Student of the Week/Word of the Week
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
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
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
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
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
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
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/ SCIENCE
Social Studies: "Using Our Resources"
Science: "Matter and Motion"
PE
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.
Links
Project Cornerstone
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.






