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![]() Mrs. Anderson's Second Grade Web Page You may email Mrs. Anderson at: andersdl@rss.k12.nc.us ![]() Welcome to Second Grade November 24th is an Early Release Day. Students will be dismissed at 12:30. Thank you for sending Sprite for our School Dance. Daily Homework Study spelling and high frequency words, memorize math facts. Read for 30 minutes. December 2009 Reading and Language Arts Houghton Mifflin Theme 3: Around Town: Neighborhood and Community Spelling Our test will be on Thursdays. http://www.spellingcity.com is a great site for spelling practice. when train town clean through sheep tray now keep right both mail sour please want then trail frown feel sentence chase pay cow we after teeth sail clown be because teach hay found eat change dish nail how tree picture which rain mouse the animal than they brown people point wash may could over answer catch great should new different lunch world would see difficult another America towel only America mother play about work world thing away out three another why say our need these such take around read before much name house mean first where same sound year turn High Frequency Chinatown Firehouse Mustache Jamaica Louise Grandpa's Corner Houghton Mifflin Reading Theme 3: Around Town: Neighborhood and Community Selection 1: Chinatown Selection 2: A Trip to the Firehouse Selection 3: Big Bushy Mustache Selection 4: Jamaica Louise James Wrap-Up: Grandpa's Corner Store and "Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood" Section 1: Chinatown Comprehension Strategy:Summarize-To tell, in your own words, what happened so far in the story. Comprehension Skill : Making Judgments- use facts from the story, and your beliefs, to make and confirm opinions about the characters or situations. Vocabulary: apartment- a room or group of rooms to live in delivery- adj., used to carry or take something to a place or to a person handcarts- small wagons, usually with two wheels, that are pulled or pushed by hand restaurant- a place where people go to eat meals medicinal- used to cure pain or illness musty- damp or moldy herbs- plants valued for their use in medicine or cooking market- a place or store where food and other goods are sold celebrations- activities carried out to honor a special day or a special event woks- metal pans with rounded bottoms used for frying and steaming clang- make a metallic ringing sound barely- only just furious- very angry kung fu- a Chinese system of self-defense, similar to karate develop- to help in the growth of, make stronger arrive- to come to a place favorite- one that is liked best seafood- fish or shellfish from the sea used for food sizzles- makes hissing sounds crackle- make cracking or snapping sounds tai chi- an ancient kind of exercise graceful- smooth or beautiful in motion cobbler- a person who makes or repairs shoes “Gung hay fat choy” Grammar Skills Review: Naming Parts of Sentences (Subject) Action Parts of Sentences (Predicate) What Is a Sentence? Commands Writing a Paragraph High Frequency Words Students in second grade are responsible for knowing how to read and spell 200 High Frequency Words. They learned the first 25 in kindergarten, the next 75 in first grade, and we will add 100 new words throughout this year. The entire list can be found in the Second Grade Brochure at http://www.rss.k12.nc.us/eled/default.html under the parent section. 1st quarter and second quarter Second Grade High Frequency Words great letter off follow still small back work ask think thing why such much where play away say take same same house found around sound three need read mean year man big give live set end men us just does came page here me line help went must sentence because try place old even boy Envision Math Vocabulary: money, pictograph, key, bar graph, probability, impossible, certain, most likely, least likely, number words, place value, hundreds, tens and ones, is greater than, is less than, is equal to, comes just before, just after, in between, sum, addend, difference, plus, equals, zero Skills and Strategies: adding double digits without regrouping, counting back on a number line, doubles, near doubles, make a ten, fact families Go to http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html for baseball addition practice. Study Math Fact Families + and - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Students are to memorize the math addition facts to sums (answers) of 18 and subtraction facts from 18. Science - weather Social Studies The First Thanksgiving, holidays, continents, oceans, maps, citizenship, rules, responsibilities, and consequences ENHANCEMENTSOur enhancement schedule is: Monday 2:15-2:45 Brain Games Second Grade Team Tuesday 11:15-11:45 Guidance Mrs. McCall every other week Wednesday 1:00-1:30 Art Mrs. Lewis Wednesday 1:40-2:10 Computer Mrs. Anderson Thursday 1:00-1:30 P.E. Mrs. Earnhardt Friday 1:00-1:30 Music Mrs. Shue Recess 12:25-12:55 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday Lunch 10:45- 11:15 Every morning 8:45-9:30 is Second Grade Activity Block. During second quarter we have Thinking Skills with Miss Florida on Mondays 9:40-10:10.
Students must wear tennis shoes in order to participate safely in P.E. and recess. Media instruction with Mrs. Moyes or Mrs. Wilhelm will be a flexible schedule.
PARENT RESOURCES Please visit: http://www.rss.k12.nc.us/eled/default.html and click on PARENTS for the Second Grade Brochure. It is an overview of the second grade curriculum. . Click on IDEAS ON THE WEB for some terrific resources and links. Visit our class website weekly for more information about what we are learning, the spelling list, and more links at http://new.schoolnotes.com/xpages/view/69456 and you may email me at andersdl@rss.k12.nc.us
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- http://www.freemathtest.com/2ndGrade.asp Math Test click on-line test
- http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html Great addition practice
- Two Minute Warning Practice Math Facts
- Beat the Clock Game Practice telling time
- http://www.learningtoday.com Prescriptive Instrcution - Tutor Program
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/addsubtract/mental/factsheet.shtml Ideas for learning math facts and games
- http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx Check to see if your book is an AR book
- http://www.rss.k12.nc.us/eled/parents.html Rowan-Salisbury School System Site for Parents - Second Grade: The Next Step Brochure with 200 High Frequency words
- http://www.harcourtschool.com Science
- http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ Computer Math Games
- Math book and game student login: rowans2 password: gokids
- Cool Math Games
- http://www.funbrain.com/math/index.html Great Addition Practice
- Magic Magician Math Games Math addition and subtraction games
- http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd.htm second grade lessons
- http://www.eduplace.com Reading book and activities
- http://www.dositey.com/addsub/addition.htm Math games













