Parents,
We will begin poem recitations of Windy Nights this week. Please be sure your scholar is prepared for this presentation. If you have misplaced the poem that was sent home in red folders, please look at the previous blog post in order to find it. Upcoming events: Tuesday, February 27: Peter Piper Pizza Night Friday, March 2: Last day to donate to the Jump Rope for Heart Jar Friday, March 9: No school March 12-16: Spring Break This week: Spalding- Your scholar will have 22 new words this week. All spelling words are to be written in cursive each night. Please have your scholar write their words in their best Spalding cursive. Markings need to be done on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday you should dictate all 22 words to your scholar. Markings are not required on Thursday. ****If your child is misspelling a word, please mark it wrong and have them correct it on their homework. Math- We will continue our unit on money by looking at number words, converting between denominations, making change, and adding money. There will be a quiz on Thursday. Please continue to work on basic math facts at home with your child. Addition and subtraction facts through 20 should be mastered by the end of the year. Science - We will continue our science unit on life cycles. As we continue, we will also learn about the life cycle of a frog and of a chicken. We hope that our beans will begin to sprout soon as well! There will be a test on Thursday. NEW HOMEWORK: On Tuesday, students will be given a keyword outline to glue into their journals for homework. They are to use this outline to write a summary about what was learned in class that day. Literature- We will continue to read The Odyssey in class. Students absolutely love hearing the adventures that Odysseus has to endure as he tries to journey home to Ithaca. Writing and Grammar- Students will be asked to write a five-sentence summary about an excerpt of Little Women. Please email me if you have any questions! Mrs. Bennett
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Parents,
There are only three weeks until Spring Break. We have many things still to accomplish before this time, so please continue to be diligent when completing homework with your scholar each night. This time is incredibly valuable. Upcoming events: Monday, February 19: NO SCHOOL - Presidents Day Tuesday, February 27: Peter Piper Pizza Night Friday, March 9: No school March 12-16: Spring Break This week: Spalding- Your scholar will have 12 new words this week. All spelling words are to be written in cursive each night. Please have your scholar write their words in their best Spalding cursive. Markings need to be done on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday you should dictate all 12 words to your scholar. Markings are not required on Thursday. ****If your child is misspelling a word, please mark it wrong and have them correct it on their homework. Scholars need to study phonograms 1-70 every night. If your scholar can say all 70 phonogram sounds, please practice having them write their phonograms as you dictate to them. They can now begin practicing these in cursive! Math- We will review all mental math strategies for addition and subtraction. There will be a test on Thursday. We will begin a unit on money on Friday. Please continue to work on basic math facts at home with your child. Addition and subtraction facts through 20 should be mastered by the end of the year. Science - We will begin a new science unit on life cycles. On Tuesday, we will begin to study the life cycle of a plant. Students will get to watch their own lima bean plant grow as we learn about each part of the cycle. There will be a quiz on Friday. Please continue to ask your child about what they learned in class that day. NEW HOMEWORK: On Thursday, students will be given a keyword outline to glue into their journals for homework. They are to use this outline to write a summary about what was learned in class that day. Literature- To follow up our study of The Iliad in the second quarter, we will begin reading The Odyssey on Tuesday. Students will be surprised with this information, and I know they will be thrilled, as Ancient Greece was one of the highlights of second grade for them thus far. Poetry- We have been practicing, Windy Nights, in class. Please have your child practice nightly as we will start reciting the poem this week! Please look a few posts back to see the poem if your copy has been lost. Writing and Grammar- We will continue to work with nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Students will be learning that they can go to a noun or pronoun and ask, "What kind? How many?" to identify an adjective. Please email me if you have any questions! Mrs. Bennett Parents, This week begins the second half of the third quarter! There is still so much that our scholars have to learn before the end of the year, but this week made me reflect on how far they've come. I'm so proud of them. Upcoming events: Monday, February 19: NO SCHOOL - Presidents Day Tuesday, February 27: Peter Piper Pizza Night Friday, March 9: No school March 12-16: Spring Break Here is a look at this week: This week: Cursive- Each night, in the spelling packet, there will be a sheet for your child to practice their cursive handwriting. Please have them write each night's phonograms 3 times in the space provided. Please make sure they take their time and form their letters correctly. Spalding- There will be no words on MONDAY! Your scholar will have 10 