Welcome to Grade 2’s Class Notes!
This past week, our class, along with grades K-5 wrote valentines to veterans. They will be sent along to them this week in time for Valentine’s Day. It was a thoughtful and kind activity to keep veterans in our hearts and show that they are dearly loved and appreciated for all they do for our great country!
Valentine’s Day is next Friday! If your child is interested in sending in valentines, please be sure to count everyone in! We have 8 students. The children may bring them in the week of the 10th. We will have a simple celebration on Friday, February 14th which will include a snack and activity/craft.
The children will be receiving a Scholastic Book order form this week. If you are interested in purchasing, please do so no later than this Friday, February 7. Simply order online and use our class code QDLHJ. Your purchases help acquire new books for our own classroom library!
We’ve been learning to sign and sing America the Beautiful every morning during our Morning Meeting!
Please remember that second grade has Library every Thursday. Take a look at the books they choose and please continue to encourage reading and returning them on time each week.
It’s that time of the year! Some children are in need of supplies such as pencils, erasers, glue sticks, and crayons. Reminders will be written in their planners. Thank you!
Are you interested in visiting our classroom to share some fun and read a book to our class? If so, please let me know as soon as possible so we can set up a date! We’d love to have you! Who will be our next MYSTERY READER?
A Glimpse of the Week Ahead… (Please note that subjects with an * indicate assessment taking place)
English Language Arts
Reading
This week we will be reading Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia in our Wonders Anthology (Genre: Narrative nonfiction)
*Comprehension test on the story Friday 2/7
*Spelling (Test Friday 2/7) –nail, train, main, hay stay, day, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, they, prey, good, often, two
High Frequency Sight Words about, around, good, great, idea, often, part, second, two, world
*Vocabulary words across, borrow, countryside, ideas, insists, lonely, solution, villages
*Phonics contractions
*Grammar action verbs
Writing
•Writer’s Notebook Journal Writing- February prompts
•stretching sentences to add details
•Handwriting -Cursive begins- beginning strokes undercurve, downcurve
•D.E.A.R. Time is drop everything and read time!
Math
Module 9 Time
Science/Social Studies
•Martin Luther King Jr. Read Aloud continues
•Winter Mystery Science:
Why can we see our breath in the cold? Exploring the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases
Why is snow white?
•Scholastic News nonfictional reading
Religion– Chapel Wednesday -The children will lead chapel on February 12
•New Testament stories
God bless our week ahead!
Mrs. Antonia Ryan