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May 26-June 6

Spelling Words:  sign, gnat, know, knock, knife, write, wrong, thumb, comb, climb
 
Language Arts:  We will be finishing our unit on Buying, Selling, and Making Money.  We will be talking about graphic features, compare/contrast, and story elements.  We will also be learning about silent letters.
 
Math:  We will be continuing to work on regrouping with addition and subtraction.  We will take our End of Year Assessment!
 
Upcoming Events:
May 26- NO SCHOOL
May 28-May Madness-come eat, play games, and socialize.  Make sure to visit the Plinko game where I will be working!
May 30-Lunch at the Park
May 31- Beach Day
June 3-Talent Show
June 6-Last day of school
 
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to teach your children this year.  They are all such great kids and you should be so proud of the accomplishments they made in 2nd grade!  Have a great summer!
 
 

May 20-24

Spelling Words:  above, ago, about, ahead, away, alone, alike, awake, along, again
 
Language Arts:  This week we will be continuing to talk about Buying, Selling, and Making Money! We will be talking about the theme of the stories we are reading, how characters and settings affect the plot, and the plot element of the story. We will be discussing the schwa sound in phonics!
 
Math:  We are finishing unit 9 and reviewing regrouping in addition and subtraction.  
 
Upcoming Events:
 
May 20::  Track and Field Day-Free Dress Day (No swim suits/towels) **Make sure to bring a water bottle to school!
May 27:  No School
May 28:  May Madness
May 30: Lunch/Play at the park
May 31:  Beach Day
June 6:  Last Day of School

May 13-17

Spelling Words:  happy, lucky, funny, messy, rainy, slowly, neatly, likely, quickly, friendly
 
**We will have math and spelling homework nightly.  Please make sure that your child is completing their daily work!  Reading 10-15 minutes nightly is also very important!
 
Language Arts:
This week we will begin out final unit on Making, Buying, and Selling.  We will be working on recognizing the main idea and supporting evidence, building vocabulary, and talking about how graphic features can contribute to the meaning of a story.  We will be working on words ending in -y and -ly in phonics.  Building and blending multisyllable words will also be worked on in class.
 
Math:
We will be finishing up on Unit 9 and taking our assessment.  Fraction names, parts, coins, expanded form, and subtracting with regrouping are all areas that we are focused on this week!  
 
Upcoming Events:
May 14:  Music Concert
May 16:  Mother/Son Dance
May 17:  Father/Daughter Dance
May 20-24:  Track and Field Day
May 27:  No School
May 28:  May Madness
May 31:  Beach Day
June 6:  Last Day of School

May 6-10

Happy May!!
 
Spelling Words:  faster, fastest, slower, slowest, newer, newest, colder, coldest, taller, tallest
 
ELA:  We will be finishing our unit on Wind and Water Shape the Land.  We will be reading a few stories, as well as talking about the unit and real world perspectives.  For spelling we will be reviewing -er and -est suffixes and talking about how the suffixes change the meaning of the base words.  We are also doing some reading theatre and will continue for the rest of the year!
 
Math:  We will be continuing to talk about fractions, as well as place value and expanded form.  We will be talking about how money can relate to fractions!  Also measuring to the nearest 1/2 inch will be continued.  
 
Upcoming Events:
May 14:  Music Concert
May 16:  Mother/Son Dance
May 17:  Father/Daughter Dance
May 27:  No School
May 28:  May Madness
May 31:  Beach Day
 
 
 

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.