Monday, September 28, 2009

Week at a Glance - September 28

Here is our week at a glance. Please encourage your child to practice the four poems (Europe, Seven Continents, Antarctica and South America) for our second grade program (coming up soon). I will see most of you on Wednesday for our Parent-Teacher Conference. Have a terrific week.

Library Helper - Stacy Jacobs
Current Events - Monday - Ellie, Asher; Tuesday - Emery, Keaton; Thursday - Renata, Chase, Samuel; Friday - Joshua and Lindsey
Parent Reader - Brian Anderson

Language Arts
Phonics - Long vowel i/ie, igh; inflections -ed, -ing
Spelling - pie, high, tie, light, night, bright, right, might, tight
Bonus Spelling - weeknight, lightning, sightsee, nightstand, sunlight
High-Frequency Words - brother, caught, cheer, learn, lose, straight
Reading - Winners Never Quit! by Mia Hamm; Two Races retold by Eric A Kimmel
Leveled Readers - Nancy Lopez - Super Golfer by Janet Woodward; Michael Jordan - No Quitter by Janet Woodward; Pele - Soccer Legend by Janet Woodward
Fluency - Intonation
Comprehension - Make Predictions; Use Prior Knowledge
Robust Vocabulary - techniques, specially, struggle, traction, agile, spectator, competitive, worthwhile
Grammar - Nouns
Writing - Launching the writing workshop

Mathematics (Unit 2)
* Fact Families
* Exploring Weight, Scales, Equal Groups
* Name Collections
* Frames-and-Arrows Routines

Social Studies
* North America

Science
* Weather
* A Temperature Experiment

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