I know that Mrs. Piper already sent you an email, but just wanted to reminder you about our special Valentine's surprise.
The second grade team is asking each family to send in a simple Valentine to your child through the mail by February 4th. SHHHH! This is a surprise, so please do not tell them about it. It should be addressed as follows:
Shorecrest Preparatory School
5101 First Street NE
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
Attn: child's name/Ms. O'Mullane's class (2-2)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
January 17-20
Welcome to our four day week. I hope you enjoyed your long weekend. Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of Martin Luther King Junior and the difference he made in the lives of so many people. He was a man who stood for equality and braveness. He was a role model and an inspiration to many.
Last week the students learned a little about the life and work of Doctor King and the great leader he was. The students listed various character traits associated with Doctor King and compared it to traits associated with themselves. This work lead to us looking closely at the Shorecrest Honor Pledge, and ways we can be good role models. This inspired the students and I to create a Voice Thread (which you will see at the top of my blog) about the Shorecrest Honor Pledge. As stated on the Shorecrest website, "Honor" has many meanings, and at Shorecrest, we emphasize those that place value on honesty, integrity, individual responsibility and on the development of relationships rooted in respect.
Some Important Dates to Mark on Your Calendar:
* Grandparents and Special Friends Day - Friday, January 27th (noon dismissal)
* Science Week - February 27-March 8
* Parent Reader - Mrs. George (January 20th) and Mrs. Crupi (January 27th)
* Professional Development Day - February 17th - School Closed
* Current Events - Tuesday: Emma, Caden; Wednesday: Zara, Cian; Thursday: Luke, Lizzie; Friday: Genesis, Maverick
Here is our week at a glance.
Language Arts
* Phonics - Vowel Diphthong oi, oy
* Spelling - choice, voice, join, noise, enjoy, loyal, avoid, annoy, point, destroy, light, inside, great, dark, enough
* Reading: "Ah, Music!" by Aliki (Non fiction)
* Fluency: Good readers read each word correctly. It they make a mistake, they go back and reread so that the sentence makes sense.
* Comprehension: Answer questions
* Grammar: Number words
* Writing: Editing and proofreading a small moment narrative; speaking and thinking bubbles making characters come alive
* Handwriting: Capital and commas; Writing a paragraph; y slide down y
Mathematics - Unit 5 - 2D and 3D Shapes
* Define, name and draw line segments
* Introduce the concepts of parallel and parallel line segments
* Review names and classify polygons
Your child will be bringing home their latest math quiz on Wednesday. Please review with your child (as we did in class), sign and return back to school on Thursday.
Social Studies - Australia
Most Australian mammals are marsupials. Female marsupials have pouches in which they carry their babies. The babies are usually very small and undeveloped when they are born. They crawl into the mother's pouch where they stay until they grow larger and stronger and can take care of themselves.
The students will choose an Australian marsupial to read and write about using the teacher created Symbaloo (you will find this at the top of my blog).
Science - Changes - Gas in a Bag
Students will observe the changes that occur when they put an effervescent tablet into a bag of water; Students will discuss their observations and describe how the tablet and the water change; Students will then observe and discuss the properties of a gas and read about carbon dioxide and how it is added to soft drinks
This week the students will plant their own tomato and/or sweet peppers that we will observe in class. They will also pick the beans from our garden and keep the seeds for growing at a later time. We are getting ready to move into our new science unit entitled Plants.
Have a wonderful week - Marion O'Mullane
Last week the students learned a little about the life and work of Doctor King and the great leader he was. The students listed various character traits associated with Doctor King and compared it to traits associated with themselves. This work lead to us looking closely at the Shorecrest Honor Pledge, and ways we can be good role models. This inspired the students and I to create a Voice Thread (which you will see at the top of my blog) about the Shorecrest Honor Pledge. As stated on the Shorecrest website, "Honor" has many meanings, and at Shorecrest, we emphasize those that place value on honesty, integrity, individual responsibility and on the development of relationships rooted in respect.
Some Important Dates to Mark on Your Calendar:
* Grandparents and Special Friends Day - Friday, January 27th (noon dismissal)
* Science Week - February 27-March 8
* Parent Reader - Mrs. George (January 20th) and Mrs. Crupi (January 27th)
* Professional Development Day - February 17th - School Closed
* Current Events - Tuesday: Emma, Caden; Wednesday: Zara, Cian; Thursday: Luke, Lizzie; Friday: Genesis, Maverick
Here is our week at a glance.
