December 10th-14th

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

Tonight is the Winter Concert!  Come on down to the middle school.  The concert will start at 6:00, second grade will be singing around 6:30.  See you there!

A paper went home last about our Elf Workshop.  If you would like to send in supplies to help us out, please send them in ASAP.  Also, if you would like volunteer and help us out with the crafts during our Elf Workshop, just let me know!  The Workshop will be on December 17th and will run from around 9 to 11.

Homework packets are due tomorrow!  Send them in the boomerang folders!  Remember, I love any feedback you have to give!

Calling all Mystery Readers!  If you would like to come into our classroom and read a short story, please let me know!  We have plenty of space still open!

 

IXL:

Graphing:  R. 2, 3, 6, 7

Facts:  E. 1-12, L. 1-5

Time: Q. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

Money:  P. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15

Odd and Even:  A. 6, 7, 8

Geometry:  T. 1, 2, 3

Fractions:  U. 1-5, 7, 8

This week in...

Phonics:  We are studying the long /u/ sound with the spelling patterns u_e and u.  We practiced with the following words:  mule, bugle, fuse, use, flute, June, music, duke, tune, and dune.

Vocabulary:  Our new vocabulary words are:  tips, obeys, attention, accident, enormous, and buddy.  We'll figure out what these new words mean and build connections to them.  Then, we'll search for them in the story called Safety at School by Brian Sullivan.

Comprehension:  This week we'll be focusing on using the illustrations to help us understand story events.  We'll be working on this skill in small groups and as a whole group while we read the story called Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann.

Writing:  We will begin thinking about persuasive writing.  When we are trying to persuade someone, that means we are trying to express our idea or opinion about something.  We'll be using the OREO model to help with this.  OREO stands for:  state your OPINION, give your REASON, give an EXPLANATION, and then restate your OPINION.

Grammar:  We're working with present-tense verbs.  These verbs tell about actions that happen now.  For example, answers, stop, stand, blinks, and watch are all present-tense verbs.

Math:  We will continue working with our game menu.  These games are giving us the chance to not only practice the games we'll be using a lot in our next unit but they also give us the chance to practice some really important strategies for how to add and subtract using place value.

Social Studies:  We will continue to work on making an S.O.P. for our kindergarten friends for how to get dressed for outdoor recess in the winter months.  This will take some time and maybe a couple rewrites.  Then, we will share it and model it to our kindergarten friends.

I hope that was everything on our to-do list for the week!  Let me know if you have any questions!

Have a fabulous week!