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Mrs. Anderson's

Second Grade
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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 treats for 
our Fall Celebration.

Daily Homework

Study spelling, high frequency words, and math facts.  Read for 20 minutes.


November  2009


Reading and Language Arts

Houghton Mifflin Theme 2:  Nature Walk


 Spelling 

Our test will be on Thursdays.   

http://www.spellingcity.com 

is a great site for spelling practice.



Focus on Poetry

ten   twenty   thirty   forty   fifty   sixty   seventy   eighty   ninety   one hundred   eleven   twelve   thirteen  fourteen   fifteen   sixteen   seventeen   eighteen   nineteen  one thousand 


Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

bone   robe   use   these   rope   note   cute   close   hope   those   one   goes   like   look   two   more   see   go   other   because


Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett

trip   swim   step   nest   club   stone   next   brave   glad   lost   study   first   way   people   answer   try   place   old   even   boy


Week of October 26 -29

ten   twenty   thirty   forty   fifty   sixty   seventy   eighty   ninety   one hundred   eleven   twelve   thirteen  fourteen   fifteen   sixteen   seventeen   eighteen   nineteen  one thousand


Around the Pond:  Who’s Been Here?

bell   off   all   mess   add   hill   well   egg   grass   across   skill   difficult   these   sum   some   great   letter   follow   still   small   Bonus:  everybody


Owl Moon and Owls

high frequency review 

part   may   come   get   day   down   long   find   now   its   oil   who   call   been   water   first   then   my   people   could


Houghton Mifflin Reading Theme 2:  Nature Walk 

Selection 3:  Title: Around the Pond:  Who’s Been Here?      

Author: Lindsay Barrett George 

Genre:  Realistic Fiction  realistic 

Comprehension  Skill:  Categorize and Classify - to group things together because they are alike in some way.  

Information & Study Skills: Guide Words (dictionary) 

Phonics:  Double Consonants, VCV Pattern 

Phonics review:  Consonant Clusters (r, l, s) 

Vocabulary Skills:  Multiple-Meaning Words 


Key Vocabulary: 

bank - the land around a body of water 

crater - a bowl-shaped impression in a surface 

edge - the line or place where something ends 

moss - a type of green plant 

path - a track or way made by footsteps 

shallow – not deep 

Other Vocabulary: 

containers - things like cans or jars that are used to hold or carry things 

dangles - hangs loosely while swinging to and fro 

swamp azalea - a flowering plant that grows near water 

terrapin - a kind of turtle 

scolds - fusses at 

squishy - soft and wet like a sponge 

mussel - a creature that lives in a shell and burrows in the sand or mud of lakes and streams 


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


Students are to memorize the math addition facts to sums (answers) of 18 and subtraction facts from 18.  


Science - weather



Social Studies

continents, oceans, maps, citizenship, rules, responsibilities, and consequences


ENHANCEMENTS

Our 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.

 

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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