Over the past six weeks, second-graders learned about long vowel
sounds and vowel pairs. They engaged in informational texts and
demonstrated their understanding of sequencing in a text.
Students used manipulatives to solve multiplication and division
word problems. They also used these tools to create additive and
repeating patterns. In social studies, second-graders learned
about the functions of government. They can identify and explain
services that the government provides. In science, the students
explored the water cycle and the night sky. They know how the
water cycle is carried out. They can also describe how the sun,
moon, and stars work together. Sixth-graders are buzzing with
numerous activities and affairs from baseball to 4-H. At school,
in reading and language arts classes, sixth-graders are focusing
on poetry and figurative language. Students are also handling
time and temperature problems as well as they determine elapsed
or projected times and temperatures using their problem solving
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