new words this week. Each night, your scholar will receive a piece of paper, in their red folder, with the 5 words that were studied in class that day. Please dictate the words to your scholar 3 times in different orders. As your scholar writes the words, they need to also do the markings for each word. Please have your scholar write their words in their best Spalding handwriting. Markings need to be done on Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday you should dictate all 10 words to your scholar. Markings are not required on Thursday. ****If your child is misspelling a word, please mark it wrong and have them correct it on their homework. Scholars need to study phonograms 1-70 every night. If your scholar can say all 70 phonogram sounds, please practice having them write their phonograms as you dictate to them. They can now begin practicing these in cursive! Math- We will continue to learn more mental math strategies and how to apply them to subtraction with numbers through the hundreds. There will be a quiz on Friday. Please continue to work on basic math facts at home with your child. Addition and subtraction facts through 20 should be mastered by the end of the year. History- In history we will continue our unit on Westward Expansion. We will continue studying the Native Americans and learn about the railroads. There will be a test on Friday. Please continue to ask your child about what they learned in class that day! Literature- We will finish our story, Cricket in Times Square this week. It has been a lovely story that our scholars have enjoyed very much. I have a surprise for them next week about the book we will begin. I bet they will let you know on Monday which one it will be, as I anticipate they will be quite excited. Poetry- We have been practicing, Windy Nights, in class. Please have your child practice nightly as we will start reciting the poem next week! Please look a few posts back to see the poem if your copy has been lost. Writing and Grammar- We will continue to work with nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Students will be working on a key word outline to write a 5 sentence summary from the excerpt of The 101 Dalmatians. Please email me if you have any questions! Mrs. Bennett As we move into our first full week of February, we will begin what the students have been waiting for all year long...CURSIVE! Spelling homework is going to be quite different the next few weeks. Students will be very excited to start writing in cursive. I ask that you watch them practice their cursive handwriting each night. NO SPELLING WORDS will be done in cursive this week. No other work will be in cursive until you hear it from me! So please continue to do all assignments(except cursive handwriting practice) in manuscript.
Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions. Friday, February 9: Spirit Day and HALF DAY DISMISSAL-No Lunches Monday, February 19: NO SCHOOL-Presidents Day Tuesday, February 27: Peter Piper Pizza Night Here is a look at this week: This week: Cursive- Each night, in the spelling packet, there will be a sheet for your child to practice their cursive handwriting. Please have them write each lower case letter 3 times in the space provided. Please make sure they take their time and form their letters correctly. Spalding- There will be no words on MONDAY! Your scholar will have 20 new words this week. Each night, your scholar will receive a piece of paper, in their red folder, with the 9 or 11 words that were studied in class that day. Please dictate the words to your scholar 3 times in different orders. As your scholar writes the words, they need to also do the markings for each word. Please have your scholar write their words in their best Spalding handwriting. Markings need to be done on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Thursday you should dictate all 20 words to your scholar. Markings are not required on Thursday. ****If your child is misspelling a word, please mark it wrong and have them correct it on their homework. Scholars need to study phonograms 1-70 every night. If your scholar can say all 70 phonogram sounds, please practice having them write their phonograms as you dictate to them. Math- We will continue to learn more mental math strategies and how to apply them to addition with numbers through the hundreds. There will be a quiz on Thursday. On Friday we will review how to subtract ones and tens. Please continue to work on basic math facts at home with your child. Addition and subtraction facts through 20 should be mastered by the end of the year. History- In history we will continue our unit on Westward Expansion. We will continue studying the Oregon Trail and Native Americans. There will be a quiz on Friday. Please continue to ask your child about what they learned in class that day! Literature- We will continue to read Cricket in Times Square. We will read through chapter 12 this week. The students are truly enjoying this story of Chester Cricket, Tucker the Mouse, and Harry the Cat! Writing and Grammar- We will continue to work with nouns, verbs, and adverbs. Please email me if you have any questions! Mrs. Bennett Windy Nights BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Why does he gallop and gallop about? Whenever the trees are crying aloud, And ships are tossed at sea, By, on the highway, low and loud, By at the gallop goes he. By at the gallop he goes, and then By he comes back at the gallop again. |
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