Language Arts
* Phonics - Vowel Diphthong oi, oy
* Spelling - choice, voice, join, noise, enjoy, loyal, avoid, annoy, point, destroy, light, inside, great, dark, enough
* Reading: "Ah, Music!" by Aliki (Non fiction)
* Fluency: Good readers read each word correctly. It they make a mistake, they go back and reread so that the sentence makes sense.
* Comprehension: Answer questions
* Grammar: Number words
* Writing: Editing and proofreading a small moment narrative; speaking and thinking bubbles making characters come alive
* Handwriting: Capital and commas; Writing a paragraph; y slide down y
Mathematics - Unit 5 - 2D and 3D Shapes
* Define, name and draw line segments
* Introduce the concepts of parallel and parallel line segments
* Review names and classify polygons
Your child will be bringing home their latest math quiz on Wednesday. Please review with your child (as we did in class), sign and return back to school on Thursday.
Social Studies - Australia
Most Australian mammals are marsupials. Female marsupials have pouches in which they carry their babies. The babies are usually very small and undeveloped when they are born. They crawl into the mother's pouch where they stay until they grow larger and stronger and can take care of themselves.
The students will choose an Australian marsupial to read and write about using the teacher created Symbaloo (you will find this at the top of my blog).
Science - Changes - Gas in a Bag
Students will observe the changes that occur when they put an effervescent tablet into a bag of water; Students will discuss their observations and describe how the tablet and the water change; Students will then observe and discuss the properties of a gas and read about carbon dioxide and how it is added to soft drinks
This week the students will plant their own tomato and/or sweet peppers that we will observe in class. They will also pick the beans from our garden and keep the seeds for growing at a later time. We are getting ready to move into our new science unit entitled Plants.
Have a wonderful week - Marion O'Mullane
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Re-Enrollment
Hello Shorecrest Families:
· Good News Re-Enrollment opens on Monday, February 6, 2012
· Contracts are due by Tuesday, February 21, 2012
· Information will be sent to you by email with your user ID and password
· If you have any questions, please call the Admissions Office at 727-456-7511 or email admissions.org
Thank you!
Jean M. Spencer-Carnes, M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.
Director of Admissions
Shorecrest Preparatory School
(727) 456-7504
· Good News Re-Enrollment opens on Monday, February 6, 2012
· Contracts are due by Tuesday, February 21, 2012
· Information will be sent to you by email with your user ID and password
· If you have any questions, please call the Admissions Office at 727-456-7511 or email admissions.org
Thank you!
Jean M. Spencer-Carnes, M.Ed., Ed.S., Ed.D.
Director of Admissions
Shorecrest Preparatory School
(727) 456-7504
Monday, January 9, 2012
January 9-13
A big hello and welcome to our second week in January. This morning the students and I got to hear from Marianne Berkes, a visiting author to Shorecrest. She shared two of her stories, chatted about the writing process, and answered questions. Check out her profile at the following website: www.marianneberkes.com/
Current Events starts this week with Gabby and John presenting on Tuesday; Lucy and Connor sharing on Wednesday; Quentin and Skyler on Thursday; and, Lucile and Ethan on Friday. I am seeing the students confidence grow each time they present. Thanks you for helping them find new articles to present at this time.
Spring Conferences are around the corner (Thursday, Feb. 9th) and today I sent home the times you had originally signed up for both fall and spring conferences. If this time does not work, please email me and I will schedule to meet with you at another time. I can't wait to share your child's progress with you.
Some other Important Dates to Mark on Your Calendar:
* Monday, January 16th - Martin Luther King Day/School Closed
* Pep Rally: Friday, January 20th tentatively at 12:30 in the Athletic Center.
* Grandparents and Special Friends Day - Friday, January 27th (noon dismissal)
* Science Week - February 27-March 8
* Parent Reader - Jamie McElroy (January 13th); Mrs. George (January 20th) and Mrs. Crupi (January 27th)
Here is our week at a glance. Remember to remind your child to complete their reading log as they read, rather then leaving it to the last minute. Reading logs are due each Monday. Thanks for supporting your child.
www.spellingcity is a great website that your child can independently use to help review spelling words. Unless you want the upgraded version, there will be no cost for your child to use this website.
