Dear Families,

Welcome back! Hope everyone had a great, relaxing Thanksgiving break.

IMPORTANT DATES:

12/8/16 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm Second grade musical The Goblin Next Door.

12/21/16 2:00 pm Winter Holdiay party

12/22/16-1/6/17 Winter break

LANGUAGE ARTS (CKLA):

Skills ~ Unit 3

• Spelling alternatives for /ue/: ‘u’ ‘u_e’ ‘ue’
• Spelling for/aw/
• Tricky spelling ‘u’
• Spelling words: (antonyms/synonym) Student will have to know the antonym or synonym for the given words

• Tricky Word:
• Grammar: Antonyms, synonyms, plural nouns
• Reader is Kids Excel. Each story is written as if it were an article in a magazine. The articles are realistic fiction about kids excelling in different areas.

Listening & Learning (Domain)~

Domain 4 Greek Myths- I have made screencasts of the read alouds to share with absent students. Here is the link in case anyone else would like to learn with us or review. Click here.

• Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx
• Atalanta and the Golden Apples
•  Review
• Assessment

MATH:

• Math Fact Fluency~ doubles facts +1

Chapter 5 Multiplication

• Introduction
• How to Multiply
• How to Divide

PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK: Cyrus

SPECIALS:

• Monday: Art
• Tuesday: Music
• Wednesday: PE
• Thursday: Art
• Friday: Music

Dear Families,

We had an incredible and moving Veterans’ Day Concert on Friday. The students were wonderful during the concert.

Please send back the portfolio if you haven’t. Thanks to those who have.

Have a great week!

• 11/17/16 ~ Cookie dough delivered
• 11/21-25/16 ~ Fall Break, no school

LANGUAGE ARTS (CKLA):

Skills ~ Unit 3

• Spelling alternatives for /ie/: ‘ie’ ‘i’
• Tricky spelling ‘i’
• Spelling words: (kn, wr, wh, qu, -ed, -ing) knotted. knitting, knocked, wringing, wronged, whipped, whined, quitting, quacked
• Tricky Word: all
• Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns, Capitalization
• Reader is Kids Excel. Each story is written as if it were an article in a magazine. The articles are realistic fiction about kids excelling in different areas.

Listening & Learning (Domain)~

Greek Myths- I have made screencasts of the read alouds to share with absent students. Here is the link in case anyone else would like to learn with us or review. Click here.

• Theseus and the Minotaur
• Daedalus
• Hercules
• Other Adventures of Hercules
• Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx

MATH:

• Math Fact Fluency~ doubles facts

Chapter 4~ Bar Modeling If you would like to know more about bar modeling, check out this youtube video.

• Review
• Assessment

Chapter 5 Multiplication

• Introduction

PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK: Cooper

SPECIALS:

• Monday: Music
• Tuesday: PE
• Wednesday: Art
• Thursday: Music
• Friday: PE

Dear Families,

The students enjoyed the field trip to see Bill Bagg’s The Magic of Science. I hope they tried the doorway experiment.

Please remember to return the portfolio with all papers in it as soon as possible. You will see it again in January when we send home new report cards.

Don’t forget the Veterans’ Day concert on Friday at 10:00. All  Veterans are invited.

Have a great week!

• 11/11/16 ~ Veterans’ Day Concert at 10:00 am. All Veterans are welcome to join us at that time.
• 11/17/16 ~ Cookie dough delivered
• 11/21-25/16 ~ Fall Break, no school

LANGUAGE ARTS (CKLA):

Skills ~ Unit 3

• Spelling alternatives for /oe/: ‘oa’ ‘oe’
• Tricky spelling ‘0’
• Spelling words: (tricky spelling c and g) carpet, face, space, cell, center, chance, gray, page, digit, germ
• Tricky Word: are
• Reader is Kids Excel. Each story is written as if it were an article in a magazine. The articles are realistic fiction about kids excelling in different areas.

Listening & Learning (Domain)~

Greek Myths- I have made screencasts of the read alouds to share with absent students. Here is the link in case anyone else would like to learn with us or review. Click here.

• The Twelve Olympian Gods
• Prometheus and Pandora
• Demeter and Persephone
• Arachne the Weaver

MATH:

• Math Fact Fluency~ doubles facts

Chapter 4~ Bar Modeling If you would like to know more about bar modeling, check out this youtube video.

• Comparing Two Sets
• Two step problems
• Review
• Assessment

Chapter 5 Multiplication

• Introduction

PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK: Bekila

SPECIALS:

• Monday: PE
• Tuesday: Art
• Wednesday: Music
• Thursday: PE
• Friday: Art