For the week of January 4-8, 2010: Our classroom will be a flurry
of learning and special activities during this week!
In the winter, due to the occasional snow days, we have to keep our schedule
flexible. PLEASE make use of your child's planner. It will have the latest,
updated information available about tests and homework assignments.
Daily Language--Week 18. We begin each morning at 8:00 with Daily Language.
Please make sure your child is ON TIME so they don't get behind. This lesson
covers MANY language skills for 2nd grade. Our Daily Language quizzes
will usually be given on Friday. Each quiz will consist of several of the
sentences and examples done in class during that week. You can help your
child prepare by reviewing the weekly sheet sent home each Thursday. Quiz on
Friday--practice at home this week.
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MATH: We will continue to work on Chapter 7: Plane Shapes. This is usually
an easy one for the students so we will review shapes, congruent shapes, and
symmetry. We will also be learning about slides, flips, and turns, and
patterns this week.
IMPORTANT: Remember to study for the Oddball SUBTRACTION FAST FACTS quiz for
WEDNESDAY, January 6.
Many children did VERY WELL on the 100 Fast Facts Addition test. If
yours did not, practice is the only answer. The more you practice, the faster
you get. :-)
We will periodically have UNANNOUNCED quizzes on these addition facts. Keep
reviewing at home.
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READING: We will begin our new reading book this week with the fun story:
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash. The focus skills are vocabulary,
cause/effect, and syllables. We will have a story test on Friday.
ALL STUDENTS NEED TO BE READING WITH A PARENT AT HOME EVERY NIGHT TO BUILD
THEIR READING SKILLS.
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SPELLING: This week we will focus on words with the ou, ow spelling
patterns. Our spelling test will be given on FRIDAY. The bonus
word will be "snow days".
Please help your child study these words at home each night as needed.
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ENGLISH/WRITING: We will introduce adjectives this month. We will continue
working on sentence parts--subjects and predicates and review nouns and verbs
all year. We will also do Journal writing.
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Social Studies: Unit 5: A World of Many People. We will begin this unit
with vocabulary and lesson 1: 3 different communities around the world:
Ghana, Spain, and Japan. We will compare and contrast these communities with
our own. Please read lessons at home as time allows.
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Our Daily Schedule:
Daily Specials--11:20-11:50
Lunch-- 12:45-1:15 Remember to send a healthy snack each day! We have LAST
LUNCH!!! :-)