Language Arts
* Phonics - Short Vowel /e/ea; Syllable Pattern V/CV
* Spelling - pleasant, treasure, instead, breath, weather, breakfast, heavenly, feather, meadow, spread, during, you're, worn, seen, wrong
* Reading "Annie's Gifts" by Angela Shelf Medearis (Realistic Fiction); "Sarah Enters a Painting" by Susan Katz (Poetry)
* Fluency - Fluency represents a level of expertise beyond word recognition accuracy, and reading comprehension may be aided by fluency. Skilled readers read words accurately, rapidly and efficiently - National Reading Panel (2000)
* Focus - Intonation - Good readers try to read every sentences with feeling. Feeling can come from changing the tone (low, medium, or high pitch) or your voice when reading aloud.
* Comprehension - The setting is the time and place in which a story happens. A story happens over any length of time. It can happen in one or more places. As you read, look for details that tell the exact time and place of the story. Think about why the setting is important in a story. Ask yourself how the story would be different if its setting were changed
* Robust Vocabulary - trembled, rhythm, except, squirm
* Grammar - Adjectives for Senses
* Writing - Editing and proofreading. One Small Moment
* Handwriting - Continued from last week. Upper and Lower Case Letters
Mathematics -
Unit 4 - Addition and Subtraction
* Review Unit 4 and assessment given on Wednesday
Unit 5 - 3D and 2 D Shapes
* Exploring rules, sharing, and time
* Points and Line Segments
Social Studies
* Exploring Australia
* Aboriginal Art
Science - Changes
* Separating Mixtures of Color:
Students will brainstorm how colors change when mixed; Students use chromatography to separate black and green inks into their component colors
Current Events starts this week with Gabby and John presenting on Tuesday; Lucy and Connor sharing on Wednesday; Quentin and Skyler on Thursday; and, Lucile and Ethan on Friday. I am seeing the students confidence grow each time they present. Thanks you for helping them find new articles to present at this time.
Spring Conferences are around the corner (Thursday, Feb. 9th) and today I sent home the times you had originally signed up for both fall and spring conferences. If this time does not work, please email me and I will schedule to meet with you at another time. I can't wait to share your child's progress with you.
Some other Important Dates to Mark on Your Calendar:
* Monday, January 16th - Martin Luther King Day/School Closed
* Pep Rally: Friday, January 20th tentatively at 12:30 in the Athletic Center.
* Grandparents and Special Friends Day - Friday, January 27th (noon dismissal)
* Science Week - February 27-March 8
* Parent Reader - Jamie McElroy (January 13th); Mrs. George (January 20th) and Mrs. Crupi (January 27th)
Here is our week at a glance. Remember to remind your child to complete their reading log as they read, rather then leaving it to the last minute. Reading logs are due each Monday. Thanks for supporting your child.
www.spellingcity is a great website that your child can independently use to help review spelling words. Unless you want the upgraded version, there will be no cost for your child to use this website.
Language Arts
* Phonics - Short Vowel /e/ea; Syllable Pattern V/CV
* Spelling - pleasant, treasure, instead, breath, weather, breakfast, heavenly, feather, meadow, spread, during, you're, worn, seen, wrong
* Reading "Annie's Gifts" by Angela Shelf Medearis (Realistic Fiction); "Sarah Enters a Painting" by Susan Katz (Poetry)
* Fluency - Fluency represents a level of expertise beyond word recognition accuracy, and reading comprehension may be aided by fluency. Skilled readers read words accurately, rapidly and efficiently - National Reading Panel (2000)
* Focus - Intonation - Good readers try to read every sentences with feeling. Feeling can come from changing the tone (low, medium, or high pitch) or your voice when reading aloud.
* Comprehension - The setting is the time and place in which a story happens. A story happens over any length of time. It can happen in one or more places. As you read, look for details that tell the exact time and place of the story. Think about why the setting is important in a story. Ask yourself how the story would be different if its setting were changed
* Robust Vocabulary - trembled, rhythm, except, squirm
* Grammar - Adjectives for Senses
* Writing - Editing and proofreading. One Small Moment
* Handwriting - Continued from last week. Upper and Lower Case Letters
Mathematics -
Unit 4 - Addition and Subtraction
* Review Unit 4 and assessment given on Wednesday
Unit 5 - 3D and 2 D Shapes
* Exploring rules, sharing, and time
* Points and Line Segments
Social Studies
* Exploring Australia
* Aboriginal Art
Science - Changes
* Separating Mixtures of Color:
Students will brainstorm how colors change when mixed; Students use chromatography to separate black and green inks into their component colors
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Welcome Back and Happy New Year
Happy New Year and welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful break. As I write this blog, I think about how thankful I am to be working at Shorecrest and trying to make a difference in the lives of your children. I look forward to watching your children grow and develop over the next five months and try to make a difference in their lives.
