Week of January 13th

This week we will be reading about the lLifecycle of a Pumpkin and working on fact and opinion.  We will also be reading and spelling words with the vowel sound in book.  In Language Arts we will continue to work on using adjectives and writing friendly letters.  We will be finishing up our geometry unit in math working on symmetry, translations, reflections and rotations.  In Science we will be learning aout the sun and the planets in our solar system.

Week of Jan. 6th

Welcome Back!  I hope you all had a super break.  This week we will be reading The Quilt Story and work on comparing and contrasting.  We will also be learning about words that end in -le.  In Guidance we will have a guest speaker to teach us about good touches, bad touches, and secret touches.  A note was sent home about this before Christmas.  In Language Arts we will focus on  writing a persuasive paragraph and using adjectives in our writing.  In Math we will be starting geometry learning about plane shapes and solid figures.  Goods, services, needs, and wants will be our Social Studies focus this week.  We will also be making a snowman art project to be displayed at Burger King.  The students will also be taking the MAPS tests this week and next to help the staff determine how to best meet each students individual needs.  Have a great week and stay warm!

Week of Dec. 9th

This week we will be reading A Weed is A Flower while working on cause and effect.  We will also be working on spelling words with er and est.  In Language Arts we will be working with being verbs and writing a paragraph.  In Science we will be studying energy, learning about heat, light and sound.  The middle school show choir will be visiting us on Friday.

Week of November 25th

This week we will be baking pumpkin pies and writing how to make a pumpkin pie.  While we are learning about turkeys, we will work on fact and opinion.  We will continue to learn about the pilgrims and Native Americans and create some pottery or jewelry like the Native Americans did.  In Math we will continue to subtract 2 digit numbers with regrouping.

Week of Nov. 18

This week we will be reading Anansi Goes Fishing while working on compound words and cause and effect.  In Language Arts we will be working on verbs for the present, past, and future.  In math we will continue to work on 2 digit addition with regrouping.  Social Studies will include learning about Native Americans and Pilgrims.  At the end of the week we will be having a meal like the pilgrims did on the Mayflower.

Week of Nov. 11th

Next week in reading, we will be discussing the many different ways we can communicate.  The students will be reading a realistic fiction story called Dear Juno.  We will be working on the comprehension skill of drawing conclusions.  We will work on the comprehension strategy of visualizing.  In phonics and spelling we will be focusing on words with the long o sound ( spelled o, oa, or ow).  In language arts we will work on singular and plural nouns.  We will also continue working on writing a narrative paragraph.  We will learn about Veteran's Day on Monday.  Second graders will continue learning about Native Americans next week during social studies.  We will especially focus on the Plains Natives who used to live in our region.  During math class we will learn to add two-digit numbers to two-digit numbers, regrouping as needed.  Have a great weekend.  Please keep encouraging your child to read at least 15 minutes every night and study their spelling words

Week of November 4th

We will be reading an animal fantasy called Pearl and Wagner Two Good Friends.  We will be working on author's purpose as well as long e spellings with an e, ee, ea or y.  In Language Arts wil will be working on verbs and narrative paragraphs.  In Science we will finish up animals learning about animal life cycles.  In Math we are working on subtraction and mental math.