Week of December 3rd

We are continuing to work on staying on task for our social skill.  We will be reading the story Dear Juno working on drawing conclusions and the long o sound.  In Language Arts will will be learning about verbs with singular and plural nouns.  We will also continue to work on paragraph writing.  In Science we will be studying matter.  In math we will finish up Topic 8 on 2 digit addition with regrouping and move on to 2 digit regrouping in subtraction.  We will have a special visitor spending Friday with us.  She is excited to meet everyone!!!

Week of Nov. 26th

Our social skill for this week is staying on task.  We will be working hard on this as we learn more about author's purpose and using ee, ea, and y.  In Language Arts we will be working on verbs, expository writing and writing a paragraph.  In math we will be spending time adding 2 digit numbers and learning how to regroup.  Science will be spent learning how living things change and grow.

Week of November 19th

This will be a short yet fun week.  We will continue to learn about Native Americans and Pilgrims.  We will be reading stories about the first Thanksgiving and working on sequencing when we make pumpkin pie.  Look for directions written by your child on how to do this.  We will be working on fact and opinions that people may have about turkeys.  In art this week we will be making Native American shields, pottery, and jewelry.  In math we will finish Topic 7 and mental subtraction. Our 2nd grade room parents are planning a Fall Festival for us this week.  It should be a blast!  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Week of Nov. 12th

This week we are celebrating National Education Week.  Our Boystown skill for the week is Asking for help.  In Reading we are reading A Turkey for Thanksgiving and working on drawing conclusions and long a words with ai and ay.  In Language Arts we are writing narrative paragraphs and learning about possessive nouns.  Social Studies and Science time will be spent learning about Veteran's Day, plants and animals habitats, and food webs, and Native Americans.  We are working on mental math strategies for subtraction. Please come to our music program Tuesday night at the Havelone Center.

Week of November 5th

Our social skill for this week is having a conversation.  We will be reading the Bremen Town Musicians and be working on author's purpose.  Plural nouns with spelling changes will be focused on in Language Arts and Spelling.  We are also working on writing a narrative paragraph.  In Math we are working on Mentally adding numbers.  Social Studies will be spent learning about the election process.  In Science we will be learning how plants and animals live together and what they need.  We are working hard on publishing our class book.  Please return your order form marked yes or no.  Thanks

We had 558 seeds in our pumpkin.

We counted 406 seeds!

We only had 73 seeds in our pumpkin.

We counted 518 seeds in our pumpkin!