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Student of the Week/Word of the Week

January 23, 2012 - January 27, 2012

Nate is our class student of the week. Assembly is on Friday, January 27 at 8:30 in the Forum. See you there!

"Healthy" award goes to Dante and Michaela.

Homework

Homework packets will be sent home on Friday and due the following Friday. Writing Journals will be sent home on Friday and due the following Wednesday. Check the Writing section for the current assignment.

VOLUNTEERS

10:20 A.M.

Mondays 

Haas

Tuesdays

Heeter, Hickok

Wednesdays

Jeffery/McKay, Moss/Fulga

Thursdays

Carter

Fridays 

King, Mott

Correcting Homework (Take Home)

Lane, Massaro, Lawson, Hebert

Room Mom

Bruno/ Rose

Library/ Project Cornerstone (Mondays 10:25-10:50/ PC Once a Month 12:50-1:35)

Mott

Haas

Orlando

Art/ Cooking (Fridays 1:45-2:45)

Rose

Class Book Store

The class bookstore is now closed. We will open again after we receive more donations to Amazon (thank you to families who donated earlier this year). Brand new books will be available for 500 tickets each. What a bargain! All you have to do is place your order with Mr. H and your book will be delivered in 2 days (thanks to Amazon 2 day shipping). Happy Reading!!!

READING

Concepts we are studying:

Sequence of Events

Fantasy/Realism

Venn Diagram

Prediciting

Cause/Effect (current week)

If/Then

Fact/Opinion

Categorize/Classify

Topic, Main Idea and Details

Problem Solving

Context Clues

Inferences

Drawing Conclusions 

Accelerated Reader 

1st Trimester Goal - 100,000 words

2nd Trimester Goal - 200,000 words

3rd Trimester Goal - 300,000 words 

(about 35,000 words each month)

The Accelerated Reading program is a fantastic method for monitoring word counts and book levels. You can check your word count report after each completed quiz. In addition to word count goals for second grade, individual student point goals will be set. Next time you take a quiz, check your point goal. It's worth 100 tickets! Tickets will be given out on Fridays.

WRITING

Spelling: oa,ow

Vocabulary: pronouns

Mechanics: possesive nouns

Organization: topic sentence, main idea, details

Writing Journal: sent home on Friday and is due on Wednesday. Please write 10 or more sentences in your Journal. You may choose to write daily or weekend news, a short story, about a dream, a nonfiction report, or a poem. 

In 2nd Grade we will learn to write descriptive, narrative, persuasive, creative, research, and response to literature paragraphs. 

MATH

Daily Math Thinking Problems: Students will find solutions and explain them in a variety of ways. 

Chapter 10: Money

The 2nd Grade goal for EPGY is to get 90% of all problems correct and reach 3rd Grade level by spring. 

SOCIAL STUDIES/ SCIENCE

Social Studies: "Using Our Resources"

Science: "Matter and Motion"

PE

We are running a mile every day. An obstacle course for fitness has been included for the new year. Make sure you have proper shoes to wear. 

MVP

Music: 

Art: 

Project Cornerstone

Students will meet once a month with Mrs. Mott to talk about positive reinforcement and community building. Students will learn to write "Fuzzy Grams" positive comments to each other. They will also learn how to respond to bullies and negative comments.

Pokeman Club  

Meets on Mondays at lunch recess in the Library with Mrs. Mott.