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April 29-May 3

Spelling Words:  farmer, teacher, baker, writer, dancer, visitor, actor, sailor, doctor, inventor
 
Math-This week we will be starting our final unit!  We will be talking and learning all about fractions!  We will create fractions, name fractions, and learn lots of vocabulary!  
 
Language Arts-We will continue talking about how water and wind shape our land!  We will be reading stories about weather and talking about the main idea and details.  We will be using context clues to define words,  For spelling we will be learning about the suffix -er and -or.
 
Important Dates:
April 30th: Raffle Baskets Due
May 1st: Talent Show audition forms due
May 14th: 2nd – 4th Music Program
May 16th: Mother/Son Dance
May 17th: Father/Daughter Dance
May 17th: Family Deadline to Register for Summer Camp
May 20th-24th: Field Days
May 28th: MAY MADNESS
May 28th-31st: Book Fair
May 31st: Beach Day
June 1st: Tater Daze Parade
June 3rd: Talent Show
June 6th: Last Day of School/Graduation Ceremonies
 

April 22-26

Spelling Words:  feet, teeth, lives, men, women, shelves, children, people, fish sheep
 
Send in those May Madness Basket items:  Cooking basket!!
 
Language Arts:  We will be starting our new unit this week!  It is another nonfiction unit Wind and Water Shape the Land, and we will be reading about science in the world.  We will also be studying words which mean more than one...some of the words will need an s, while other words change completely.
 
Math:  We will be finishing our unit on arrays and shapes.  We will be taking a test on the unit Friday!  We will do a review on Thursday which you can use to study for the test! Next week we will begin our final math unit of the year.  We will be reviewing regrouping and ungrouping as well.
 
Upcoming Dates:
 
April 19:  No School
April 26:  Twin Day Dress
May 16:  Mother/Son Dance
May 17:  Father/Daughter Dance
May 27:  No School
May 28:  May Madness
May 31:  Beach Day

April 15-19

Reminder:  Send in items for the 2nd Grade Cooking basket for May Madness!!
 
Spelling Words:  add, addition, move, movers, moving, work, worked, forgot, forgotten, forgetful
 
Reading/LA:  This week we will be working on root words, adding endings to root words, blending, multisyllable words.  We will be finishing our unit on Pioneers in Flight.  Our big goals this unit have been to be able to distinguish between 1st and 3rd person point of views, the author's purpose for writing the article, and details that support both!
 
Math:  We will be continuing with 2 and 3D shapes and their attributes.  We are working on being able to tell how they are alike and similar.  Words like:  quadrilaterals, trapezoids, hexagons, octagons, pentagons, cubes, spheres, cones, pyramid, rectangular prisms, vertices, ray, line segments, lines, points, right angle are all things the kids should be able to identify!
 
Upcoming Dates:
 
April 19:  No School
April 26:  Twin Day Dress
May 16:  Mother/Son Dance
May 17:  Father/Daughter Dance
May 27:  No School
May 28:  May Madness
May 31:  Beach Day
 

April 8-12

May Madness Basket:  2nd grade is collecting cooking/baking items for our May Madness basket.  Items include:  cookbooks, utensils, gift cards, baking supplies, etc.  If you could donate an item to our basket it would be appreciated!!  If you would like to send in $ we will shop for items to fill the basket!  Thanks!!
 
Spelling words: running, swimming, sitting, hopped, making, using, taking, liked, raked, smiled
 
Language Arts:  We will continue talking about Pioneers in Flight! We will be talking about first and third person points of view, and how we can use context clues to figure out who is telling the story.  We will continue to look at the main idea of the stories.  Homographs will also be studied!
 
Math:  We will be starting a unit on shapes.  We will be looking at 2 and 3 dimensional shapes and learning about their attributes.
 
There will be math and spelling homework to complete nightly.  Also, please make sure that your child is reading 15 minutes a night at home!
 
Upcoming Events:
No School on April 19th!

April 1-5

Welcome back.  I hope that you all had a great spring break!
 
Spelling:  railroad, moonlight, cowboy, bathroom, toothbrush, birthday, doorknob, seashell, snowball, starfish
 
Reading:  We will be beginning our Unit 7 in reading on Pioneers in Flight.  We will be working on the author's purpose and meaning for writing different stories.  Comparing and contrasting two topics on the same subject will also be done.  For language arts we will be talking about adjectives and adverbs, as well as compound words.
 
Math:  We will be finishing up Unit 7 by reviewing the things we have been talking about.  Line plots, measurement (yards and meters), adding and subtracting strategies, and 2 step problems.  We will take our Unit 7 Math at the end of the week.
 
 

April 1-5

Welcome back.  I hope that you all had a great spring break!
 
Spelling:  railroad, moonlight, cowboy, bathroom, toothbrush, birthday, doorknob, seashell, snowball, starfish
 
Reading:  We will be beginning our Unit 7 in reading on Pioneers in Flight.  We will be working on the author's purpose and meaning for writing different stories.  Comparing and contrasting two topics on the same subject will also be done.  For language arts we will be talking about adjectives and adverbs, as well as compound words.
 
Math:  We will be finishing up Unit 7 by reviewing the things we have been talking about.  Line plots, measurement (yards and meters), adding and subtracting strategies, and 2 step problems.  We will take our Unit 7 Math at the end of the week.
 
 

March 18-22

Happy week before Spring Break!!
 
This week is Spirit Week!  See the theme on days below!
 
Monday-Hoodie Day
Tuesday-PJ Day
Wednesday-School Color Day
Thursday-Jersey Day
Friday-Hat Day
 
We will not have a spelling test this week.  We will be doing a review of what we have learned in Unit 6!  Spelling Tests will resume after break!  
 
Reading-We will be finishing up folktales and fables.  We will be taking our Unit 6 Assessment!  We will be spending some time this week focusing on nouns, adjectives, and verbs.  We will continue with close reading and comprehending what we are reading...what do the words really mean!
 
Math-We will be measuring using meters and yards.  We will be gathering information on things that we measure (arm span, standing jumps) to put together a frequency table and a line plot (graph).  
 
NO SCHOOL-March 25-29 (SPRING BREAK)

March 11-15

Spelling words:  ball, tall, small, walk, talk, salt, draw, straw, fault, launch
 
Reading/Language Arts:  We will be wrapping up our Unit on folktales and fables.  We will be comparing and contrasting the stories that we have read over the past few weeks.  We have been talking about morals/lessons, plots, and using context clues to help us with our understanding of the stories.  We have also been talking about nouns, adjectives, and verbs along with antonyms and synonyms.
 
Math:  We will be starting our Unit 7.  We will continue to add and subtract so it is important that your student knows their basic facts.  We will be adding up to 4 addends.  We will also be measuring yards.
 
Events:
March 22-Hat Day
March 25-29-No School
April 19-No School

February 27-March 2

It was so nice to see so many of you at the World Culture Fair.  The kids had an awesome time learning about Kenya.  If you were unable to attend, ask your student what they learned and look at their Kenya book they brought home!  Such a fun time!!
 
Spelling words:  book, look, cook, shook, foot, good, stood, wood, push, put
 
Math:  We will continue talking and learning about 2 step math problems and graphing.  New material will include shapes, arrays, and reviewing strategies to help us with our addition and subtraction.  It is important that the basic addition and subtraction facts are being practiced!!
 
Reading/Language Arts:  We will continue to talk about folktales, fables, myths, and legends.  Our big question we are working on answering is how different cultures can help us learn!  We are really taking a close look at the stories to see what context clues the author gives us to answer the following:  What is the main idea of the story?  What are the supporting details?  What is the lesson that we are learning from the story?  
 
We will also be working on writing an animal research paper.  We will learn about taking notes, putting the notes into sentences, and then turn our sentences into a short report!  
 
Upcoming Events:
 
March 8-No School
March 22-Hat Day
March 25-29-Spring Break

February 19-23

Spelling Words:  too, soon, fruit, new, grew, blue, true, truth, July, shoe
 
Language Arts:  We will begin a new unit on Tales That Teach Us.  How can we learn from different cultures?  We will read stories from around the world and see how they are the same/different!  We will be talking about the genre fables and folktales.  We will continue working on our sight words and our high frequency words.  This week we will also be breaking apart short passages and closely reading through them to find the main idea and supporting details.
 
