1. Use this week's spelling words or high frequency words in sentences. Create five interesting ones to share in class.
2. Reading.
3. Practice spelling words and read over the student friendly explanations for the vocabulary words.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Week of November 30, 2009
I hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving.
Here is our week at a glance. No Current Events this week. We will be having open sharing.
Library - Michelle Schnitt
Parent Reader - Meredith Leonhirth
Language Arts
Phonics - long vowel e/ey; Inflections - -ed, -es (y to i)
Spelling - very, messy, lady, happy, key, baby, money, funny, candy, sunny
Bonus - chimney, nobody, breezy, twenty, keyhole
High Frequency Words - board, cook, enjoy, expensive, favorite, imagine, popular, year
Reading - At Play: Long Ago and Today by Lynnette R. Brent
Fluency - Punctuation
Comprehension - Author's purpose and asking questions
Robust Vocabulary - recently, housed, official, nominate, recreation, leisurely, ramble, archaic
Grammar - Singular Possessive Nouns
Writing - Personal Narrative
Mathematics
* Estimating Costs
* A Shopping Activity (adding 2-digit numbers mentally; calculating the total cost of two items; demonstrate making change for whole-dollar amounts up to $100)
* Exploring length, area and attributes
* Paper and pencil addition strategies
Social Studies
Europe
Science
Rocks and Minerals
Here is our week at a glance. No Current Events this week. We will be having open sharing.
Library - Michelle Schnitt
Parent Reader - Meredith Leonhirth
Language Arts
Phonics - long vowel e/ey; Inflections - -ed, -es (y to i)
Spelling - very, messy, lady, happy, key, baby, money, funny, candy, sunny
Bonus - chimney, nobody, breezy, twenty, keyhole
High Frequency Words - board, cook, enjoy, expensive, favorite, imagine, popular, year
Reading - At Play: Long Ago and Today by Lynnette R. Brent
Fluency - Punctuation
Comprehension - Author's purpose and asking questions
Robust Vocabulary - recently, housed, official, nominate, recreation, leisurely, ramble, archaic
Grammar - Singular Possessive Nouns
Writing - Personal Narrative
Mathematics
* Estimating Costs
* A Shopping Activity (adding 2-digit numbers mentally; calculating the total cost of two items; demonstrate making change for whole-dollar amounts up to $100)
* Exploring length, area and attributes
* Paper and pencil addition strategies
Social Studies
Europe
Science
Rocks and Minerals
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
I wish you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving. Life is good and we have a lot to be thankful for this year. I am off to Orlando with my girls to have some fun!
Marion O'Mullane
Marion O'Mullane
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Spirit Day
Don't forget that it is Spirit Day tomorrow (Wednesday, Nov. 18). Wear your green and gold and celebrate Shorecrest.
South America Presentations
Today we heard Reilly, Renata, Erin, Asher and Emery present information about countries in South America. You all did a fantastic job sharing interesting facts about Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana, and Colombia. Congratulations. I can't wait to hear from the rest of the students. Thanks also to all those parents who came in to watch. I know that your child felt proud having you in class.
Homework 11/17
1. Math worksheet (Home Link 4.1) Change Number Stories
2. South America project
3. Spelling, vocabulary and reading
2. South America project
3. Spelling, vocabulary and reading
Monday, November 9, 2009
Homework this Week
For homework this week, I will be giving the students time to work on their South American country presentation and visual. I can't wait to hear what they have found out. Remember that parents are most welcome to come along to watch the children present. I will post the times of the presentations again at the end of the week. Thanks for your support and help with this project. What a terrific learning experience!
Keep reading each day and review the high frequency words from the list on the back of the homework record sheet. I will be testing these on Thursday, seeing Friday is a day off for the students.
Keep reading each day and review the high frequency words from the list on the back of the homework record sheet. I will be testing these on Thursday, seeing Friday is a day off for the students.
Important Events this Week
* November 9-12 • Book Fair in Student Activity Center
I plan to take the students to the Book Fair at 9am on Tuesday to see what is available for purchase. You can return with your child if you want to purchase. If after school does not work, you can come by and collect your child during the day, but keep in mind that lunch is between 11:30-12:oo and the students do have specials at certain times during the day.
