Friday, January 10, 2014

Reading  With this week being so short, next week we will finish discussing and identifying elements of fables. Students will also compare and contrast two versions of the same story, The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall and The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, by Eugene Trivizas. 

Language Arts Students will work on improving their writing by learning how to write complete sentences. We will also revisit punctuation marks. 

Reading Logs  Second graders are expected to read 20 minutes each night.  Please continue to log minutes with your child in their January reading log. 

Congratulations to those students who read for 21 days during the month of December. We celebrated with lunch in the classroom and a Magic School Bus Movie. A coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut was also handed out. 

Math We will have a chapter test on subtraction on Monday. In the next chapter we will continue working with 2-digit subtraction. Students will model and record 2 digit subtraction, and use regrouping to subtract and find the difference. 

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Here is a website where you can make fact worksheets:
  http://www.mathfactcafe.com/build/

Social Studies:  Junior Achievement  Mrs. Haiduc, our volunteer from Junior Achievement, came to our class this week to teach us about the economic role of government in a community. Students discussed government jobs in the community and why taxation is necessary.

Science  We began a unit on Living Things. We will read and learn about animal needs. We will observe, identify and describe the basic needs of animals. 

Important Dates & Announcements

January Dates to Remember

13 - MAPS Testing
15 - Early Dismissal @12pm
16 - MAPS Testing
20 - No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February Dates to Remember

  4 - Early Dismissal @12pm
14 - Classroom Valentine Parties
17 - President's Day - No School
20 - Spring Picture Day
22 - Snowflake Ball
28 - County Institute Day - No School