Week of March 5, 2012

Upcoming Events:
     March 6th: Chick-fil-a Night
     March 7th: Walk to School Day
     March 9th:  No School

What are we learning?
     Math: Review skills
     Reading: Character traits and character development
     Language Arts: Prefixes and Suffixes
     Writing: Poetry
     Science:  Energy

Homework: Read 20 minutes each day, practice spelling words
     Monday: Reading/Language Arts worksheet
     Tuesday: Math worksheet
     Wednesday: Reading/Language Arts worksheet

Spelling Words:
Group 1: corn, for, more, word, four, poor, roar, soar, work, store
Group 2: corn, for, more, word, four, poor, roar, soar, work, store,
              world, worst, fourth, pour, horse
Group 3: corn, for, more, word, four, poor, roar, soar, work, store,
              world, worst, fourth, pour, horse, sworn, coarse, forge, court,
              gorge

Week of February 27, 2012

Upcoming Events:
     Tuesday: Checkpoint testing 8am
     Wednesday: Checkpoint testing 8am
     Friday: Read Across America Day, wear your PJs

What are we learning???
Math: Multiplication and Division (test scheduled for Friday, subject to change)
Reading:  Poetry
Language Arts: Prefix and suffix
Writing: Poetry
Science/Social Studies: Finish Civil Rights and begin Energy

Homework: Read 20 minutes everyday!
     Monday:  Language arts worksheet
     Tuesday: Word problem worksheet
     Wednesday: Language arts worksheet
     Thursday: Study for Math test

Spelling Words:
Group 1: girl, first, third, her, fur, hire, tire, flier, clerk, purse
Group 2: girl, first, third, her, fur, hire, tire, flier, clerk, purse,
              firm, sir, birth, frier, liar
Group 3: girl, first, third, her, fur, hire, tire, flier, clerk, purse,            
              firm, sir, birth, frier, liar, inspire, umpire, pliers, shirt, retire

Week of February 21st

Upcoming Events:
    Wednesday---Menchies fundraiser 3-6pm
     Friday---Lunch with Dad

Spelling Words
Group 1: fern, germ, deer, ear, fear, peer, here
Group 2: fern, germ, deer, ear, fear, peer, here, hear, steer, earth
Group 3: fern, germ, deer, ear, fear, peer, here, hear, steer, earth
               heard, learn, stern, shear, yearn

What are we learning??
Math:  Division-equal sharing/groups, repeated subtraction
Reading:  Montior/Clarify, main idea and details
Language Arts: Synonyms and Antonyms
Writing: Reponse to Literature
Social Studies:  Civil Rights---Test on Friday!

Homework: Read 20 minutes each day
Tuesday--Math worksheet
Wednesday--Language Arts worksheet
Thursday--Math worksheet, study for S.S. test

Week of February 13, 2012

Upcoming School Events:
Thursday, February 16th--International Night 6pm
Friday, February 17th--No School
Monday, February 20th--No School

What are we learning???
Math: Division (groups,equal sharing, repeated subtraction)
Reading:  Summarizing, using graphic organizers, and note taking
Language Arts: Parts of Speech review (nouns, verbs, adjectives), Pronouns
Writing:  Persuasive Writing
Social Studies: Civil Rights (Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr)

Homework: Read 20 minutes every day!
Monday: Division worksheet
Tuesday: Reading worksheet
Wednesday: Division worksheet

Spelling Words:
Group 1: dark, start, shark, stair, stare, chair, pair
Group 2: dark, start, shark, stair, stare, chair, pair, square, bear, where
Group 3: dark, start, shark, stair, stare, chair, pair, square, bear, where,
               scar, glare, arch, spare, flair

Week of February 6, 2012

Upcoming School Events:
February 6-9th---Book Swap
Tuesday February 7th---Chick-fil-a Night
Saturday February 11th---Landscape Day

What are we learning???
Math: Multiplication (groups, repeated addition, arrays, skip counting)
Reading:  Summarizing, using graphic organizers, and note taking
Language Arts: Parts of Speech review (nouns, verbs, adjectives), Pronouns
Writing:  Persuasive Writing
Social Studies: Civil Rights (Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr)

Homework: Read 20 minutes every day!
Monday: Array worksheet
Tuesday: Reading worksheet
Wednesday: Multiplication story problems
Thursday: Reading/LA worksheet

Spelling Words:
Group 1: blow, glow, fly, way, drew, crew, light
Group 2: blow, glow, fly, way, drew, crew, light, blind, sneak, bride
Group 3: blow, glow, fly, way, drew, crew, light, blind, sneak, bride,
              school, bright, trail, grape

Math Facts

I wanted to encourage you to continue to practice your math facts.  The expectation is students are proficient with their addition and subtraction facts by the end of the 2nd grade.  Proficient means students can produce an answer to a give fact in approximately 3 seconds. If your child has mastered their addition and subtraction facts, please begin to work on multiplication and division as proficiency with these facts is expected in 3rd and 4th grades. 
Here is a site with free fact cards....select your set and press print!
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/factfamilycards.html

Below are sites to use to practice math facts:
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/default.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/math/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm#basicoperations
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2
http://www.multiplication.com/games

I have many partner games available in my classroom that the students can use and I can copy to send home.  If you are interested in these games, please let me know.  Thanks!

Week of January 30th

Reading: We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Multiplication models (groups and arrays)
Science:  Changes in Matter

Homework:
Monday: Multiplication worksheet
Tuesday: Reading worksheet
Wednesday: Multiplication worksheet
                Reading/LA test on Thursday
Thursday: Language Arts worksheet
               Changes in Matter test on Friday

Spelling Words
Group 1: wish, child, find, lost, cold, most, hint
Group 2: hint, wish, child, find, kind, lost, pond, both, cold, most
Group 3: hint, wish, child, find, kind, lost, pond, both, cold, most
              slick, wild, cross, floss, comb