Welcome to Second Grade!

May/June: What is Grade 2 studying? 

ELA:

Module 4: Providing for Pollinators

Module Summary: Students will continue to build on their knowledge of pollinators from Module 3 as they deepen their literacy skills and build citizenship. Specifically, students explore the module guiding questions: “Why should people help pollinators to survive? How can I take action to help pollinators?”

Unit Tasks: 

• Reading folktales and fables and recounting the story elements; determining the central message based on the character’s response to challenges
• Students will read informational resources and write an opinion using reasons to support their view.  
• Students will take action by creating and gifting a wildflower seed packet and provide reasons why they should support butterflies.

Illustrative Math:

Unit 7: Add and Subtract within 1,000

• Add and subtract numbers within 1,000 without composition or decomposition, and use strategies based on the relationship between addition and subtraction and the properties of operations.

• Add numbers within 1,000 using strategies based on place value understanding, including composing a ten or hundred.

• Subtract numbers within 1,000 using strategies based on place value understanding, including decomposing a ten or hundred.