Here you will find a “forecast” of what is planned for our next week of school!
Reading Language Arts
Reading: We continue our novel study of Herbie Jones Sails into Second Grade
•story elements such as characters, setting, problem, and solution
•vocabulary words and their meanings
•character traits
•sequencing of story events
Phonics Focus
•initial, medial and final consonants in words
•short a,e,i,o,u vowels and their word families
Writing
•poetry/writing journals-fall poems and October writing prompts
•writing good sentences that make sense, making sure our sentences have punctuation and capitalization
Grammar
•review of nouns, plural nouns, verbs, adjectives
Handwriting
•review of the keys to legibility: key elements to focus on in order to make sure our handwriting is legible as we sharpen our manuscript skills
•manuscript letters A a, D d, C, c, E, e, F, f, G, g
Math
•developing fluency with addition using mental math strategies (doubles/doubles plus one, fact families)
•addends and sum
•“Numbers About Me” Math journal work
Social Studies / Science
•”Different Kinds of Families” -vocabulary: extended family, generation, guardian, immigrant, citizen, tradition
•Mystery Science: Experiment: What do scientists do?
•Scholastic News
Religion-Chapel is Wednesday
•What is prayer?
•words to help guide our prayers
•prayer books: October prayer
•writing prayers to add to our classroom prayer box
Important Information and News:
We welcome Mrs. Bumpass and Mrs. King as our class parents for the school year. We thank you for volunteering. They will be contacting you in regards to donations for our fall/pumpkin second grade celebration being held on Monday, October 31.
This week we will have our first Mystery Reader! The children will be given 3 clues to guess who it might be! We welcome our Mystery Reader to our classroom on Wednesday and look forward to a great story time.
I will be collecting $10 per student for party supplies. A note will be sent home soon.
•Homework Please encourage as much independence as possible when completing homework. Homework is expected to be done neatly. The children will be writing their assignments in their planners. Kindly initial their planner each night. Take Home Folders will need to be emptied every night as well. Thank you!
•Please order online for October hot lunch as well as for weekly Friday pizza. Pizza envelopes will no longer be used.
•Snack should be sent in daily as well as a refillable water bottle.
•Please label all uniform sweaters with your child’s name
If ever you have a question or concern, please email me at [email protected].
May our week be blessed,
Mrs. Antonia Ryan
