Friday, October 18

Reading and Language Arts   

This week we will read aloud The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey. It is about a paperboy and his dog enjoying the quiet of the early morning as they deliver their papers. 

Comprehension Focus
-Students visualize to make sense of text
-Students informally use schema and inference as they visualize
-Students read independently

Social Development Focus
-Students analyze the effect of their behavior on others and on the group work
-Students relate the values of  caring and helpfulness to their behavior and interactions
-Students develop the group skills of taking turns talking and listening

Vocabulary Words
-predicament
-remedy
-advice
-solution

Reading Logs  Second graders are expected to read 20 minutes each night. Please help your child record their minutes in their October reading folder. Reading log folders should be returned to school at the end of the month after reading for 21 days. 

Writing  In writing next week we will continue the lesson that focused on the read aloud Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Typed Aloud. Also, they will be reading My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman. It is a silly story about a little sister who eats many gross things. It begins with a silly sentence and just keeps getting sillier and sillier.

The focus will be:  students will hear and discuss good writing, write sentences to generate writing ideas, write silly stories, capitalize proper nouns, and approximate the spelling of unfamiliar words. We will continue building our writing community where students are listening respectfully to the thinking of others and sharing their own writing as well as working in a responsible way. Students will express interest in and appreciation for one another's writing.  

Spelling Look for your child's word sort to come home on Monday. Please keep the Weekly Spelling Activity Card in your child's green folder when they have completed the nightly activity. Students are being asked to choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night (Mon-Thurs) to help them master their spelling words for the week. Once your child has completed the activity, please fill out the spelling homework sheet, indicating which activity they chose, initial it, and have them return it the following day. This will help them prepare for the assessment on Friday. 

Math Students will problem solve making reasonable estimates and then have a chapter test in the middle of the week. Check your student's assignment notebook for the exact date. Our next chapter is Number Concepts and Patterns. Students will use ordinal numbers to identify positions and compare numbers using <, > and =.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards. Weekly timed tests are given.

Science  We will continue our unit on Energy and Motion. We will continue an investigation on how light moves. 

*****************************************************************Star Student of the Week  Chloe was our star student of the week. When she is at school she enjoys reading. When she is at home she likes to read too. When she grows up she would like to be a veterinarian. Chloe is a star because she is nice. Thanks for sharing Chloe!

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Important Dates & Announcements

October Dates to Remember
21 - Box Tops Collection Day
24 - Early Dismissal @12pm
31 - Parade @1:40 provided we have good weather, classroom parties will follow

November Dates to Remember
   1 - School Wide Reading Reward Day-Wear orange and black and bring a                   Halloween book to share 
   1 - Family Halloween Party @6:30
4-7 - Parent Teacher Conferences
   8 - Parent Teacher Conferences - No School
  11 -  Veteran's Day - No School