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Week of February 6, 2012
Language Arts We are well on our way with our reading theme “Neighborhood News”. Children are discovering that members of a community are connected in a variety of ways. They see that each person in a community plays a part in making that community special. Our reading story for this week will be “Max Found Two Sticks” (pp. 202-221), another realistic fiction story where two sticks fall from a tree one day as Max sits on the front steps. Since he doesn’t feel like talking, he responds to people by using the sticks to tap out the rhythms of things he sees and hears. Our reading skill will be to recognize words with multiple meanings (pp 226-227). Our spelling pattern will focus the use of vowel digraphs -ew & -ui-. Students should pay attention to where the sound is heard in the word to determine which spelling pattern is use. Our grammar lessons will focus on: identifying and generating verbs in the past tense. Be sure to review Grammar Lessons PowerPoint for Neighborhood News under downloads on new.schoolnotes.com as well. Also review action verbs and subject/verb agreement. Vocabulary and Reading Skill tests will be on Thursday. Spelling,
Math We are beginning chapter 4, Mental Math: Addition and Subtraction. Students will learn how to use models for tens and ones, mental math, and estimation to add and subtract two-digit numbers. Also, they will learn how to add on to a number to make the nearest ten and even 100! Please see the back of this newsletter for vocabulary and concepts related to this chapter. Please review these concepts and class work pages with your child to check his or her understanding. *Homework will be marked across the top to let you know it needs to be returned.
Math Vocabulary your child should learn and recognize for chapter four, Mental Math: Addition and Subtraction.
mental math- use this strategy when estimating or when working with numbers that end in 0 or 5
estimate- to find an answer that is close to an exact answer
pattern- One kind of pattern is a repeating pattern: one in which a central unit, or part, is repeated again and again. A numeric repeating pattern: 5+7=12, 12+7=19, 19+7=26 and so on
ones digit- the digit to the right of the tens digit: 3 is the ones digit in the number 23
tens digit- the digit to the left of the ones digit: 2 is the tens digit in the number 23
more- a greater number or amount
less- a smaller number or amount Science We are half way through our study of Land Habitats in Chapter 3. Students are learning about the different characteristics of land habitats. They are also learning the type of habitat determines which plants and animals can live there. (SOL 2.5, 2.8) Please review and discuss science pages that come home each night.
Science Vocabulary your child should learn and recognize for chapter three, Land Habitats.
Arctic- a very cold place near the North Pole Woodland Forest- a habitat that gets enough rain and sunlight for trees to grow well Rain Forest- a habitat that gets rain almost every day Desert- a dry habitat that gets very little rainfall camouflage- where an animal’s covering makes it look like its surroundings hibernation- when animals spend the winter in a deep sleep to survive low temperatures and lack of food migrate- when animals move to another place adaptation- a change a living thing goes through so it fits in better with its environment or habitat predator- a living thing that hunts another living thing for food habitat- a place where plants and animals can meet their needs Social Studies We are working on our unit study of geography for SOLs 2.5a & 2.6. Students will identify different types of landforms and label U. S. geographic features for SOLs 2.4a- locating the U.S. on a map and 2.5b- locating selected rivers (James River, Mississippi River, and Rio Grande), mountain ranges (Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains), and lakes (Great Lakes) in the United States. Tests dates will be marked on the study guides.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, Second Grade Teachers J
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- Verb Balloon Game Click the balloon with the verb
- Money-Count & Compare From Harcourt, count two different groups of money and then compare the totals using <, >, or =.
- Harcourt Counting Money Practice counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.
- Making Fact Families Great practice to making fact families from 3 given numbers
- 7 continents and 5 oceans Great way to study for the real thing!!
- That's a Fact! Practice basic math facts. Choose an operation, a level, and number of problems to get started. Even shows you problems you missed at the end.
- Spelling City Great site to practice spelling words. Just type in your own words and you are ready to go!!
- Harcourtschool.com Activities to go along with our reading series
- Math Magician Timed Addition/Subtraction Practice
- Reading Activities This link has activities for each of our reading stories!!!
- AAA Math Addition Facts Great site to practice addition facts up to 9 + 9.
- Eagle News Check out what is happening at school.
- IXL Math 2nd grade Great Math site! Let's you have 20 practice questions a day. Membership needed for more.
- Soar Portaportal Many grade level links for skill review
- Deck: Doubles
- Deck: Grammar Week 1 Sentences
- Deck: Grammar Week 4 & 5
- Deck: Grammar Week 17 Adjectives
- Deck: Grammar Week 18 Adjectives
- Deck: Math Chapter 3 Vocabulary
