Week of Nov. 2nd

Next week second grade will be kicking off November by starting our Native American unit.  We'll be comparing and contrasting several different tribes, including the Plains Natives who lived in our area of Nebraska.  We will also be creating some beautiful coffee filter turkeys for our front windows.  In reading we'll be discussing how we can contribute to a celebration.  Our selection of the week will be an animal fantasy called A Turkey for Thanksgiving.  We'll be working on the comprehension skill of drawing conclusions and  visualizing.  In phonics and spelling the students will be learning how to read and spell long a words spelled with a, ai, or ay.   In language arts we will continue working on our class books.  The students will also be working on correctly writing possessive nouns.  In math we will move onto Topic 7:  MentalSubtraction.  Have a great weekend.

Week of Oct. 20th

No school on Thursday or Friday this week.  The teachers will be working on improving our school. This week we will be writing descriptive paragraphs about a classmate.  We will also have some pumpkin fun.  We will be counting seeds in pumpkins and finding out if a pumpkin sinks or floats. We will continue working on money in math.  No spelling test this week but practice the list that was sent home as we will have a test over those words the following week.

Week of Oct. 13th

On Monday we will by celebrating Columbus Day and learning about him and his voyage.  In reading we will be reading the story Turtles Race with Beaver while working on sequencing.  In spelling and phonics we will be working on r controlled words.  This week we will be working on the writing process to create and publish a class book. We will also be focusing on singular and plural nouns.  In Science we will learn how plants and animals live together.  In math we will continue counting collections of coins.

Week of Oct. 6th

This week we will be reading a story called Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat.  We will be working on realism and fantasy as well as contractions.  In Language Arts we will be working on proper nouns and writing a paragraph.  In Science we will start learning about vertebrates.  During math we will start counting money!  Our Boystown skill is disagreeing appropriately.