Welcome to Second Grade!  This year we will study about the Rain Forest, Africa and  the Desert, Timelines, the Amish, Pittsburgh, Fairy Tales and Pirates in Integrated Units. Students will also be busy learning in Monthly Centers and Math Centers.   We will be reading many books to the children by authors like Lionni, Henkes, Van Allsburg, Steig, De Paola, and Pallocco.  The children will read to us and work on building their comprehension skills with various chapter books.  In Writing, we will strive to use complete sentences, with proper punctuation, interesting action words and  descriptive adjectives.  In Math, we will begin the year with a focus on patterns and addition and subtraction.  Soon after, we will move onto studying time, calendar,  and addition and subtraction with regrouping.  These studies will be followed by the study of fractions, geometry, measurement, graphing, estimation and multiplication.  There will be ten Spelling words and one or two "Must Know Words" assigned weekly.  We will also begin to practice writing in cursive.   Second Grade is a busy, busy year!!

Weekly Assignments

The assignments will be the same each week.

Monday - Write fiirst five spelling words in a sentence.  Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your Book Log.

Tuesday - Write second five spelling words in a sentence.   Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your book log.

Wednesday - Solve the problem (s) on your Math paper .  Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your Book Log.

Thursday - Study for Spelling test.  Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your Book Log.  Optional Challenge Math has started! Children will be rewarded for accepting the challenge!

No Homework on Weekends!!

Remember Book Reports are due once a month until

winter break, and then twice a month after winter

break.

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Our December Monthly Centers are:

Season's Greetings

Dreidel

Word Hunt

Cusinaire Rods

Tangrams

Menu Boards

Tetrominoe Puzzles

Word Puzzles

Night Tree Reading

Clip Clue Puzzles

Our Math Centers are: Time Tiles and Pebble Math

Spelling Words for the week of 12/1/08

their, there, which, witch, our, hour,

here, hear, tale, tail

Spelling Words for the week of 12/8/08

sail, sale, weak, week, deer, dear, sent, scent

great, grate, see, see

Review all Must Know Words for the week of 12/15/08

Must Know Words

(This list will continue to grow throughout the year!  These are words the children must know as they grow as readers and writers!)

they,  because,   title,  author,   very,   favorite,    does, almost,  want,   when,   said,   friend,   every,  were

Children should study these words every night, there will be a test first thing on Friday mornings.

December Book Reports are due by December 19th!!!

(This is before WinterBreak!!)

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Dates to Remember

Winter Festival - December 19th

Winter Break begins at Dismissal - December 19th

In Service Day No School - January 5th

Thanks!!!

Thanks to our homeroom moms and all the parents for your cast party contributions.  The children did a wonderful job and we enjoyed celebrating their success with you!

Thanks for all the canned goods we delivered over 800 cans to Edgewood Presbyterian Church!!

Many thanks to Sara Scaife (David's Mom) for her help with our zoo trip.  The children enjoyed a beautiful morning at the zoo, and a very special rain forest program.  Thanks too for the great chameleon "Lizard Lunch" toys!

Thanks also to Mrs. Barbara Fleishman for sharing her chocolate-making prowess with the second grade.  The children enjoyed sampling this product from the rain forest!!

Announcements:

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any items from the cafeteria you should send a note stating

your wishes to your child's teacher.

Remember to send a note if your child's mode of transportation

changes on any given day.

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