* Wednesday, November 11 • Poetry in the Park (EC-4) 8:30 a.m. Lower Div. Quad
Please bring a deck chair or blanket to sit on. FYI - We will be performing towards the end of the program.
Let's hope it is a fine day. Please send in a bandana and cowboy hat by Tuesday, if you have not already done so.
* Friday, November 13 • No classes EC-8 — Faculty Prof. Day.
I plan to take the students to the Book Fair at 9am on Tuesday to see what is available for purchase. You can return with your child if you want to purchase. If after school does not work, you can come by and collect your child during the day, but keep in mind that lunch is between 11:30-12:oo and the students do have specials at certain times during the day.
* Wednesday, November 11 • Poetry in the Park (EC-4) 8:30 a.m. Lower Div. Quad
Please bring a deck chair or blanket to sit on. FYI - We will be performing towards the end of the program.
Let's hope it is a fine day. Please send in a bandana and cowboy hat by Tuesday, if you have not already done so.
* Friday, November 13 • No classes EC-8 — Faculty Prof. Day.
Monday, November 2, 2009
South American Research Project
As a part of our unit on South America, the students will be required to do an oral presentation about a country in South America. Note cards can be used to help guide in this presentation and a visual aid will also work well (e.g. poster, book, music, clothing worn, arts/crafts). A note suggesting what to include in this presentation was sent home today (Monday, November 2). You will need to guide your child in locating information about their country, but try to encourage them to work independently on their visual aid. I will be taking the students to the library this week to locate information and demonstrate how to take notes. This is going to be a fun learning experience.
Poetry in the Park
Next Wednesday, November 11 is Poetry in the Park. The students will need to bring in a cowboy hat and bandana to wear for our presentation. If your child does not have a cowboy hat, maybe they could ask a friend or family member to borrow theirs. Please email me if you have any questions.
Homework 11/4
1. Practice poem
2. South American Country Research Project
3. Spelling, vocabulary, and reading
2. South American Country Research Project
3. Spelling, vocabulary, and reading
Homework 11/3
1. Practice poem
2. Math - Home Link 3.6 - Frames and Arrows
3. South American Project
4. Reading
2. Math - Home Link 3.6 - Frames and Arrows
3. South American Project
4. Reading
Homework 11/2
1. Practice, Bad Baxter Barton (our poem for Poetry in the Park)
2. Start finding out about your South America country (you will do your presentation during the week of Nov. 16th)
3. Spelling review, read over the high-frequency words, and read over the robust vocabulary student-friendly explanations
4. Reading
2. Start finding out about your South America country (you will do your presentation during the week of Nov. 16th)
3. Spelling review, read over the high-frequency words, and read over the robust vocabulary student-friendly explanations
4. Reading
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Week of November 2
Here's our week at a glance. I am busy writing progress reports and can't believe how much the students have progressed since the beginning of the school year. Lots of terrific things are happening in second grade.
Current Events: Tuesday - Reilly, Devin; Wednesday - Chloe, Noah; Thursday - Emerson, Turner; Friday - John, Erin.
Phonics - Review long vowel i/ie,igh; long vowel a,ai,ay; r-controlled vowel ar; long vowel o/oa/ow
Spelling - Words with ie, igh, ai, ay, ar, ao, ow (see back of Homework Record sheet for specific words)High-Frequency words - straight, cheer, brother, lose, learn, caught, coming, knee, idea, laughed, million, surve, world, ago, accept, fair, though, clear, half, believe, impossible, enough, brought, understand, early, quite
Reading - Readers' Theater "A Trip to the Fire Station"(Documentary)Fluency - Review intonation and expression
Comprehension - Make predicitons, use prior knowledge, plot, and story structureRobust Vocabulary - minor, previous, priorities, extinguish, hazard, efficient, instantly, drench
Grammar - Nouns, singular and plural nouns, proper nounsWriting - Poetry (Revise and Publish)
* Making Change by Counting Up
* Coin Exchanges* Review Unit 3
* South America
* Research project
* Watering Earth's Plants
* Lima bean study* Planting seeds and watching them grow
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