Week 22

The first month of 2020 is already done! How time flies!
February is a short but intense month. We are starting our Social Studies unit on China. We've begun our work by learning about traditions associated with the Lunar New Year. We are looking deeper into how this ancient culture has influenced our lives by examining how ideas and object were traded.  This week, we learned about the Silk Road. Here is a link to an interactive game we played in class: https://www.learningliftoff.com/2nd-grade-history-learning-activity-the-silk-road/

We're also bringing our work on Information Writing to its culmination by having students write about topics we have learned in our previous unit on Culture. We are in the editing process now and have used the following video as a resource and movement break:
https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/by-bye-buy?utm_content=teacher&utm_medium=8303135&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_term=by-bye-buy&utm_source=clipboard

Here's what else is happening in the upcoming week:

• Please send in the trip slip and $12 for DanceAfrica early this week of you have not done so. We must send payment to Dance Africa by Friday. Thank you for your cooperation!
• The Mid Module review will be returned to your child by Tuesday of Next week. Here are some links to help preview the upcoming lessons:

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/find-the-area-of-rectangles-word-problems
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/find-the-area-between-two-rectangles
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/find-the-area-of-complex-figures

• We are going to Brooklyn Museum this Friday at 9:30am to view artifacts from China. The goal is to better understand how a country's art can help us to better understand the country. 
• We will also have Family Friday this week. Please join us from 8:45-9:20am as we discuss Let the Children March by Monica Clark- Robinson.

Have a wonderful weekend!