Here is our overview of the week!
No school Friday, May 24 and Monday, May 27, and Monday, June 3 – Wednesday, June 5.
Our last Spelling Test will be May 31.
Our final Grade Level PBIS reward will be Friday, June 7.
Subject | Focus | Vocabulary |
Reading | We are working on how a character responds to a challenge and how his response reveals his character traits. We will also be comparing different versions of a story. | challenge, response, traits, compare, contrast |
Spelling | Adding suffixes to a word changes it’s meaning and the part of speech it is. | suffix, base word (root word), noun, verb, adjective, adverb. |
Writing | We have finished both an opinion and an informational piece last week. We will now be writing a combination of informational and opinion writing to create a brochure about 2nd grade to give to next year’s class. | brainstorming, bullet points, drafting, revising, editing, publishing |
Math | We are starting a new unit that will lay the foundation for multiplication and division through arrays, equal groups, and repeated addition. | array, column, row, odd, even, equal groups, repeated addition |
Science | We are learning about different habitats for plants and animals and how they get what they need to survive. | |
Social Studies | We continue learning about businesses and the resources they need and the choices they have to make. | natural resource, human resource, capital resource, scarcity, opportunity cost, needs, wants, goods, service |