Reading Language Arts-Reading and Spelling Test Friday 3/11
We will read the biography Helen Keller
Spelling Words include own, know, flow, throw, grow, swallow, soap, float, loan, goat, loaf, coach, most, both, so, ocean
Vocabulary words discussed this week from the story include knowledge, curious, motion, silence, illness, imitated, darkness, behavior
Grammar Goal: Quotation marks, proper nouns
Phonics Focus: Long o (o, oa, ow)
Fluency: good readers reread and fix their mistakes!
Writer’s Workshop
Math- Chapter 5 – Friday Test 3/11
Review for Test
Social Studies
Black History Month- Complete “quilt” which tells the story of special black Americans who have helped shape American history
Earth’s Land and Water
Science
Mystery Science
Handwriting
Cursive!
Keys to legibility are size, shape, spacing and slant! Handwriting is important and strengthens our fine motor skills! Neatness counts!
Religion
What is Lent all about?
Important Information and News:
•On Wednesday, March 2nd, the children had the opportunity to come to school dressed as their favorite book character as we celebrated READ ACROSS AMERICA. This was a fun day as we shared not only our favorite characters with our classmates but also quiet reading time out in our hallways along with our entire school! The love of reading was eminent; the hallways were filled with quiet, focused readers enjoying a good book or two in unison with their friends!
•The second graders recently suggested a shoe tying contest and so a shoe tying contest was recently held in our second grade classroom! The importance of shoe tying cannot be overlooked or underestimated; safety is key! Those who still have yet to master the skill have time but extra practice is encouraged in order to receive the high honor medal for second grade shoe tying as soon as possible!
•At home, children should be practicing their math addition and subtraction facts. Please use flash cards or simply ask simple fact questions whenever you have a minute or two to practice. Make it fun!
•We are writing in our journals nightly. Please encourage as much independence as possible. Reinforce rereading sentences to proofread. Does/Do my sentence(s) make sense? Did I add punctuation and capital letters when necessary? Have I written at least 3 sentences to answer the prompt? Have I reviewed and checked my “checklist?”
•*If your son or daughter has a hard time completing homework, please let me know so I can reinforce the concept in school the following day. Thank you!
•Are YOU interested in becoming a MYSTERY READER? If so, please email me so we can set up a date and time for you to “Zoom” in and share a book with our class! We hope everyone will take part in this fun activity and spend some time with us! Thank you to all of the new volunteers! We can’t wait to share a book with you! We have a volunteer for the near future! Thank you, Mystery Reader!
• Please remember to send in extra masks for your son/daughter just in case a backup is needed!
• Please be sure your son/daughter has an extra uniform sweater to wear inside. Please be sure all hats, gloves and mittens are labeled with names please!
If ever you have a question or concern, please email me at [email protected].
God bless our week ahead.
Mrs. Antonia Ryan
