Spelling

Spelling Week 26: -are, -air

stare     

dare      

chair     

rare     

fair       

Dolch words:  ready, whisper, fight, hundred, careful

Our spelling test will be on Friday.

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Focus for the week of April 16th, 2019

This week our second grade students will be learning:

Reading:  Students will learn to explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

Math:  Students will learn to add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. They will understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.Students will explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.

Writing:  Students will learn how to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events by developing believable characters in my story

Science: Students will learn about plants and how they grow.  They will explore life cycles of silkworms, mealworms and butterflies.

Social Studies: They will describe the natural, human, and capital resources needed for production of a good or service in a community.  Identify businesses in the local community. They will describe how businesses in the local community meet economic wants of consumers. Students use examples to show that people cannot produce everything they want (specialization) and depend on trade with others to meet their wants.

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Hands-On Museum Field Trip

Our field trip will be on Monday, April 15, 2019.  We need all students to wear their Miller shirt and bring a sack lunch. Please do not bring any glass containers.  The buses will leave school at approximately 9 am, please be here early so we can leave on time.

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Miller Spring Concert

Miller’s second and third grade classrooms performed vocally and with instruments beautifully today for parents, peers, siblings and teachers. It was a joy to see their happy faces.

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Homework for the week of April 8th

Complete daily assignments and return each day.

Monday, April 8

Math: (in your folder)

Lesson 5 homework, math bag, and ZEARN.

Spelling: (in your homework notebook)

Write your words. Circle all of the vowels. Underline each of the consonants. (vowels: a, e, i, o, u)

Reading:

Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever.

Tuesday, April 9

Math: (in your folder)

Lesson 6 homework, math bag, and ZEARN.

Spelling: (in your homework notebook)

Write your words four times each!

Reading:

Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever.

Wednesday, April 10

Math: (in your folder)

Lesson 7 homework, math bag, and ZEARN.

Spelling: (in your homework notebook)

Use each of your words in a complete sentence.

Reading:

Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever.

Thursday, April 11

Math: (in your folder)

Lesson 8 homework, math bag, and ZEARN.

Spelling: (in your homework notebook)

Have someone give you a pretend test.

Reading:

Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Math: (in your folder)

Math bag games, and ZEARN.

Reading:

Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever.

 

Reminders:

*Bring a healthy snack to school. Some ideas include fruit, veggies, crackers.

*Conferences on April 10 (you should have received a notice if you’re being asked to attend)

*Field trip next Monday April 15.

 

 

 

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Spelling April 8-13

Spelling Week 25:

patterns-ge, -dge, – rge, – nge, -lge

Word Bank: (Choose 5 hot words and 5 cold words)

cage    

indulge 

range   

pledge 

large   

Dolch words:  clock, plate, true, leave, stood

Our test will be on Friday.

 

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Focus for the week of April 8, 2019

This week our second grade students will be learning:

Reading:  Students will learn to ask and answer questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Math:  Students will learn toAdd and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.They will mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.Students will explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.

Writing:  Students will learn how to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events by developing believable characters in my story

Science: Students will learn about plants and how they grow.  They will explore life cycles of silkworms, mealworms and butterflies.

Social Studies: Students will explain why people cannot have everything they want (scarcity) and describe how people respond (choice). They will describe the natural, human, and capital resources needed for production of a good or service in a community

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Spring Break

We will not have school from Saturday, March 30, 2019 to Sunday, March 7, 2019.  I hope all students and families have a great time off.  Please read every day and go on IReady, when you can.

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Supplies Needed!

If possible, please have your student bring in some tissue boxes and baggies.  Thank you, we are really in need of these things.

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Bingo for Books Thursday, March 28th at 4:30 p.m.

Please join us this Thursday, March 28, 2019 in the school cafeteria from 4:30 – 5:30.  We will be having Bingo for Books.

We are asking for a $1.00 donation per person for the

Children of Yemen Fundraiser.  We hope to see you all there!

 

يرجى الانضمام إلينا هذا الخميس 28 مارس 2019 في كافيتيريا المدرسة من الساعة 4:30 حتى 5:30. نحن نطلب تبرع 1.00 دولار للشخص الواحد لجمعية أطفال اليمن. نأمل أن نراكم جميعا!

 

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