Here is our week at a glance. Please take note that Current Events sharing will begin next Tuesday, January 10th. A copy of this month's calendar is in your child's Take Home Folder.
Some important dates for this month include the following:
Parent Reader - Mrs. Leary (January 6th); Jamie McElroy (January 13th); Mrs. George (January 20th) and Mrs. Crupi (January 27th)
Second Grade Social - Saturday. January 7th
Martin Luther King Jr Holiday (no school) - January 16th
Grandparents and Special Friends Day (noon dismissal) - January 27th
Marianne Berkes (visiting author) will be here on Monday, January 9th in the JRT
Thanks to all our parents who help out in the library every Tuesday. We appreciate all that you do.
Here is our week at a glance.
Language Arts
Phonics: Digraphs n/kn; r/wr; f/gh, ph
Spelling Words (10 this week): cough, wrist, handwriting, knight, photograph, knuckle, kneel, elephant, enough, trophy
Reading: Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book by Cynthia Rylant (Realistic Fiction)
Fluency: Intonation. Good readers let their voices rise and fall naturally, as they do when they are speaking. For example, they raise their voices at the end of a question and when they read a word in slanted type.
Comprehension: Good readers monitor how well they understand what they read. If they do not understanding something about the story, they can read ahead to gather more information.
Vocabulary: disturb, underneath, procrastinate, diversion
Grammar: Adjectives
Writing: Small Moment and conferring; New Year's Acrostic Poem
Handwriting: Letter i (the dot comes second), e (start, hit the ball, run the bases, stop), letter size and place (with your hand, show letter size and place) a, g, t.
Mathematics - Unit 4
* Addition strategies for adding 2 and 3 digit numbers and using estimation to check if answers are reasonable
* To introduce and practice the partial-sums addition algorithm
* Reviewing tell time
* Review Unit 4 and quiz (Friday or Next Monday)
Social Studies
An introduction to Australia/Oceania (the smallest continent in the world)
Science - Changes
Changing salt water to crystals
I wish you a happy week. Please encourage your child to read every day and fill in their reading log. Reading logs are due every Monday. Thanks for your support.
(-:
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Happy Holidays
A fun week planned with the students teaching one another about different holiday traditions they researched last week. We also will have visits from our reading buddies, make gingerbread houses, paint glass candle holders, play the dreidel game (thanks to Ethan and his mom), visit various countries on Thursday for our International Festival (which parents have organized) and make a Kwanzaa fruit salad for snack on Friday. Remember it is noon dismissal on Friday, which gives you an early start to the holiday period. If I don't get to see you all, I wish you a wonderful holiday and joyful new year. Thanks for all your kindest and support. See you in 2012!
If your child has not already brought in a shoe box, please have him/her do so on Tuesday. This will be used to carry home the gingerbread house. Also, we are making a fruit salad on Friday and so each child will need to bring in a piece of fruit for the salad. Your child will have a note about this in his/her Take Home Folder today.
Thursday is our International Festival (which starts at 1:00pm if you are helping out). The students in my class will begin rotating from one second grade classroom to the next from 1:45-2:30. On this day, your child can wear to school an outfit representing a different country/culture, or the flag t-shirt they made and wore for the Second Grace Show. The afternoon is about celebrating different cultures and having fun.
Friday is our Lower Division Sing-a-Long and you are welcome to join us at 11:00 in the Janet Root Theater. Please come sit with us if you can.
Our field trip to Fresh Food Hydroponics (http://ffhydro.com) was a big hit. If you have some time, I would encourage you to visit to pick some fresh produce. The strawberries and beans were delicious.
Thanks to Mav's mom and sister for coming into class last Friday to steam fresh cauliflower from our second grade garden. Most students became big fans of this tasty vegetable once they took a risk and tried it with melted cheese or butter.
We are reviewing spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and handwriting this week in language arts. A copy of the review words was sent home today (Monday, Dec. 12). The students will share their holiday stories with their reading buddies, that they have been working hard on editing and publishing. We will be reading various holiday stories including Kyle's First Kwanzaa by Angela Shelf Medearis, The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel, The Black Snowman by Phil Mendez, and Pippin the Christmas Pig by Jean Little.
