions, Author’s Purpose, Central Idea, Point of View,  Theme and Retell. 

  

Summary of Module 5 Lead the Way: The principal of a school, the mayor of a town or city, and the owner of a local business have at least one thing in common—they are all leaders in the community. But what makes these people good leaders? In this module, children will read stories and texts that will help them identify the qualities many good leaders possess. They can learn to recognize these qualities in themselves so they can work to become good leaders in the classroom and in their school.

Reading:Over the course of Module 5 we will read texts that will help us answer the following

Essential Question:What are the qualities of a good leader? We will develop and work on the following reading skills and strategies: Text organization, Story Structure, Inferences, Create Mental Images, Elements of Drama, Making and Confirm Predictions, Figurative Language, Author’s Purpose, Make Connections and Cause and Effect. 

  

Writing Module 3 Meet in the Middle  

We will be working on writing a persuasive essay.

We will respond to the following prompts to help guide our lessons and writing piece. 

READ: It is important to explain your point of view on an issue 

THINK: about an issue that you have heard people disagree on.

WRITE: Describe the issue, state your point of view and provide evidence about why others should support your point of view. 

The following anchor charts will help to guide students through the persuasive essay writing process. 

 

Home Connection: 

Parents you can help your child to practice persuasive writing at home by using everyday situations and familiar topics to craft arguments. These activities can teach them core skills such as forming a clear opinion, giving specific reasons, and appealing to an audience

Fact vs. opinion: Help your child understand the difference between facts (provable information) and opinions (what you think or believe). For example, "Cookie dough ice cream is cold" is a fact, while "Cookie dough ice cream is the best flavor" is an opinion.

Have your child try and persuade you! 

Have your child practice writing a persuasive letter to you. The topic should be something they care about and that requires permission or convincing.

• Topics: Argue for a later bedtime, a new video game, getting a pet, or a specific vacation destination.
• Process: Help them outline their argument, including a clear statement of what they want and a list of reasons why they should get it. 

Play the game would you rather?

This game helps children develop arguments and consider counterpoints. 

• How to play: Ask silly questions with two choices, like, "Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?" or "Would you rather have feet for hands or hands for feet?".
• Writing prompt: Challenge your child to write a paragraph defending their choice, using persuasive language to argue why their selection is the best.

 

Writing Module 5 Lead The Way 

Throughout this module, students will be learning about the elements of informational writing. We will focus on how informational writing has an introduction, body and conclusion. Students will learn that informational writing is used to describe something, to tell things in time or step order, to compare and contrast two things, and to show problems and solutions. Throughout this module students will come back to the focus statement of; Every person has unique characteristics. Students will spend time creating their own informational writing piece about what makes them unique.

 

Home Connection: 

Part of informational writing is gathering details about your topic. Have your child pick a topic of interest and write 3 of the MOST important details about their topic. When doing this activity, discuss with your child which are the most important details and which are less important.

Math Curriculum: 

 

Module 3: Place Value

We are currently in our 3rd math unit.  In this unit students are expanding their knowledge of bundling ones, tens, and hundreds up to a thousand. Numbers will begin to consist of 3 digit numbers. Students are working on counting by ones, tens, and hundreds. Students will work on using number lines and place value charts. Students are reviewing that 10 ones equals 1 ten, now they will learn that 10 tens equals 100.  Students will work on adding 100 more and 100 less. 

 

Home Connection: Please practice creating 3 digit numbers, and representing those numbers in as many ways as you can.  Then practice changing the number by +/- 10 or +/- 100.  

 

Module 4: Addition & Subtraction with word problem.

In this module students will work on their fluency of adding within 100.  Students will work on mastery of place value and renaming place values using the HTO chart and base ten models.  They will use place value to help them add and subtract within 1,000. They will add and subtract multiples of 100. Students will also solve problems using the following strategies: HTO chart, number line and vertical way.  

Math Curriculum: 

 

Module 3: Place Value

We are currently in our 3rd math unit.  In this unit students are expanding their knowledge of bundling ones, tens, and hundreds up to a thousand. Numbers will begin to consist of 3 digit numbers. Students are working on counting by ones, tens, and hundreds. Students will work on using number lines and place value charts. Students are reviewing that 10 ones equals 1 ten, now they will learn that 10 tens equals 100.  Students will work on adding 100 more and 100 less. 

Home Connection: Please practice creating 3 digit numbers, and representing those numbers in as many ways as you can.  Then practice changing the number by +/- 10 or +/- 100.  

 

Module 4: Addition & Subtraction with word problem.

In this module students will work on their fluency of adding within 100.  Students will work on mastery of place value and renaming place values using the HTO chart and base ten models.  They will use place value to help them add and subtract within 1,000. They will add and subtract multiples of 100. Students will also solve problems using the following strategies: HTO chart, number line and vertical way.  

Home Connection: Please practice adding and subtracting multiples of ten.  Also, students can practice mastering their skills on Iready.

Science 

In science, our current unit is Properties of Materials. We worked together to create the best glue to use for our school. The students have experimented by mixing dry and wet ingredients to create a “sticky” substance. The students found after mixing certain ingredients together, that the best mixture to make our glue was Flour & Water! Then, after creating our glue, the students used their mixture to create slime by mixing in different types of ingredients, such as, contact solution, baking soda, food coloring and of course their glue mixture! The students got to take home their slime! 

The students were also introduced to the Water Cycle and Plant Life Cycle. We created an experiment in class where we “Made it Rain”. We filled a small cup with water and food coloring, and filled the top of a medium cup with shaving cream. The shaving cream served as a “cloud”. We squeezed drops of the blue water into the shaving cream until it became too heavy and then we watched it rain! You can try this experiment at home too!

Social Studies 

We are going to begin our new unit on Our Community’s Geography. We will be learning all about the geography of New York City and New York State and diving into Maps and how they help us. We will focus on how New York City and its population and communities over time, the early settlers and development of New York City, specifically the jobs and natural resources. 

We can’t wait for our students to learn all about the great New York!

Music Curriculum:  Students in Second Grade music are learning about rhythm patterns, melodic patterns on “sol” and “mi” and applying this knowledge to classroom instruments. The students will be singing a song entitled “ Compromise” to connect the their HMH unit callet “Meet Me in the Middle”

Art: 2nd grade artists will create a collaborative art piece where the main challenge will be to figure out a way to connect their different starting ideas into a new idea. The final piece will be a new combined drawing of original ideas.

Parent & Student Voice

Class 201, 202, 203

In science we attempted to make a sticky glue mixture. We used beans to conduct a sticky test. Our results were that flour and water made the stickiest glue mixture. We then altered our glue by adding more ingredients and making slime!