Week of February 11-14, 2013

Dear Second Grade Families,

I am so glad to be returning this week.  I have been out ill and have missed my second graders.  We have an exciting Valentine’s week!  Thank you to all the parents who helped during Primary Centers.  Our room moms have organized a fun celebration for Valentine’s Day.  Mrs. Galvan sent an email this weekend to everyone with a class list for Valentine’s Day. I will also send a copy of the class list in their Homework Folder.

HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR WEEK…

*****STUDENT OF THE WEEK…Asher*****

HOMEWORK:  Reading Log & Fluency (Focus will be expression) Homework will be turned in on Thursday.

RELIGION: We will do our Virtus lessons along with our unit 2 Family Life.  We will finish our unit on God loves all families this week.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Reading: We are wrapping up the story, ANTS (non-fiction).   We will be discussing and reading about Abraham Lincoln & George Washington during our reading groups along with a writing activity.   We will be reviewing ending words in –nd, -nt, and –mp.

We finished the Box Car Children!  Our read aloud this week will be Cam Jansen.  During our read aloud, we work on visualization, vocabulary, comprehension, context clues, intonation, and modeling other reading strategies. We LOVE our read aloud time!

Spelling: We will NOT have new words this week therefore we will not have a spelling test.  Our focus this week will be making words, correcting sentences and ABC order.

Writing:  We will finish our final drafts on our persuasive writing.  We will continue cursive this week. We will be sending letters requesting for the return of flat second graders.   As soon as we begin receiving our flat second graders, your child will be bringing home the board, envelope with mail, and instructions for the second part of the Flat Person assignment to be completed at home.

MATH: Adding and subtracting facts to 20; Reviewing ordering numbers from greatest to least, reviewing 2-D & 3-D shapes, subtraction with regrouping.  We have a busy math week.

Social Studies: Learning about Abraham Lincoln & George Washington

Science:  Review chapter 5 & 6 (gravity, motion, pull/push)

Dates to Remember:

Wednesday:  Ash Wednesday; We will attend 8:30 Mass.

Thursday:  Happy Valentine’s Day!  We will attend 8:30 Mass and have our classroom celebration in the afternoon.

Friday:  No School!  Teachers will have an in-service.

Please feel free to contact me via email if you have any questions or concerns.

Blessings,

Mrs. Vazquez