2nd Grade Math
Name a shape
circle, square, triangle, rectangle, octogon, hexagon, quadrilateral...
The name for the most important people or animals in a story.
Main Characters
When you drive somewhere and sleep in a tent or trailer.
camping
True or false: All nonfiction books teach about animals.
False: they can teach about animals, people, things, historical events, how to do something, etc.
Name for the special person each week who shared about themselves.
Star of the Week
A shape that has straight lines and is a closed figure.
polygon
What the place and time of a story is called.
setting
The summer holiday in July that includes fireworks, barbecues, and red, white, and blue.
Fourth of July or Independence Day!
An important American we learned about who was president, loved the outdoors, wanted fair pay and treatment for all, and started our national parks.
Theodore Roosevelt
Who joined our class after the school year had already begun.
What time is it when the hour hand is on the 7 and the minute hand is on the 6?
7:30
The two main characters in the Horrible Harry chapter book series.
Harry and Doug
The months you are on vacation from school.
June, July, and August
What is the author's purpose in an informational text? To persuade, entertain, or inform?
inform or persuade
We always did this in the morning after our morning work.
Morning Meeting
How do you know when a shape is divided into equal parts?
Each part is the same size
Name the problem and solution in the story "Dinosaurs Before Dark."
Jack and Annie have a T-Rex after them.
Jack rides on a paradon (flying dinosaur) back to the tree house and the book takes them home.
Three things you should do during the summer to be ready for third grade.
Read, write (journal, write to Mrs. E), practice math (Zearn), play
Name three text features that can be found in informational text.
photographs, illustrations, captions, headings, maps, graphs, sidebars, labels, glossary, index, table of contents
The chant we recited each day before we went to lunch.
Hands at hips, zip the lips, standing tall, ready for the hall!
What is the name for ALL shapes that are closed figures and have 4 sides.
quadrilaterals
In a fiction book is the author's purpose to inform, entertain, or persuade?
entertain
Who do you know in our class who has a birthday on July 21?
Mrs. Edmundson!
Facts are found in informational texts. What are facts?
things that are known or proved to be true
When Mrs. E. read a book to you from the rocking chair each day and you wrote thoughts on a sticky note.
Picture Book of the Day!