ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:
Wednesday is an early release day so please plan accordingly. Since our early release days are also spirit days, we are asking that all Russell Students wear their favorite fall color on Wednesday!
Homework packets are due on Thursday! Please help you child make sure their homework is in their backpack on Wednesday evening. In order to get free choice Friday, students must have AT LEAST five checks for reading, two checks for spelling, and two checks for math.
Thursday will be our big spelling test for the November spelling words. If you would like to help prepare your child, make sure they not only know how to spell the word correctly but also how to use it correctly in a sentence.
This week in...
Spelling: We will focus on units 7 and 8. The words are: like, him, see, time, could, no, make, than, first, and been. We’ll practice spelling them correctly and also using them correctly in a sentence.
Language Arts: We’ll be practicing a variety of skills this week with a Thanksgiving theme! Here are some of the things we will be doing:
Nonfiction Reading: We’ll read a nonfiction books about wild turkeys. When we are finished reading the book, we will collect the various facts that we learned from the story.
Thankful thoughts: To help us get into true Thanksgiving spirit, we will be making thankful turkeys to display the list of things we are grateful for this time of year.
Mayflower Facts: Thanksgiving began with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower and the Native Americans here in America. We’ll be reading a book and collecting facts throughout the week. Then, students will make mini books showing some of the most interesting facts we found.
Story Elements: With story elements being such a huge focus in second grade, we practiced identifying them again today with a great story called Too Many Pumpkins. After reading the story, students were challenged to identify the title, characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, problem, solution, and moral of the story.
Flat Stanley: We will be making our flat selves this week! We will also be writing friendly letters to the friends and family members who agreed to help us with this project. Once the letters are complete and the flat kids are drawn, we’ll be sending Team Howard in the mail so they can begin their adventure all over the world! As we begin to receive our flat kids back, we’ll be able to track our adventures using many different kinds of maps. We’ll also be calculating the number of miles we have traveled. This is definitely going to be a memorable project.
Math: We will be finishing up our fraction unit this week. After some quick review, Team Howard will be given the final fraction challenge to see where they are with their goals. Later, we will be applying what we learned during our fraction unit to make fractionpillars! This will be a creative project where students will create a caterpillar using various shapes. When their caterpillar is complete, they will have to write the fraction of each shape that make up the caterpillar. These will then be on display in our classroom for all to see.
Read Aloud: We are continuing our adventure with Stanley in Stanley, Flat Again. Today, Stanley helped win a sailing race by becoming the sail of a boat!
I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
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