2nd Grade

Summary of Module 8 Time to Grow: In this module, children will learn about the growth of plants and what they need to thrive. Plants are living things, just as people and animals are. They need air, water, and sunlight in order to grow and to retain their vibrant green leaves and healthy stems and branches. Learning about plants and how they grow is likely to ignite a spark of curiosity in a child’s mind.

Reading: Over the course of Module 8 we will read texts that will help us answer the following

Essential Question: What do plants need to live and grow?  We will develop and work on the following reading skills and strategies: Text organization, Text Features, Making Connections, Figurative Language, Retell, Story Structure and Cause and Effect. 

Summary of Module 9 Home Sweet Habitat: In this module, children will learn about the different habitats where animals live. Hot deserts, warm rainforests, and cool, underwater habitats all provide food and shelter for the animals that live there. Through reading a variety of texts and collaborative work, children will explore how the conditions in different habitats help different animals to survive.

Reading: Over the course of Module 9 we will read texts that will help us answer the following Essential Question: How do living things in a habitat depend on each other? We will develop and work on the following reading skills and strategies: Figurative Language, Ask and Answer Questions, Text Organization, Figurative Language, Ask and Answer Questions, Retell, and Chronological Order.

Writing Module 8- Time to Grow 

Summary of Module:  In this module, students will learn about texts that tell how to do something, such as how to plant a seed. The students will learn to write how-to texts, by asking questions and doing their own research with the use of primary and secondary sources. 

Writing Module 9- Home Sweet Habitat 

Summary of Module: In this module, students will develop a research plan, research, and

write about one animal. Research means to study and find out about a topic. The students will conduct their research using primary and secondary sources. 

Module 8 & 9 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:  In Module 7, students will work with data in bar graphs, line plots. Students will record and count data and organize it into a table. They will then represent their data in different types of graphs. Students will also learn about money. Students will then learn about bills and coins. Students will use coins to follow the decomposition of a dollar. Students learn to make change from a dollar by counting on. Students will review the measurement concepts and review their measurement skills with a variety of objects. Students will compare lengths and will generate measurement data with a line plot. 

Home Connection: Please practice adding and subtracting. Also, students can practice mastering their skills following their individualized Skills Plan on IXl. Also, identifying and adding up coins and identifying shapes around you.  Maybe use play dough and practice making shapes and then evenly cutting the shape up and identifying the fraction.

Science  

We are working on a new unit called Changing Landforms. The students will learn the role geologists play in studying our earth. The students will study sand samples and understand that landforms are made of rock. They will be able to explain how landforms change over time and why landforms today look different than they did long ago. 

Vocabulary: landform, geologists, stable, evidence, observations

Social Studies 

We are working on a new unit called Our Community’s Geography. We will explore different types of maps and how maps help us. We will use cardinal directions and intermediate directions when locating places on maps and through our conversations when we are giving directions. 

We will explore that a globe is a model of our world- and the students will become familiar with different parts of the globe.

The students will also learn about different bodies of water.

We will discuss the geography of New York City and the five boroughs. As well as urban, suburban and rural communities. 

Music Curriculum:

Students will be singing songs that tie to their learnings in HMH, such as the growth of plants and the habitats of animals. They will be continuing to learn about rhythm patterns and apply their knowledge to basic percussion instruments. 

92NY Dance Connections Partnership: All second grade students are participating in a partnership with teaching artists from 92NY to learn African and Contemporary Dance. Students will participate in eighteen sessions with the teaching artists. The focus of the residency is developing characters and storytelling through movement to tie to their HMH unit on “Once Upon a Time.” They will be traveling to NYC to see a performance of the Jose Limon Dance Company on April 3rd. 

Ballet Tech:

On April 23rd, students will participate in a dance workshop with teaching artists from Ballet Tech. Students who show aptitude for ballet dance will be invited to participate in their residency program, which will take place in the fall of third grade. 

Art

Students will make connections to their HMH modules by learning how to draw animals in their environment. Students will also create landscapes to make connections to different environments such as the ocean, rainforest, and deserts. Students will learn how to create the different parts of a picture to include a foreground, middleground, and a background. 

Home Connection:

Students can make home connections by observing different animals they see outside or at home. What kind of animal do you see? What does it look like? Students can describe what they see by shape, color, and texture.

Parent & Student Voice

Class 201, 202, 203

In Science we are currently working as geologists trying to determine how and why landforms can change over time. Here we are investigating different types of sand and their properties: