Ms.Benton's+2nd+Grade+Class

= **Welcome to Ms. Benton's 2nd grade class! I am very excited to get to know each of you this year. This year we will be learning about many exciting things such as sound, force and motion, simple machines, rocks, soil, and minerals. In math we will learn our basic facts to 20, skip counting, odd and even numbers, fractions, geometry and patterns, regrouping, telling time, and other fun things. In Social Studies we will learn about democracy, the pledge of allegiance, Native Americans, geography, movement, and economics. In communication arts we will be building good reading habits, we will learn to understand what we are reading, we will learn about poetry, non fiction, and other exciting things.** = = **This year we will continue to be responsible, considerate, respectful, and follow directions.** =