Week of Dec. 8th

First of all, we'd like to thank all the parent volunteers who made our fall party last Wednesday a great success.  We enjoyed eating festive cupcakes and creating crafty turkeys.  We also had fun running relay races, pinning the waddle on the turkey, and playing Thanksgiving Bingo.  We will be creating Christmas gifts on December 15th from 1:00 - 3:00.  Please email, text, or call us if you can  help out.  Next week in reading we will be talking about when creative ideas can solve problems.  We'll be reading a realistic fiction story called Rosa and Blanca.  We will be working on the comprehension skill of understanding the theme and plot.  We will work on the strategy of predicting.  During phonics and spelling we will be working with long i words spelled with i, ie, igh, or y.  In language arts the students will continue working on present, past, and future verbs and writing good paragraphs.  In science we will learn about different forms of energy.  During math we will be working in Topic 10:  Using Addition and Subtraction.

Week of Nov. 17th

This week we will be reading the story Dear Juno while working on the comprehension skill of drawing conclusions.  We will learn how to read and spell words with the long o sound spelled with o, oa, and ow.  In Language Arts we will be working on verbs with singular and plural nouns.  We are going to start writing Thanksgiving stories as well.  In Social Studies we will focus on the Pilgrims and the Wampanog people.  In math we will continue working on 2 digit addition with regrouping.  Tuesday night is our school music program at the Havelone Center.  We hope to see you there!

Week of Nov. 10th

This week are starting a new unit in reading focusing on being creative.  We will be reading Pearl and Wagner while working on author's purpose and story structure. We will be learning how to read and spell words with the long e sound spelled with ee and ea.  In Language Arts we are learning about verbs and writing a narrative paragraph.  Veteren's Day and studying the plains natives will be our focus in Social Studies.  In math we will start adding 2 digit numbers.  It will be a fun week!

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.