Interactive Blog Links for the week: (right hand column)

Reading Target Skills:

Multiple Meaning Words
Multiple Meaning Words Jeopardy

Explore Books:

Choose any link in this category


Grammar:
Homophones


Social Studies:

Top Tab: Pearson On-line books (access with student username and password)

Math Practice Sites:

Area
Capacity
Volume
Math Playground Area/Perimeter
Measure Funbrain

Dear Families,

I hope you are enjoying this beautiful 80 degree weather...during the winter months!!!! When discussing the change of seasons with our 2nd graders, it's really difficult to explain that it is still winter, even though we are coming to school in shorts, sleeveless shirts and flip-flops! The windows have been wide open and 3 fans have been running in the classroom all week. I sure hope your children don't grow up completely confused thinking that March is the month to break out the lawn chairs and grill. ;) Meanwhile, let's enjoy this weather while it lasts, and let's hope we don't have too many mitten days ahead.

Here are the latest updates for the upcoming week:

Spelling:
This week, your child should be studying the words from lesson 24 (pattern: gh, ph). A few students had the incorrect spelling Tic-Tac-Toe attached as their spelling homework page. (I think I had a few old tic-tac-toes from the previous week on the stack for this week.) The top of the correct sheed should read Lesson 24: Pattern: gh, ph. If your child has the incorrect homework page, I will have copies on Monday to send home.

If your child would like to get a start on his/her spelling homework this weekend, the words can be retrieved by clicking on the SPELLING tab at the top of this blog. Scroll down to lesson 24 and you will see the words.

Math:
Home Links 9.6 and 9.7 will be due on Wednesday, 3/21. Some students had the opportunity to begin 9.7 homework sheet during math explorations on Friday. 9.7 was sent home in backpacks on Friday, so please look for it, complete it and send it back. Home Link 9.6 will be coming home on Monday.

Social Studies:
As a final project to wrap up our Economy Unit, students in 2BR voted to work on a "Producers and Consumers" project. Students brainstormed a list of items that they can bring from home to share with the class. We will be creating goods from these materials and then sell the goods to classmates--using fake money, of course. Please do not go out and buy materials...anything you have around the house will work. We will be making small items such as, bookmarks, rings, bracelets, boats, pictures, and whatever else your children dream up with their crative minds. Here's a list of ideas the students put together:

paper

glue

aluminum foil

paper clips

safety pins

cardboard

old fabric scraps

cotton balls

cups

beads

paper plates

string/yarn

plastic spoons/forks

rubber bands

buttons

feathers

straws

glitter

tape

paper towel rolls

toilet paper rolls

cleaned out containers

empty boxes (cereal, oatmeal, pringles)

popsicle sticks

sticks

rocks

seashells

stamps

stickers

leaves

Writing:
Please have your child bring a book of his/her choice to school. This book should be a "just right" book for your child's reading ability. Students will be using the book to write a book review and recommendation. If your child does not have a book at home to bring, we have plenty of books here at school.


Reading:
This week, your child will begin reading Max Found Two Sticks, by Brian Pinkney. In this story, a young boy named Max doesn’t feel like talking to anyone, so instead he finds two sticks and gegins drumming on anything he can find. When he’s asked what he’s doing, he just drums his answer. Then the sudden appearance of a marching band and an unexpected gift of real drumsticks change Max’s mood.

Focus Skill: Multiple Meaning Words

Vocabulary Power:

appeared-came into view

conductor-someone who is in charge of a train

created-made or designed something

imitated-copied something or someone

rhythm-a regular beat in music, poetry, or dance

startled-surprised someone and made the person jump