SECOND

THOUGHTS

MDQ Academy
Brentwood, New York
Jan.20-23

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Sister Amnas Classroom Newsletter

READING/LANGUAGE ARTS
The story this week was called, Dear
Juno. The comprehension skill was
drawing conclusions or making
inferences based on clues in the
passage. We worked on using text
evidence to determine the answers
when the answers are not directly
stated.
In grammar, we learned about verbs
and how we choose the correct verb
ending based on the noun in the
sentence. If it is one noun that the
sentence is about, you add an s to the
end of the verb and vice versa for
plural nouns.
Students learned about parts of a
friendly letter. They learned a song to
memorize the 5 main parts heading,
greeting, body, closing, signature.
They practiced identifying these parts
with some flip booklet activities, and
they wrote a short letter to someone.
This week we also focused on the
importance of Martin Luther King Jr.
They watched a video depicting the
main events of his life, and then they
wrote about some dreams they have
to make the world a better place.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Students learned about the differences between

maps and globes and did a flip booklet activity
to compare and contrast the two. They also did
sorting and identifying different landforms and
bodies of water. Remember, the landform
project is due on Monday.

MATH
We have finished up chapter 5 on double-digit
addition and subtraction. The test will next Tuesday.
This week, we focused heavily on word problems and
determining when to add or subtract. The hardest
lesson this week was on two-step problems. Please
go over that lesson in the homework pack (5.11), with
your child to practice for the up coming test.

SCIENCE

Students created a food chain

project. They put animals in order
and made a craft project featuring a
frog. We reviewed this week and had
a test on chapter 4 at the end of the
week.

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2nd GRADE NEWSLETTER Page 2

Landform Project
Please remember that the edible
landforms and bodies of water project
is due on Monday. The best way to
bring it in is in a small aluminum tin
pan. If students cannot bring it on the
bus, you can drop it off in the
morning. Make sure to include 3
landforms and 2 bodies of water
labeled somehow. Everything should be
edible.
Reminders to Students/Parents

1) Sign and return Science test.

2) Landforms project due Monday

3) Math chapter 5 test TUESDAY
4)

I hope students are beginning to

draft their speech for the Speech
Competition. The topic for our class
is Prophet Mohammad: Friend to
Kids. They need to write a threeminute speech with parental help.
The in class competition is Feb. 3.
Two girls and two boys will move
on to age level competition in the
school and the winners from there
move on to the Inter-School State
competition.

Next Weeks Highlights

Language Arts: past, present, future
verbs
Math: test chapter 5 Tuesday
Science: chapter 5 Earths Surface
Social Studies- continents

Upcoming Events/Requests/Comments
1) Literacy Week is next week! Mommy
and Me Pajama Night is next FRIDAY
at 6:00 P.M. Moms, come with your
children for an evening of read a
louds, crafts, and Smore making!
2) Character Dress Up Day is next
Thursday. Students should bring in the
book that has the character they are
dressing up as.
3) If your child received a fundraising
coupon book in a yellow bag last
week, and you have not returned it or
bought it, please do so ASAP. Those
are not free to keep at home..
4) I have only received 2 school picture
order forms. The due date is Jan. 31.
5) Winter is here and a lot of students
are coming in with boots and sweaters
(they wear during class) that do not
conform to the uniform policy. It has
been asked by the administration to
send a reminder out to parents that
these items should still follow uniform
color policy. Thank you.