The Anne Sullivan School
P.S. 238
2nd Grade Newsletter
Welcome
Dear Parents,
This year our school’s focus has been
on setting goals for our students. It has
been proven that students learn more
efficiently when they know the goals or
objectives of a lesson. Each child has
been asked to set a learning goal for his
or herself in Reading, Writing, and Math.
Your child will be responsible to monitor
the attainment of each goal. We know all
children will succeed at whatever they
attempt.
We wish everyone a wonderful
Spring break and remind you to read
every night with your child.
The Second Grade Teachers
1633 East 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11223
Apr il 2009
Reader’s Workshop
We are in the middle of Unit 4 of
Imagine It titled Look Again. The unit
contains stories of various genres;
however, all the stories teach the children
about different ways that animals
camouflage. The strategies the children
will be focusing on will be making
connections, making predictions, and
rereading the story to make connections.
The children are enjoying reading about
animals or creatures on land and in the
sea.
Writer’s Workshop
April is always a wonderful month for
writing. The children are continuing
their daily quick writes. Our class goals
include writing paragraphs that contain
5-8 “juicy” words. In addition, it is
National Poetry Month, which gives us a
wonderful opportunity to not only read
poetry from various poets, but to write
our own poetry. We will be writing
Name Poems, Adjective Poems, Number
Poems, Rhyming Poems, as well as
Cinquain poems.
Everyday Mathematics
The second graders are becoming “Money
Smart Kids”. We are beginning a supplemental
math program named Money & Me. It is designed
to provide students with a foundation for
understanding money, resources, needs, and
wants. You have received a Parent Guide with at-
home activities to reinforce classroom activities.
Unit 9 in Everyday Mathematics focuses on
measurements of many kinds including yards,
meters, units of weight, and concepts of perimeter
and area.