ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:
Conferences are beginning this week! Please let me know if you are unsure of your scheduled day and time.
Our monthly spelling test will be on WEDNESDAY! Students will be assessed on all 20 words, regardless of how they did on the pre-test. If you child has been practicing the words on the challenge list, they may sign up for an optional buddy challenge list test.
Homework packets are due on THURSDAY!!
Friday is our Harvest Party! We are still looking for the following items:
2 medium round pumpkins
2 brooms (even if you could send one in for borrowing, that would be great!)
6 more butternut squash
For those of you who signed up to bring other items, please be sure to send them to school by Wednesday! This will allow me enough time to gather up any other materials we will need.
If you signed up for volunteer for our Harvest Party, please plan to be here around 11:45 and stay until about 1:15. If it happens to rain on the day of the Harvest Party, we will have to cancel our outdoor games and watch a movie instead. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough space in our classroom Russell School to accommodate the games if it should rain. I will make the call on Friday morning and email each of you to let you know what the plan will be.
THIS WEEK IN...
Phonics: We are working with consonant blends. Blends are two letters that come together to make a sound. We are working with /dr/, /sl/, /sk/, /sp/, and /st/ blends. Our focus words are: slide, slips, dress, drop, skin, task, still, must, crisp, and spell.
Spelling: We are working with unit 4. The words are: out, them, then, she, and many. We will practice spelling these words correctly and also using them correctly in a sentence. With our spelling test coming up this week, we will also take some time to review units 1-3.
Vocabulary: Our new words are: rescued, mammal, young, hunger, examines, and normal. We will define these words and build connections to them. Then, we will search for them in the short story called “A Whale is Saved!” by Elizabeth Baker.
Comprehension: We will work on identifying the sequence of events. This means we will practice retelling telling the events in the order that they happened. When we are reading, we will look for clue words such as “first, next, then, and last”. When we retell the story, we will retell the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We will practice this skill while we read A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up by Joan Hewett.
Grammar: We will work with plural nouns. A plural nouns names more than one person, place, or thing. Most of the time, we can change a singular noun to a plural nouns by simply adding an -s to the end of the word.
Writing: We will continue working on how-to writing. This week, we will begin the shift into November themes! We will read the story A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman to found out how a small town plans to trick turkeys into becoming their turkey dinners. Then, we’ll write our own versions of how to catch a turkey.
Scholastic News: This week, we will learn all about geese! When autumn comes, snow geese migrate. Using the information in the article as well as a map of North America, we will answer questions about the migration pattern of these animals.
Read Aloud: We are loving Henry Green and his adventure with, Chocolate Fever! We should finish the book before the end of the week.
Math: This week, we introduced two new math fact families. Make 10 and doubles. When we are adding or subtracting make 10 facts, we are really looking for the missing number. Here are some examples of +/- make 10 facts:
___ + 3 = 10
6 + ___ = 10
10 - ____ = 5
10- ____ = 9
Doubles facts are when we add the same number twice. For example, 1 + 1, 2+2, and 3+3. The subtraction facts would be 2 - 1= ____, 4 -2 = _____, 6-3 = ______.
This week, we learned three new games to help us practice these new fact families. Remember in the fall semester, we are focusing on learning all of the different strategies for solving these equations mentally... and very quickly too I might add. Once we have learned all of the strategies, students will be held accountable to memorizing them.
In geometry, we have shifted our focus from 2D shapes to mostly 3D shapes. We will talk about faces, edges, and vertices this week. We will also continue to practice and identify various 3D shapes.
During independent work time, students are continuing to work on their own goals during games, activities, worksheets, IXL, or working with me. There is also the option of geometry challenges, where students can take their knowledge of geometry and extend it even further. By the end of the week, all students will be assessed to see if they have met our second grade geometry standards. Be on the lookout for those celebration tickets!
Self Reflection: In order to prepare for our conferences, Team Howard also took some time to reflect on how they think they are doing in terms of behavior and social goals. They were asked to rate themselves (always, sometimes, or never) on various aspects of behavior and social goals. For example, do you listen to the speaker when they are talking? Do you walk quietly in line?
The information gathered on these student evaluations will be used to develop behavior goals for the year at our parent/teacher/student conferences.
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