Mrs. Ballnik's Second Grade

Classroom News from Mrs. Ballnik’s Class My email is ballnic@dearbornschools.org
Friday, March 9, 2018
Important Days to Remember
LITERACY NIGHT- Tuesday, March 6 at 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. -Thank-you to the students that were able to come!
Gym – Tuesday-Please remember to wear tennis shoes and bendable clothes (not jeans or slip on shoes).
FRIDAY SPELLING TESTS
Here are the words for the next spelling test. The spelling pattern will be silent consonants kn, wr, mb, bt, gn.
The spelling words are: knee, gnaw, write, lamb, doubt, knot, gnat, wrist, thumb, debt. The Dolch words are:do, from, any, put, take
Every Friday there will be a spelling test. Please practice every day with your child so that they will do well on the Friday Spelling test. Corrected tests are sent home on Monday for you to sign and send back to show me that you know the score.
We started to put the 16th word on the spelling test to challenge the students that get the spelling test correct every week. It is just for fun and no one is required to study these extra credit words. They come home in a worksheet each week, that we go over. They are not meant to be second grade level words and we would usually learn to read them and understand them, but not spell them.
MATH MATH MATH MATH MATH
We will have a test on Unit 7, next week. Look for the study guide. Unit 7 will include all of the higher level adding and subtracting, explaining how they added 2-digit numbers, counting money, skip counting, and analyzing data from graphs they fill in. Please be sure to practice adding money and counting by quarters (25’s).
Science
Our unit continues to be Earth Science and covers explorations that help us learn that Earth events can occur quickly (landslides, etc.) or slowly (erosion that carves rivers, canyons, etc.) We are making observations and discussing landforms and bodies of water.
Social Studies- .
We will see if we will be able to have our test on Economics, next week. This includes how our community buys and sells things, natural, human and capital resources. We are talking about scarcity makes people have choices. Choices involve your wants and needs.
Writing
We should have our informational George Washington reports on our lockers, if we are finished. I tried to copy the ones that were done on time to send home to share with you.
Reading- Read, Read, Read!
BOOK BAGS! Please observe how your child does with these books. Every book at level 20 and 24 for March (the level for second grade at this time) for example, may not be read easily depending on the words. Please ask your child to write a list of the words that they do not know, so you can work on them.
Please keep them in the bag and count the books, so they do not get lost. I will trade out the books every other week or so. Students should reread books until they are smooth and fluent when reading. Students record on their log when they read.

Congratulations to Ayah Majed for being the Star of the Week!
Happy Birthday to Mohammad Fouani on March 4th!
Happy Birthday to Mostafa Almakhzumy on March 5th!
Happy Birthday to Noor Almakhzumy on March 5th!
Happy Birthday to Zahra on March 5th!
Have a great weekend with your wonderful child and read, read, read!

Cheryl Ballnik