Math:  We will be continuing with addition and subtraction strategies, however we will be starting two-step problems!  Use the strategy that works best for individual word problems!  We will also be continuing with our graphs (pictographs and bar graphs).  I am also teaching them about line graphs!
 
Upcoming Events:
February 19- NO SCHOOL
February 20-World Culture Fair-Come travel the school from 4:30-6:15 and see all the work the kids have put into learning about new countries!  Ours is KENYA!!
February 23:  Free dress in Red/White/Blue

Valentine's Day-February 14

Dear 2nd Grade Families,

On February 14th, we will have a Valentine exchange. We have 23 students in our class. Students are not required to bring Valentines, but, if they choose to do so, please ensure that a valentine is included for every student in our class. Cards can be store bought or handmade. 

We have a student with a peanut allergy. Please refrain from bringing any candy to school that contains peanuts.

Wednesday the 14th will also be Pink and Red Dress Day!

Thank you for your participation in making this day special.

February 12-16

It was so nice to see so many of you over conferences.  If I did not get a chance to meet with you, I would love to touch base over the phone.  I will be reaching out to you over the next few days!
 
Reading:  Finishing Unit 4 on Technology and Inventions.  We have read about many different inventors/inventions.  We are talking about the difference between fact and opinion.  This week we will also be talking about the /ou/ (ou and ow) in phonics.  Spelling words this week are:  out, count, round, mouth, house, now, brown, town, owl, and cow
 
Math:  We will be starting Unit 6.  We will be working with bar graphs and pictographs.  This will include using data to answer questions and to create the graphs.  We will also be working on word problems and two step problems.
 
Upcoming Events:
February 14:  Pink and Red dress day
February 19- No School
February 20-World Culture Fair
February 23-Red, White, and Blue Day

February 5-8

Our play was a big hit!  I think that the kids really enjoyed themselves.  We talked about the best parts when we got back to school and the kids stated ..."the taco party"!!  So much fun!
 
This week spelling words:  boy, toy, enjoy, joyful, boil, coin, join, point, noise, voice
 
Math:  We will be wrapping up our Unit 5 in Math and taking our Unit assessment this week.  We have been working on addition and subtraction strategies, using graphs or number lines to help us get our answers, or counting on or back.  The kids should be pretty confident with their addition and subtraction facts.  Keep practicing!
 
Reading:  We will be reading and talking about a lot of inventors/inventions this week.  It is fun to read about inventions that kids have come up with...the TV, popsicle, and many others.  Ask your child about the windshield wipers and the waffle ice cream cone...those have been highlights.  We are doing a lot of open ended questions to help find the main ideas and the supporting details.  This will help with comprehension of what they are reading!
 
2/8 and 2/9 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY are conferences (No school on Friday 2/9).  Please schedule a conference if you haven't.  
 
2/19-No School
2/20- World Culture Fair (Come learn all about Kenya)
2/23-Red/White/Blue Day

January 29-February 2

Spelling words:  hope, shape, baseball, mistake, inside, useful, apple, little, table, purple
 
Reading:  This week we will be starting a new unit on Technology and Inventions.  We will be talking and comparing different inventions-comparing and contrasting.  We will be reading different stories about inventors and inventions.  
 
Math:  This week we are going to be working on number sentences using temperature and distances.  We are working on differentiating between when to add and when to subtract (looking for those context clues).
 
Thursday we will be going to Stages Theatre to see the play!!  Please make sure that you have turned in your permission slips and made a payment on the portal.
 
Also, February 8/9 are conferences.  Please make sure to sign up for a time to meet!  I can't wait to see you!!
 
No School on February 9th due to conferences!!

January 22-26

Weekly Spelling Words:  hair, stairs, chair, care, share, square, pear, bear, wear, where
 
Math:  We will be working on using number lines to help us add numbers and to locate numbers.  We will be taking an IXL math test this week as well. 
 
Language Arts:  We will be talking about character traits, 1st and 3rd person point of views, and homophones/homographs. We will be using context clues to determine which word we are talking about!
 
Friday, January 26- PAJAMA DAY!