Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, February 4th- Wear Your Favorite Hat Day
Friday, February 7th- Rise & Read 7:30-8:00a.m., P.J. Day

Class List for Valentines

Liam

Whitler

Savannah

Jack G.

Kelsey

Hunter

Kenna

Addie

Landon

Destiny

Lilian

Colton

Maecyn

Ben

Jack P.

Evan

Archie

Garrett

Lucas

Brody

Aidan

Avi

Kaidyn

Brayden

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Feb. 3-7

1. she’s

2. she is

3. it’s

4. it is

5. you’re

6. you are

7. weren’t

8. were not

9. won’t

10. will not

11. didn’t

12. did not

13. you’ve

14. you have

15. they’ve

16. they have

17. we’ve

18. we have

Math @ Home

Super Sums

Use only the 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s, and aces(1s) from a deck of cards. Each player writes the numbers 1-12 on a piece of paper. Then each player picks two cards and adds up the numbers on them. The player can mark off that sum on the paper or cross off the two numbers on the cards. Who will be the first to cross of all 12 numbers on the list?

Cafe Strategy

Students continued this week to use several different versions of Little Red Riding Hood to work on the reading skill of Comparing and Contrasting. Students also worked on comprehension by asking Who, What, When, Where, and Why questions to go along with each story.

Math

In math students have been working on Mental Subtraction by :

• Subtracting Tens
• Finding Parts of 100
• Subtracting Using a Hundred Chart
• Adding on to Subtract
• Problem Solving by Finding the Missing or Extra Information

I Love to Read Month

Several flyers and calendars will be coming home in the upcoming weeks with various I Love to Read activities. Be sure to check Wednesday envelopes weekly for upcoming events!

Cafe Strategy

During CAFE time the students and I have been working on a comparing and contrasting activity using several different versions of Little Red Riding Hood. Ask your child to share some similarities and differences between some of the stories already read.

Writing

This week in writing students worked on adding dialogue to their Realistic Fiction stories. Students also learned more about verbs and students were encouraged to add descriptive words to their already written sentences and stories.

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, January 28th- Evening Conferences
Thursday, January 30th- Evening Conferences

Spelling Words

Jan. 27-31
Compound Words

1. softball
2. someone
3. nighttime
4. cherry pie
5. fire drill
6. high school
7. good-bye
8. part-time
9. ice-skater

Guided Reading

In guided reading this week we used the story Jack and the Beanstalk to focus on story elements, retelling, summarizing, and new vocabulary.

Conferences

Next Tuesday and Thursday night are conferences. I look forward to sharing your child's successes with each and everyone of you. See you then!

Place Value

Have your child identify the ones, tens, and hundreds place of each of the following numbers:

• 230
• 795
• 34
• 12
• 102
• 65
• 367
• 124
• 368
• 960

Math

• At home continue to have your child practice his/her basic math facts by using a deck of cards, dice, flashcards, etc.
• Have your child work on counting coins up to $1.00 and even beyond.
• Have your child tell time to the hour, to the 5 minute, and to the minute.

Handwriting

In handwriting your child practiced proper spacing when writing words, sentences, and paragraphs.

Conferences

Conference times have been sent home in this weeks Wednesday envelope. If the time and date will not work for you please let me know ASAP. I am looking forward to sharing your child's successes with all of you. See you then!

Battle of Books

The Second Grade Battle of the Books will take place on Thursday, February 13th from 8:20-9:50 in the High School auditorium. The students have been working so hard on getting through all of the books and writing down the most important information from each story.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, Jan. 20th- No School, Teacher Workshop Day

Spelling Words

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Jan. 20 - Jan. 24

1. puddle

2. saddle

3. bottle

4. table

5. noble

6. bridle

7. nickel

8. label

9. global

Writing

In writing students are continuing to work on their realistic fiction stories. This week students worked on developing strong characters within their stories and students found areas within their stories to add regular past tense verbs.

Math

In math students are beginning a unit focusing around mental addition. The goal of this unit is for students to see patterns among numbers and be able to add the tens and ones mentally to a number within their head. Please continue to have your child practice his/her basic math facts by using a deck of cards, dice, flashcards, etc. If you have any extra decks of cards laying around your house that you would be willing to donate to our classroom it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Science

In science this week students learned about the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases through various experiments and observations.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, Jan. 13th- NWEA Math Test
Tuesday, Jan. 14th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear Irish Attire
Thursday, Jan. 16th- Book Orders Due

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have the letter patterns aw, a, and o within them as in claw, small, and boss.

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Jan. 13-17 

One-Syllable Words

1. claw

2. small

3. boss

4. draw

5. stall

6. gloss

Two-Syllable Words

7. salty

8. bossy

9. jigsaw

Chapstick & Lotion

The air is dry indeed. Several students have come to me with chapped lips or dry hands. It might be a good idea to send to school with your child a small bottle of hand lotion and some chapstick for them to keep in their locker.

Guided Reading

Students took the NWEA Reading Test this week and I can't wait to share their awesome reading scores with you during conferences. This just goes to show that hard work at home helps indeed when it comes to fluency and reading success as a reader. Please continue to listen to your child read every night and have a conversation with your child about what he/she is reading. Yellow reading sheets should be signed each night along with practicing math in some way. Thanks for your support with helping your child grow as a learner!

Snack Time

We will continue to have a snack break within our classroom daily. Please make sure to send a snack or a few snacks along with your child each day/week. This little boost of energy helps the students get through their day!