Welcome to

 

Mrs. Ackerman's

 

2nd Grade Class!

 

We will teach them One and All

 

Young to Old and Big to Small

 

Inspire, engage and educate

 

Improve our world and make it great

 

Challenge All to grow, exceed

 

So one day They will take the lead…

 

 

Important B6 News

 

 

 

Tuesday, 12/16 - Door decorating contest - We'll keep you posted if we win!  

 

 

Wednesday, 12/17 - Our winter class party

Festive Wear and Holiday Hat Day:  Dress in your most festive holiday outfit!

 

 

Friday, 12/19 -  Pajama Day and Holiday singalong

 

 

Tuesday, 12/23 - 4 hour session day - Bring in the New Year: Wear something shiny and/or bright to celebrate 2026! 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 12/25 - 1/4/26 - Have a wonderful winter break!  See you in 2026!

 

 

Monday, 1/5/26 - Welcome back!!

 

 

Thursday, 1/8 - Topic 6 math assessment

 

 

Friday, 1/9 - Spirit Day - Wear Crim spirit wear or red and black.  

 

 

 

                                          

 

 

       
  Reading:   In the "Nonfiction Text Features" unit, students will discover how informational text works and how it requires one to set a different purpose for reading. Students will not only learn to identify informational text features and structures for nonfiction books, but they will learn how to use these features to support their comprehension. Students will ask questions to learn about new facts. This unit also helps students to figure out unknown words and read nonfiction with fluency and intonation.

 

 

 

  

       Writing:  In the "Telling More" unit, students write longer pieces as they explore telling more. They think before writing about things they might tell, and they also reread their stories to determine what else they might say. They add details and tell more about characters. The students learn to confer with partners by giving and receiving feedback about their stories. They also share their partners' thinking with the class and express interest in and appreciation for one another's writing.

 

 

 

Grammar - What Do Capital Letters Do?

 

Students will learn that capital letters are appropriate to use for different and specific purposes beyond to begin a sentence and to capitalize the first letter of a name. In this unit, students will learn the process of capitalization of holidays, product names, and geographic names, as well as how to capitalize appropriate words in titles.

 

 

What Do Adjectives Do?

 

Students will learn what adjectives are and how adjectives work in a sentence or text. 

 

 

 

Phonics Unit: bossy r

 

Handwriting:  Zaner-Bloser cursive

 

 

 

  Math:  In topic 5, your child is learning to subtract within 100 using various strategies. These include breaking apart numbers, using compensation, using a hundred chart, and using an open number line. In this topic, your child will also analyze information to model and solve one- and two-step word problems. 

 

The Grade 2 Family Engagement Link will bring you to Envision resources that are designed to make math concepts more accessible and engaging for both you and your child. 

 

 

 Social Studies:  Our New Jersey unit is an exploration into the concepts of time, continuity, and change designed to build students’ understandings of the passage of time and explain why the past matters today. Students will initially learn about New Jersey's history and geography. They will use this knowledge to explore the competing perspectives of the colonists and the native Lenni Lenape people. Students will gain an understanding of colonial life as it led up to the American Revolution.

 

 

  Science: