Wow! Can you believe that there are only 3 weeks left?! We are in the home stretch!
I want to say a big thank you for all the little treats this past week! Ms. Carnahan and I really appreciated them. :)
A second thank you to all the moms who came on Friday. It meant a lot to our second graders to have you there.
Third, congrats to all of our scholars in 2A for a successful DIBELS test! Everyone did their best reading on this test, and I am very proud of them. We have another big week coming up - In math we will be reviewing all week long, and on Friday, we will take our Singapore end of year math test! Please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep Thursday night and has a hearty breakfast on Friday, as we will take this test early in the morning. Here is what's on the agenda for the rest of our subjects:
Literature: We are nearing the end of Little House in the Big Woods - we will be reading chapters 12 and 13 this week and continuing work on our foldables. Please continue reading from your classic book at home and plan to report to the class next week - if you cannot finish the book, be prepared to just talk about the parts that you did read. :)
Spalding: 32 words this week - Spelling Test on Friday!
Monday: either, effort, due, dew, include, allow, position, ledge, claim, primary, result
Tuesday: appoint, information, whom, who, arrest, themselves, self, calves, calf, halves, half
Wednesday: special, specific, present (noun), present (verb), action, act, justice, just, gentleman, gentle
Writing/Grammar: narration and dictation exercises from Peter Pan. We will work on a pre-writing map and rough draft for a letter to the future second graders.
Math: Math facts and review all week - Singapore end of year test on Friday!
History: We are finishing up our Immigration and Citizenship unit and will test on Friday. I know Friday is a big day already, so this will be a mini test. Study guides will go home Monday and we will review in class on Wednesday. We also have a fun "melting pot" activity on Wednesday that requires a small homework assignment. Please bring in a small piece of chocolate to be melted - this can be milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate...as long as it can be melted down. :)
Science: We are continuing on in our biography unit and are learning about Daniel Hale Williams this week. He was one of the first doctors to perform open heart surgery in the United States.
Poem: Harriet Tubman - last stanza! We will recite next week!
Miscellaneous: Healthy Snack Day is on Thursday - please pack a fruit or vegetable! I would also like to have a Flashlight Friday this Friday to relax and celebrate after our tests are done. Feel free to bring in a pillow, flashlight, and favorite book to read!
Thank you! Happy Mother's Day! Enjoy your Sunday!
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Week 35
Good evening,
I hope everyone had a great R&R 3-day weekend! This week we have a couple of very important things. We will be doing our DIBELS reading assessment all week long to test for reading fluency and comprehension. We also have the Mother's Day Tea on Friday from 8:15-9:15! Feel free to come on in at 8 and check in after dropping your child off. We will head downstairs and meet you as soon as our morning announcements are done and attendance is taken. :)
Here's what we have this week:
Literature: We will read chapters 10 and 11 in reading groups and will work on our foldables.
Spalding: There are 28 words this week - Test on Friday!
Monday: select, connection, connect, firm, region, religion, convict, private, command
Tuesday: debate, crowd, factory, publish, represent, term, section, relative, relate
Wednesday: progress, progress, entire, president, preside, famous, fame, serve, estate, remember
Writing/Grammar: Our writing with ease selection this week is from Dr. Doolittle. We will apply what we have learned about paragraph writing to recap a narration passage from this story.
Math: This week we have a very short unit on graphs! We will discuss tally graphs, picture graphs, and bar graphs. Lesson 1 Test on Thursday and Lesson 2 Test on Friday!
History: We are continuing on in our Immigration and Citizenship unit and learning about 3 very successful immigrants: Andrew Carnegie, Albert Sabin, and Irving Berlin.
Science: In Science, we are learning about biographies. Last week we learned about Elijah McCoy. This week we will study Florence Nightingale!
Touch Pebbles: Text - Narcissus - Goals: Students will differentiate between listening to another person and hearing what one wants to hear.
Idiom: "the real McCoy!"
Poem: Harriet Tubman (to be recited in two weeks!)
Have a wonderful week and we look forward to seeing you moms on Friday!
I hope everyone had a great R&R 3-day weekend! This week we have a couple of very important things. We will be doing our DIBELS reading assessment all week long to test for reading fluency and comprehension. We also have the Mother's Day Tea on Friday from 8:15-9:15! Feel free to come on in at 8 and check in after dropping your child off. We will head downstairs and meet you as soon as our morning announcements are done and attendance is taken. :)
Here's what we have this week:
Literature: We will read chapters 10 and 11 in reading groups and will work on our foldables.
Spalding: There are 28 words this week - Test on Friday!
Monday: select, connection, connect, firm, region, religion, convict, private, command
Tuesday: debate, crowd, factory, publish, represent, term, section, relative, relate
Wednesday: progress, progress, entire, president, preside, famous, fame, serve, estate, remember
Writing/Grammar: Our writing with ease selection this week is from Dr. Doolittle. We will apply what we have learned about paragraph writing to recap a narration passage from this story.
Math: This week we have a very short unit on graphs! We will discuss tally graphs, picture graphs, and bar graphs. Lesson 1 Test on Thursday and Lesson 2 Test on Friday!
History: We are continuing on in our Immigration and Citizenship unit and learning about 3 very successful immigrants: Andrew Carnegie, Albert Sabin, and Irving Berlin.
Science: In Science, we are learning about biographies. Last week we learned about Elijah McCoy. This week we will study Florence Nightingale!
Touch Pebbles: Text - Narcissus - Goals: Students will differentiate between listening to another person and hearing what one wants to hear.
Idiom: "the real McCoy!"
Poem: Harriet Tubman (to be recited in two weeks!)
Have a wonderful week and we look forward to seeing you moms on Friday!
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Week 34
Good evening! We are reaching the end of April, which means we only have one more month after this week! This is a short week - there is no school on Friday, and it's R&R, which means no homework. :)
Literature: Little House in the Big Woods continued - we're learning about how to make maple syrup and identifying animal tracks!
Spalding: There are only 20 words this week - Test on Thursday!
Monday: passengers, remained, retreating, style, subtract, tailor, thumb, trial, voyage, whisper
Tuesday: wrong, sometimes, engage, final, terrible, surprise, period, addition, employ, property
Writing/Grammar: We are working on a paragraph for Mother's Day. :)
Math: This week we will finish up our unit on capacity and will review all units from 1-12. Cumulative Test on Thursday!
History: We are starting a new unit on immigration and citizenship. This week we will focus on why and how immigrants came to America.
Science: We will be studying the life of Elijah McCoy this week and recording some key points from his life.
Idiom: "The real McCoy"
Poem: Harriet Tubman (stanza 3)
Miscellaneous: I hope you received your Mother's Day Tea invites! It will take place on Friday, May 6th from 8:15-9:15 am. You are welcome to sign in and head to the MPR at 8, when school starts. We will take attendance and then head down to meet you there. There will be refreshments, and it will be a fun way to spend some time talking with your child.
Have a great week!
Literature: Little House in the Big Woods continued - we're learning about how to make maple syrup and identifying animal tracks!
Spalding: There are only 20 words this week - Test on Thursday!
Monday: passengers, remained, retreating, style, subtract, tailor, thumb, trial, voyage, whisper
Tuesday: wrong, sometimes, engage, final, terrible, surprise, period, addition, employ, property
Writing/Grammar: We are working on a paragraph for Mother's Day. :)
Math: This week we will finish up our unit on capacity and will review all units from 1-12. Cumulative Test on Thursday!
History: We are starting a new unit on immigration and citizenship. This week we will focus on why and how immigrants came to America.
Science: We will be studying the life of Elijah McCoy this week and recording some key points from his life.
Idiom: "The real McCoy"
Poem: Harriet Tubman (stanza 3)
Miscellaneous: I hope you received your Mother's Day Tea invites! It will take place on Friday, May 6th from 8:15-9:15 am. You are welcome to sign in and head to the MPR at 8, when school starts. We will take attendance and then head down to meet you there. There will be refreshments, and it will be a fun way to spend some time talking with your child.
Have a great week!
Monday, April 18, 2016
Mother's Day Tea!
Save the date! On Friday, May 6th, we will have our Mother's Day Tea in the MPR from 8:15-9:15 a.m. More details to come soon! :)
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Week 33
Happy Sunday! I was out sick earlier this week and then went out of town for a wedding. I have missed your children so much! Looking forward to this upcoming week. Here's what we have coming up:
Literature: In Literature, we are continuing on in Little House in the Big Woods. :)
Spalding: 30 words this week. Test on Friday!
Monday: nearly, to, too, two, animal, basin, breeze, button, cabbage, careful
Tuesday: cough, cousin, dollars, excuse, excuse, island, grief, guard, guilty, hungry
Wednesday: language, laughter, laugh, lining, line, ocean, nephew, nineteen, noticed, notice
Grammar/Writing: more paragraph writing - We will write a descriptive paragraph, describing the story of Grandpa and the pig (from Little House).
Math: This week begins a new unit - capacity! We will compare different containers and develop an understanding of the standard units of capacity - liters, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons!
History: We are wrapping up our Civil War unit this week. We will be learning a little more about the "angel of the battlefield," Clara Barton. Then we will review a bit and test on Friday. A study guide will go home on Monday to help!
Science: This week we will explore what we've learned about simple machines by building them and finding them in our daily lives.
Touch Pebbles: The Man Who Thought He Could Do Anything - In this discussion, students will examine the benefits of working together in a group.
Idiom: "Cold Feet" - loss of nerve or confidence
Poem: Harriet Tubman (Eloise Greenfield)
Miscellaneous: This Friday is French and Fine Arts Night! Come look at some beautiful drawings and hear some French songs!
Literature: In Literature, we are continuing on in Little House in the Big Woods. :)
Spalding: 30 words this week. Test on Friday!
Monday: nearly, to, too, two, animal, basin, breeze, button, cabbage, careful
Tuesday: cough, cousin, dollars, excuse, excuse, island, grief, guard, guilty, hungry
Wednesday: language, laughter, laugh, lining, line, ocean, nephew, nineteen, noticed, notice
Grammar/Writing: more paragraph writing - We will write a descriptive paragraph, describing the story of Grandpa and the pig (from Little House).
Math: This week begins a new unit - capacity! We will compare different containers and develop an understanding of the standard units of capacity - liters, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons!
History: We are wrapping up our Civil War unit this week. We will be learning a little more about the "angel of the battlefield," Clara Barton. Then we will review a bit and test on Friday. A study guide will go home on Monday to help!
Science: This week we will explore what we've learned about simple machines by building them and finding them in our daily lives.
Touch Pebbles: The Man Who Thought He Could Do Anything - In this discussion, students will examine the benefits of working together in a group.
Idiom: "Cold Feet" - loss of nerve or confidence
Poem: Harriet Tubman (Eloise Greenfield)
Miscellaneous: This Friday is French and Fine Arts Night! Come look at some beautiful drawings and hear some French songs!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Week 32
Good evening,
I hope everyone had a good weekend! Just a reminder that there is a half day this Friday! I will be taking that day off for a friend's wedding, but I will respond back to your emails by the following Monday. This Thursday is healthy snack day; please send in a healthy fruit or vegetable!
Literature: Little House in the Big Woods and lapbook :) We're comparing and contrasting our homes with Laura's and describing Christmas at the Ingalls' home. We still need help with reading groups! If you would like to read with us, please sign up here!
For our classic book report, your child is selecting a book to read. Please let me know once it is chosen so that I can approve it and write the title down.
Spalding: We have 29 words this week. Test on Friday!
Monday: support, does, goes, Tuesday, regard, escape, since, which, witch (you may notice that a couple of words are familiar)
Tuesday: length, long, strength, strong, destroy, newspaper, daughter, naughty, caught, taught
Wednesday: answer, reply, sail, sale, cities, city, known, know, several, desire
Grammar: Pre-writing skills - We will be creating a pre-writing map for making bullets (from Little House in the Big Woods). We will take this map to create a rough draft, edit in class, and then write a final draft.
Writing: narration, copy work, and dictation from "A Child's Geography of the World"
Math: We are reviewing time this week. Each day will focus on a different component: after the hour, before the hour, time intervals, and elapsed time. We will test on Friday!
History: Civil War continued - Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and how the war ends
Science: Simple machines continued - pulley and wheel & axle
Poem: Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield - This is split into five stanzas. Practice one stanza each week. This is our last poem for the year!
Goodnight. See you in the morning!
I hope everyone had a good weekend! Just a reminder that there is a half day this Friday! I will be taking that day off for a friend's wedding, but I will respond back to your emails by the following Monday. This Thursday is healthy snack day; please send in a healthy fruit or vegetable!
Literature: Little House in the Big Woods and lapbook :) We're comparing and contrasting our homes with Laura's and describing Christmas at the Ingalls' home. We still need help with reading groups! If you would like to read with us, please sign up here!
For our classic book report, your child is selecting a book to read. Please let me know once it is chosen so that I can approve it and write the title down.
Spalding: We have 29 words this week. Test on Friday!
Monday: support, does, goes, Tuesday, regard, escape, since, which, witch (you may notice that a couple of words are familiar)
Tuesday: length, long, strength, strong, destroy, newspaper, daughter, naughty, caught, taught
Wednesday: answer, reply, sail, sale, cities, city, known, know, several, desire
Grammar: Pre-writing skills - We will be creating a pre-writing map for making bullets (from Little House in the Big Woods). We will take this map to create a rough draft, edit in class, and then write a final draft.
Writing: narration, copy work, and dictation from "A Child's Geography of the World"
Math: We are reviewing time this week. Each day will focus on a different component: after the hour, before the hour, time intervals, and elapsed time. We will test on Friday!
History: Civil War continued - Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and how the war ends
Science: Simple machines continued - pulley and wheel & axle
Poem: Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield - This is split into five stanzas. Practice one stanza each week. This is our last poem for the year!
Goodnight. See you in the morning!
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Week 31
Good morning!
We have loved seeing the brown bag autobiography book reports! We still have several presentations to go, and we look forward to hearing the rest of them! For the next book, your child will get to select a classic to read. More instructions will be going home tomorrow!
This week is going to be a busy one. We have the Spring Concert on Wednesday at 5:30! Come listen to your children sing some beautiful music. :)
Here's what we will be learning in class this week:
Literature: We are continuing on with Little House in the Big Woods and our lap books!
Spalding: 30 words this week - make sure we're writing 2 sentences with spelling words each night! These directions are on the homework. :) Test on Friday!
Monday: importance, important, carried, carry, loss, fortune, empire, mayor, wait, degree
Tuesday: prison, engine, visit, guest, guessed, guess, department, obtain, family, favor
Wednesday: Mrs. = Mistress, Mr. = Mister, Miss, husband, amount, human, view, clerk, though, o'lock - o(f the) clock
Writing: narration, copy work, and dictation exercises
Grammar: We're finishing dictionary skills and then working on pre-writing skills!
Touch Pebbles: text selection - About Lying
Math: We are finishing up our unit on time this week. It was a quick one - please continue to practice telling time at home! (Reminder: The word "minutes" is a longer word and has more letters in it - the minute hand is the longer looking hand!)
Please help us with math groups! You can sign up here!
History: Civil War - By the end of the week, students will be able to recognize Abraham Lincoln, the importance of the Emancipation Act, and list reasons why the South wanted to secede from the Union.
Science: We are learning more about Simple Machines, focusing mostly on the wedge and screw this week!
Idiom: "Get a taste of your own medicine!"
Poem: Poetry recitations this week!! (Lincoln by Turner)
Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!
We have loved seeing the brown bag autobiography book reports! We still have several presentations to go, and we look forward to hearing the rest of them! For the next book, your child will get to select a classic to read. More instructions will be going home tomorrow!
This week is going to be a busy one. We have the Spring Concert on Wednesday at 5:30! Come listen to your children sing some beautiful music. :)
Here's what we will be learning in class this week:
Literature: We are continuing on with Little House in the Big Woods and our lap books!
Spalding: 30 words this week - make sure we're writing 2 sentences with spelling words each night! These directions are on the homework. :) Test on Friday!
Monday: importance, important, carried, carry, loss, fortune, empire, mayor, wait, degree
Tuesday: prison, engine, visit, guest, guessed, guess, department, obtain, family, favor
Wednesday: Mrs. = Mistress, Mr. = Mister, Miss, husband, amount, human, view, clerk, though, o'lock - o(f the) clock
Writing: narration, copy work, and dictation exercises
Grammar: We're finishing dictionary skills and then working on pre-writing skills!
Touch Pebbles: text selection - About Lying
Math: We are finishing up our unit on time this week. It was a quick one - please continue to practice telling time at home! (Reminder: The word "minutes" is a longer word and has more letters in it - the minute hand is the longer looking hand!)
Please help us with math groups! You can sign up here!
History: Civil War - By the end of the week, students will be able to recognize Abraham Lincoln, the importance of the Emancipation Act, and list reasons why the South wanted to secede from the Union.
Science: We are learning more about Simple Machines, focusing mostly on the wedge and screw this week!
Idiom: "Get a taste of your own medicine!"
Poem: Poetry recitations this week!! (Lincoln by Turner)
Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!
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