Weekly Update - May 3rd

Happy 1st Friday in May!

Next week we will be working on the following topics:

 

ELA: We will continue Journeys and review comparing/contrasting and visualizing. We will also review dictionary skills and introduce prepositions. Our spelling focus will be on words with oa, ow, ee, ea. We are reading Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach...the kids are loving it!

 

Math: Next week we will continue with Saxon focusing on subtracting two-digit numbers with regrouping, subtracting 6 facts, solving a problem by guessing and checking, and covering the same design in different ways using tangram pieces.

 

Social Studies: We will begin our unit on biomes. Students will be learning about different biomes including: fresh water, wetlands, grasslands, mountains, prairies, forests, rainforests, deserts, caves, the arctic, and oceans.   

Homework: As a second grade team we have decided to open up the rest of Study Island and have the students work at their own pace. We would like all assignments due by June 3rd. To make the homework load a little more bearable, there will no longer be spelling or handwriting for the year. Students will only have Study Island and 60 minutes of reading each week.
  

Friend of the Week: 

Ella VanDenBerg
Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

 

Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Tuesday and Thursday. 
• May 6th: Progress Reports available on TeacherEase
• May 7th: Mandatory Zoo Trip Meeting for all volunteers/chaperones @ 4:15 in Room 14.
• May 10th: Zoo Field Trip - Students should wear PE uniforms and plenty of sunscreen. Please apply the sunscreen before students come to school. The bus will be leaving the parking lot promptly at 8:30 a.m. and will return around 4:00 p.m. Chaperones are $12 at the gate and you will buy your own lunches when we get there.
• May 27th: Memorial Day Holiday (No School)