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
2- Week Reading Focus
Story: Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution by Pat Miller (Genre: fiction)
•making predictions, sharing our “schema,” exploring characters, plot, problem, and how characters solve a problem as the story evolves, sequencing of events, story mapping, inferencing
Spelling –no new words this week
High Frequency Sight word review
*Vocabulary words (Quiz Friday, 1/17) actions, bank, borders, creek, diner, garden, improve, order, resolution, scampered, stake, trampoline
Grammar
•adjectives
•past/present tense verbs
•prefix review
•abbreviations
Phonics
•s-blends
Writing
•Winter Acrostic Poems
•Writer’s Notebook Journal Writing- January prompts
•What is your new year’s resolution?
•stretching sentences to add details
•Handwriting review of final manuscript letters K k, Z z and numerals…here comes cursive!!!!
•D.E.A.R. Time is drop everything and read time!
*Math Module 7 Coins (Test 1/17)
Science/Social Studies
•Martin Luther King Jr.
•Mystery Science
•Scholastic News-nonfiction reading
Religion– Chapel Wednesday
The second grade will be leading chapel on Wednesday, January 15. As always, parents are welcome to attend weekly chapel. Please meet in the chapel before 8:40 am.
•Epiphany
God bless our week ahead!
Mrs. Antonia Ryan