October 5,2015
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Week 7
Second Grade
Classroom News
Writing:
Week in Review:
This week we will continue with informative narrative
writing. We will begin to write informative narrative
paragraphs on our own, beginning with an organizer
before composing our paragraph.
Reading:
This week we will begin reading Freckle Juice by Judy
Bloom. I encourage parents to checkout a copy of
the book and read along with your students at home.
This week we will be reading chapters one through
four.
Math:
Students will be working on rounding numbers to the
nearest 10, dividing a square into three equal parts,
and counting dimes, nickels and pennies.
Science:
We will be continuing our unit on the digestive system.
We will focus on the liver, stomach and small intestine.
Social Studies:
This week we will begin learning about ancient India.
We will focus this week on Hinduism and Buddhism.
On Wednesday there will be “read with someone”
homework related to ancient India.
Technology:
This week we will be beginning our unit on drawing in Microsoft
Word. We will be focusing on reviewing and adding to the types
of lines we know how to draw from last year as well as how to
format them. Students will be learning the remaining line types,
line thickness, and line pattern or style. We were unable to
complete this lesson last week because of an unexpected change
in the Technology room schedule.
Spelling List #1:
Phonograms:
a x ur th ng igh wr ar ee d
b t m a er eo oa ew ui tch
y j p ch kn ear ti ci n
Types of words on our list:
Homophones: Words that sound
alike are spelled differently and
have different meaning (write,
right).
Homonym: Words that are
pronounced and spelt the same,
but have different meanings
(Mach, march).
Dates to remember:
Oct. 8th – Q1 Book Report Due
Oct. 14th- Half Day (11:15 dismissal)
Oct. 14th- Recite at the Assembly
Oct. 14-18th- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Oct. 21st - SRA Board Meeting at 7 p.m. in the
Science Classroom
Oct. 23rd- End of 1st Quarter
Oct. 30- Report Cards
Oct. 30- Picture Retakes
Thank You!
Thanks to all the parents who helped make
Greek Day a success. Events like this would
not be possible with such great parental
support.
Recitation
Due: October 13th
Something Told the Wild
Geese
By Rachel Field
Something told the wild geese
It was time to go.
Though the fields lay golden
Something whispered,—“Snow.”
Leaves were green and stirring,
Berries luster-glossed,
But beneath warm feathers
Something cautioned,—“Frost.”
All the sagging orchards
Steamed with amber spice,
But each wild beast stiffened
At remembered ice.
Something told the wild geese
It was time to fly,—
Summer sun was on their wings,
Winter in their cry.
Notes from the teacher:
We are beginning to start chapter books!
We move quickly through chapter books ,
and for many students it is important to
reread chapters at home. I do have a few
extra copies of books available or the
public library and school library are also
great resources. Please remember that
reading with your child, or listening to the
book on tape are excellent ways to
enhance comprehension.