Dear Second Grade Parents,
Grandparents Day was spent with a little dancing, interviews and games. Thank you to all the grandparents and special friends who came to spend some time with the children. I enjoyed every minute of your visit.
On Wednesday, September 11th , will be picture day. Students are to wear their uniforms. Money and order forms are due on this day. Please let me know if you need an order form.
Here’s a look at our week…
Homework
Reading Log & Fluency: Click on the red “homework & reading log” word to print out assignment. An additional part of their homework is to study for their spelling test, Unit 3. They may go onto spelling city to help practice words.
All homework must be done in pencil and stapled together so it may be turned in on Friday. Your child must fill out the reading log. The only section you do on the reading log is sign at the bottom.
Additional Homework on IXL: I am assigning the section on Money P.1, P.2,P.3 & Time Q.2, Q.9. Your child must log in for at least 15-20 minutes a week (not daily). This is just quick review of what we have done in class last week. I am able to go online to check student progress .
I will be sending your child’s work on Wednesday. Please remove all the work from the blue folder and sign the sheet
Religion
We will finish God Gives us Life and Love and begin Jesus is God’s Best Gift.
Vocabulary: angels, creation, creature
ELA (English Language Arts)
Reading: We will be re-reading Dragon Gets By and focusing on Cause and Effect, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary & retelling. We continue reviewing phonics through the stories Len and Linda’s Picnic and Ice Cream Crash.
Read Aloud: We will finish Flat Stanley this week. We will be reading books by Laura Numeroff to focus on cause and effect.
Spelling: Unit 3 in spelling begins the study of long vowel words with the “vowel-consonant-e” spelling pattern; phonics review will include more short vowels and the “vccv” pattern; vocabulary development; sentence
Writing: Printing practice; creative writing; we will begin writer’s workshop
MATH We will be counting to 1,000. We will skip count, review sums of 10-20 & review last weeks lessons.
SOCIAL STUDIES Unit 1: We Belong To Many Groups
Chapter 1 Vocabulary: group, map, community goods, law, services
SCIENCE We will begin learning about the plant life cycles. This week in the lab, we will examine pinto beans and lima beans.
Chapter 1 Vocabulary: flower, fruit, seed, life cycle, cone, inherit, environment, population and gravity
Have a Blessed Week,
Mrs. Vazquez
