Week 24 - February 24 - 28

FYI:

3/12 - 2nd Grade Concert - Thursday, March 12th at 6:30 p.m. - Students should report to the Music Room NO EARLIER than 6:15 p.m. that evening.  Gym doors will open at 6 p.m. 

This week we will focus on:

Phonics - Lesson 83 - 85 - Spelling Test on Wednesday

We will be working on ow and suffixes: er and ing

We will revisit the endings y, o, e, ar, ing, ang, ong, ung, ink, ank, onk, unk, -nt, -nd, -mp, 
-sk, -ft and VCe words: a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e and y-e and oy, oi, all, wh

We will be working on sight words: buy, sure, he's, she's
And revisit: again, against, they'd, there'd, very, I'd, you'd come, some, says, want, here's, 
any, been, they, they'll, they're, went, haven't, have, live, give, I've, you've, they've, could, 
would, should, couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't, many, both, could've, would've, should've

Lesson 86 and 87 (Thursday and Friday) we will start working on -tch, -ch endings and
sight words: always, busy, we've, we're

This Weeks Specialist Schedule:

Monday:       Day 2
Tuesday:      Day 3
Wednesday: Day 4
Thursday:     Day 5
Friday:          Day 6

On Day 1 we go to: Gym and Media

On Day 2 we go to: Music

On Day 3 we go to: Media and Gym

On Day 4 we go to: Art (Please have your child bring back their library book)

On Day 5 we go to: Gym and Media (Check out day)

On Day 6 we go to: Art and Music

Reading & Writing - Unit 7 - Skill: Making Inferences & Making Predictions:

We will be rolling out a new unit involving making predictions. We will also be revisiting 

inferencing strategies as well.  Students will make educated guesses, or predictions, about 

what will happen next in a story by using clues (fiction) or evidence (nonfiction) along 

with what they already know.  Making predictions helps students make sense of a text 

and build interest as they read.  Making predictions encourages our early readers to 

keep reading to find out if what they think or predict will happen.

We are working on adjectives and adverbs this month.

Writing Wednesday prompt:

Lunch/Recess is from 12:20 to 1:00

2nd Step: Unit 3 - Lesson 15 - Managing Anger

Then Sharing:
Mondays: Liam, Wes, Augie, Elizabeth, Brody

Tuesdays: Cora, Corben, Matias, Brynn, Maxwell
Wednesdays: Sage, Mia, Simon, Natalia
Thursdays: Joshua, Donovan, Gia, Annabelle

Fridays: Sammy, Nellie, Ava, Violet

In Math: 
Your child is beginning a new unit on time.  You can help your child link the time concepts learned
in school with the real world.  Together, look for clocks in your home.  You might search for watches,
alarm clocks, digital clocks during breakfast and say, "We usually eat breakfast at this time. It is
7:30 a.m.  In this unit, your child will learn to tell time to the hour, half hour, quarter-hour and five
minutes.
We will also work on tally charts, horizontal and vertical bar graphs.

In Social Studies: Chapter 4 - What Is Geography?

We will identify geographic features and locate them on a physical map.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 

2/20  Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4-8pm

2/20  Winter Book Fair Open, Noon-7:30pm

2/24  PTA Meeting, 6:30-8:30pm

2/27  4th Grade Band Information Night at Grandview

3/2 Skate Night at Thaler Arena 5:30 - 7:30 pm

3/12 2nd Grade Concert - Thursday, March 12th at 6:30 p.m. - Students should report to 
         the Music Room NO EARLIER than 6:15 p.m. that evening.      
         Gym doors will open at 6 p.m.