In math, the students will measure lengths and distances to the nearest inch and centimeter, explore area by tiling surfaces, develop paper-and-pencil strategies for adding 2- and 3 digit numbers and demonstrate using estimation to check if answer are reasonable. After break, we will finish off this unit with learning about The Parial Sums Addition Algorithm.
In social studies, the students will share the posters they created about the holiday traditions they have researched and be involved in various hands-on activities on Thursday during the International Festival.
In science, the students will mix granulated sugar with water of two temperatures - cold and warm and discover that warm water dissolves the sugar much faster than cold water does. We did not get a chance to work on this experiment from last week, seeing we were on our field trip to the farm.
Have a terrific week.
Ms. O'Mullane
If your child has not already brought in a shoe box, please have him/her do so on Tuesday. This will be used to carry home the gingerbread house. Also, we are making a fruit salad on Friday and so each child will need to bring in a piece of fruit for the salad. Your child will have a note about this in his/her Take Home Folder today.
Thursday is our International Festival (which starts at 1:00pm if you are helping out). The students in my class will begin rotating from one second grade classroom to the next from 1:45-2:30. On this day, your child can wear to school an outfit representing a different country/culture, or the flag t-shirt they made and wore for the Second Grace Show. The afternoon is about celebrating different cultures and having fun.
Friday is our Lower Division Sing-a-Long and you are welcome to join us at 11:00 in the Janet Root Theater. Please come sit with us if you can.
Our field trip to Fresh Food Hydroponics (http://ffhydro.com) was a big hit. If you have some time, I would encourage you to visit to pick some fresh produce. The strawberries and beans were delicious.
Thanks to Mav's mom and sister for coming into class last Friday to steam fresh cauliflower from our second grade garden. Most students became big fans of this tasty vegetable once they took a risk and tried it with melted cheese or butter.
We are reviewing spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and handwriting this week in language arts. A copy of the review words was sent home today (Monday, Dec. 12). The students will share their holiday stories with their reading buddies, that they have been working hard on editing and publishing. We will be reading various holiday stories including Kyle's First Kwanzaa by Angela Shelf Medearis, The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel, The Black Snowman by Phil Mendez, and Pippin the Christmas Pig by Jean Little.
In math, the students will measure lengths and distances to the nearest inch and centimeter, explore area by tiling surfaces, develop paper-and-pencil strategies for adding 2- and 3 digit numbers and demonstrate using estimation to check if answer are reasonable. After break, we will finish off this unit with learning about The Parial Sums Addition Algorithm.
In social studies, the students will share the posters they created about the holiday traditions they have researched and be involved in various hands-on activities on Thursday during the International Festival.
In science, the students will mix granulated sugar with water of two temperatures - cold and warm and discover that warm water dissolves the sugar much faster than cold water does. We did not get a chance to work on this experiment from last week, seeing we were on our field trip to the farm.
Have a terrific week.
Ms. O'Mullane
Sunday, December 4, 2011
December 5-9 - Zdravstvuj (zdrah-stvooy; hello in Russian)
I can't get over this lovely weather we are having. I hope you enjoyed it over the weekend, as much as I did. Current Events begins this week and we are looking forward to hearing about what has been going on in the world of news. We have our first Field Trip on Tuesday to Fresh Food Hydroponics (http://ffhydro.com/) from 10:00-11:00. If you are interested in visiting with us, please meet us there. (-:
We are currently collecting gifts for the Holiday Gift Drive. Please wrap and label each gift with the Family number and Child's name. A post it or peel away label on the gift with gift content is helpful. If you are planning on giving, please have these in by this Thursday, December 8th. On Friday, Dec.9th, the students will carry the gifts to the gym to be sorted by family. Thanks for your generosity for this family in need.
The next two weeks we will talk about holiday traditions around the world including Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Chinese New Year, Kwanzaa, Santa Lucia Day, Christmas Day, Diwali, and Winter Solstice. The students will be researching one of these traditions as part of homework and presenting these in class next week. They will also create a poster in class depicting the holiday tradition.
Other reminders:
* Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates - Dec. 6 at 1:00 for students in grades 1-4.
