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 

 

 

 

Monday, 5/11 - Grade 2 field trip

 

 

 

Tuesday, 5/12 - Pollinator assembly by the 4H for all 2nd graders

 

 

 

Wednesday, 5/13 - We earned the golden recorder, so students will have an extra music period today!

 

 

 

Tuesday, 5/19 - Topic 13 math assessment

 

 

 

Friday, 5/22 - Bring your good sportsmanship and get ready to have fun!  Today is Field Day!

 

 

 

Monday, 5/25 - Memorial Day, Schools Closed

 

 

 

Wednesday, 5/27 - Hope to see you at the Crim Art Show!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                          

 

 

       
  Reading:   In the "Nonfiction: Main Ideas & Details" unit, students will see that reading informational text requires the use of different strategies to locate and understand the most important content to determine the main idea and key details of a text. Students will collect, sort, and categorize information about a topic to understand the main idea and key details of text. Students will be immersed in non-fiction with an emphasis on reading informational texts with fluency, stamina and comprehension to learn more about the topic of the text. Students benefit from explicit strategy instruction in order to determine the main idea(s) and support key details.

 

 

 

  

       Writing:  In the "Nonfiction" unit, students explore and write nonfiction. They learn that nonfiction authors write about subjects that interest them, and that they ask and answer questions as well as make careful observations. The students write questions, facts, functional nonfiction and expository nonfiction. They read and write about polar regions, and they each select a piece of writing to take through the writing process. Socially, the students learn discussion prompts to help them respond to and build on one another's thinking. They ask for and give help and feedback respectfully.

 

 

 

Grammar (How Do We Write and Expand Sentences?) and (How Do We Use Commas?) 

 

In this unit, students will use all the skills and concepts they have reviewed and learned to write complete, simple sentences and compound sentences. Special focus will be given to using all the tools in their toolbox to expand and rearrange sentences to communicate their intended message clearly and with additional detail. 

 

In this unit, students will learn to use commas in more varied ways, such as in letter writing. They will also participate in more practice with using commas in a series of items in a sentence.

 

 

 Phonics Unit:  Silent E Rule 

 

 

 Handwriting:  Zaner-Bloser cursive

 

 

 

  Math:  In topic 13, your child is learning to identify and draw two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional cubes. He or she will use vocabulary associated with these shapes. Your child will also partition a rectangle into rows and columns of equal-sized squares and count to find the total number of squares.

 

 

  

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:  This unit centers on the idea that where we live impacts who we are. Students will learn more about New Jersey geography, the people who live in our state and the influence of both on our daily lives. Students will do a deep dive into the regions, roadways, and cities that shape the population settlement in the state. They will use their own families' experiences to learn more about why people settle in different areas and finally, they will understand that each of their unique cultures influence one another and make us "New Jerseyans" today.

 

 

  Science: