Wonderful Whales Whale Call
Date: September 15, 2008
Thank you for all the donations!
Next weeks activities:
Language Arts:
Complete Frog and Toad unit of study
Open Court: Compare/Contrast, pronouns, time/order words.
Literature: Begin Friendship Theme unit, compare plot, setting,
characters between 2 different authors/stories
Venn Diagrams
Reading Assessments Star tests and I will begin the leveled reading
assessments, Developmental Reading Assessments(DRA)
Math:
Saxon math
Versa Tiles
Measurement (non-standard)
Problem solving games
Math Facts
Place Value
Geometry- Polygons
Social Studies
Map skills
Dates to Remember: (check Wednesday Weekly & Dragon Newsletter)
9/26: Soul Shoppe Assembly
Other:
Second grade homework will go home Friday the 12th, due back
Friday the 19th. Spelling test and dictation will be on Fridays.
Specialists: This will be our first week of Art class. Second grade
students will be dismissed from specialists at the end of
the day. They will have their backpacks packed and in the hall.
Please discuss with your child where you would like to meet them for pick up.
Our specialist schedule is: Monday Art, Tuesday Music, Wednesday Science,
Thursday PE, Friday Spanish in Room 5.