* Lower Division Sing Along will take place on Friday, Dec. 16th at 11:00am for grade K-4 in the JRT
* Second Grade International Festival - Thursday, December 15 at 1:00pm. If you are interested in helping out or presenting an activity from your own country/culture, please get in contact with Zeina Kropf (zkropf@tampabay.rr.com) or Chris Chen (kuai_zi@hotmail.com)
* Winter Break - Dec. 16 (noon dismissal) - January 3
* Current Events - Tuesday: Gabby, John; Wednesday: Lucy, Connor; Thursday: Quentin, Skyler; Friday: Lucile, Ethan
* Parent Reader - A. Held
Here is our week at a glance. Remember to encourage your child to read each day and fill in his/her log. These are due each Monday. Today we had our first celebration for students who have read over 500 minutes at home. (-:
Language Arts
* Phonics - r-controlled vowel/ ur/ir, er, ear
* Spelling - purple, serve, earning, heard, circle, skirt, thirsty, birthday, surprise, perfect, earthquake, learn, blurb, continent, traditions
* Vocabulary - muffler, hauled, thrashing, imitations
* Reading - Jeremy's Muffler by Laura F. Nielsen
* Fluency - Phrasing
* Comprehension - Fiction/Nonfiction; Monitor comprehension by rereading
* Grammar - Pronouns
* Handwriting - Sentences - Punctuation; "U u" (down, travel, up)
* Writing - Revising holiday stories; Holiday poems
Mathematics - Unit 4
* Estimating costs
* Develop strategies for adding 2-digit numbers mentally and provide experiences with calculating the total cost of two items
* Demonstrate making change for whole-dollar amounts up to $100
* Exploring length, area and attributes
Social Studies
* Exploring Europe
* Locating countries on a map; Scavenger hunt using reference material
* Researching holiday traditions around the world
Science - Changes - A Dissolving Race: Warm and Cold Water
* Students will observe what happens when they mix granulated sugar with cold and warm water
* Share observations and discuss the relationship between water temperature and the speed at which sugar dissolves
Have a wonderful week - (-:
Ms. O'Mullane
We are currently collecting gifts for the Holiday Gift Drive. Please wrap and label each gift with the Family number and Child's name. A post it or peel away label on the gift with gift content is helpful. If you are planning on giving, please have these in by this Thursday, December 8th. On Friday, Dec.9th, the students will carry the gifts to the gym to be sorted by family. Thanks for your generosity for this family in need.
The next two weeks we will talk about holiday traditions around the world including Hanukkah, Las Posadas, Chinese New Year, Kwanzaa, Santa Lucia Day, Christmas Day, Diwali, and Winter Solstice. The students will be researching one of these traditions as part of homework and presenting these in class next week. They will also create a poster in class depicting the holiday tradition.
Other reminders:
* Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates - Dec. 6 at 1:00 for students in grades 1-4.
* Lower Division Sing Along will take place on Friday, Dec. 16th at 11:00am for grade K-4 in the JRT
* Second Grade International Festival - Thursday, December 15 at 1:00pm. If you are interested in helping out or presenting an activity from your own country/culture, please get in contact with Zeina Kropf (zkropf@tampabay.rr.com) or Chris Chen (kuai_zi@hotmail.com)
* Winter Break - Dec. 16 (noon dismissal) - January 3
* Current Events - Tuesday: Gabby, John; Wednesday: Lucy, Connor; Thursday: Quentin, Skyler; Friday: Lucile, Ethan
* Parent Reader - A. Held
Here is our week at a glance. Remember to encourage your child to read each day and fill in his/her log. These are due each Monday. Today we had our first celebration for students who have read over 500 minutes at home. (-:
Language Arts
* Phonics - r-controlled vowel/ ur/ir, er, ear
* Spelling - purple, serve, earning, heard, circle, skirt, thirsty, birthday, surprise, perfect, earthquake, learn, blurb, continent, traditions
* Vocabulary - muffler, hauled, thrashing, imitations
* Reading - Jeremy's Muffler by Laura F. Nielsen
* Fluency - Phrasing
* Comprehension - Fiction/Nonfiction; Monitor comprehension by rereading
* Grammar - Pronouns
* Handwriting - Sentences - Punctuation; "U u" (down, travel, up)
* Writing - Revising holiday stories; Holiday poems
Mathematics - Unit 4
* Estimating costs
* Develop strategies for adding 2-digit numbers mentally and provide experiences with calculating the total cost of two items
* Demonstrate making change for whole-dollar amounts up to $100
* Exploring length, area and attributes
Social Studies
* Exploring Europe
* Locating countries on a map; Scavenger hunt using reference material
* Researching holiday traditions around the world
Science - Changes - A Dissolving Race: Warm and Cold Water
* Students will observe what happens when they mix granulated sugar with cold and warm water
* Share observations and discuss the relationship between water temperature and the speed at which sugar dissolves
Have a wonderful week - (-:
Ms. O'Mullane
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