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.

I will not be in class on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and the students are in the capable hands of Mrs. Manella. Have a terrific week.

Current Events: Tuesday - Reilly, Devin; Wednesday - Chloe, Noah; Thursday - Emerson, Turner; Friday - John, Erin.

Language Arts (Theme review and Vocabulary Builder)

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 structure

Robust Vocabulary - minor, previous, priorities, extinguish, hazard, efficient, instantly, drench

Grammar - Nouns, singular and plural nouns, proper nouns

Writing - Poetry (Revise and Publish)

Mathematics - Unit 3* Frames and Arrows

* Making Change by Counting Up

* Coin Exchanges

* Review Unit 3

Social Studies

* South America

* Research project

Science

* Watering Earth's Plants

* Lima bean study

* Planting seeds and watching them grow