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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
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Habitats
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Where does your favorite
animal live? All animals live
in a habitat. This is where they can
meet their needs by finding food, water,
shelter and air. This week we will be
reading about the rain forest, the woodland forest,
the Arctic and the desert. The students will also
be looking at specific images and discussing how
they help the reader to understand the text.
Try this Habitat Game http://
www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/
human_animal_habitats/activity.cfm?
age=Age%20range
%207-11&subject=Science
Design a habitat http://
www.arkive.org/education/games/design-ahabitat
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Don’t Forget!
• Spring Book Fair - Mar. 18 - 20
• Family Read Aloud Book Club - Mar. 18, 6:30
• Spring Pictures - Thurs., Mar. 19
• 1st/2nd grade music program - Mar. 19, 6:30
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Remember to sign the Wed. folder in the 3rd week
!of March boxes to show that you received this
!information and your child completed reading
homework.
The students are
continuing to practice
measuring skills. This week includes adding/
subtracting and comparing measurements. Keep
estimating with your child. This can be a tricky
skill that improves with practice. Ask your child
to estimate objects in inches, centimeters, meters,
inches and yards. They can measure to check
after estimating.
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8 in.
Try these.
What is the distance
around the painting? 12 in.
__+__+__+__=__inches
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8 in.
How much longer is
the first pencil? __-__=__ inches
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6 in.
Would it take more feet or more
yards to measure the height of your
bedroom? more _________
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Would it take fewer centimeters or
fewer meters to measure the length of
your bed? fewer ____________
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Would you use centimeters or meters
to measure a TV remote? ________ !
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Writing
StaminA
Do you want to help your child
build writing stamina? It takes practice
to train your brain to think of ideas and
get them written onto paper. Many
second graders could use some writing
inspiration at this time of the year.
Think about trying this writing idea at
home.
Make it a goal to write for 5 minutes
every day. Try to write the whole time. If you
write too, you can both share your writing
when the time is up. The following websites
have writing ideas for March.
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Need More Practice? March Writing Prompts:
http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/
daily_writing_ideas.htm#March1!
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Need More Practice? March Writing Prompts:
http://files.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/writing/
writing-prompts/march-journal-prompts.pdf!
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Adverbs
Adverbs describe verbs. They tell
how, where or when. They often end
in -ly. Try adding adverbs to make
the following sentences more
interesting.
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The turtle crawled
____________ to the pond.
The sun shines _____________ today.
Look Closely
At Words
We will not have a new phonics
sound spelling or new word wall words this
week due to extra music rehearsals.
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Vocabulary Words:
habitat - a place where plants and animals can
meet their needs
migrate - to move to another place
camouflage - to blend in or hide
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Word Wall
Practice
Can you practice finding
antonyms and fill in the blanks with some of
our end of year word wall words?
An antonym of old is _ _ _.
An antonym for ugly is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
An antonym for late is _ _ _ _ _.
An antonym for empty is
_ _ _ _.
An antonym for large is
_ _ _ _ _.
The deer ran _____________ into the
An antonym for lost is _ _ _ _ _.
forest.
An antonym for cool is _ _ _ _.
The bird sang ____________ in the tree.
She smiled __________ on her birthday.
___________, he found a 4 leaf clover.
An antonym for same is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.