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November and December Newsletter

Posted by on November 7, 2018

November Newsletter

Dear parents,

The following is the newsletter for the month of November and we might have some changes throughout the month.

Language Arts:

Spelling: Weekly homework

Monday: Write each word 3 times

Tuesday: Write ten sentences using the spelling list.

Wednesday: Write a short story using the spelling list.

Friday: Spelling test

 

Spelling :2nd Grade

10/29/18

Week 10  grow- low-toe-goes-soap-like-will- went- are- came

 

11/5/18

Week 11  meat-queen-beet-baby-mean-into-want-too-pretty-four

 

11/12/18

Week 12 Chill- sheep- think- while- chase- saw- eat- who-new- must

 

11/19/18

Week 13 each- which- match- dish- with- eat- who-new- must-black

 

11/26

Week 14 screen-stripe-struck-truck-train-before-after-our-ate-under

 

 

 

 

Spelling 3rd Grade

10/29/18

Week 8    brother- whisper- father- teacher- mother-grandfather-predict-details-product-factors-immigrant

 

 

11/5/18

Week 9 button- bottle-better-letter-rabbit-division- commutative- distributive- quotient- volume

 

11/12/18

Week 10  music- behind-olive-habit-conflict-opinion-local-ecosystem-cycle

 

11/19/18

Week 11 found- cloud- pound-sound-loud-paragraph- next- content- contain-polygon

 

11/26/18

Week 12 snow- blow- glow- crow- know- adapt- system-mammal reptile- prey

 

 

 

 

 

Math 2nd grade

10/29/18

Topic A

Lesson 1

Standards

2.NBT.1

Forming Base Ten Units of Ten, a Hundred, and a Thousand

Topic B

Lessons 2 and 3

Standards

2.NBT.2

2.NBT.2

Understanding Place Value Units of One, Ten, and Hundred.

 

Topic C

Lesson 4 and 5

Standards

2.NBT.3

2.NBT.1

2.NBT.2

Three-Digit Numbers in Unit, Standard, Expanded, and Word Forms.

 

11/5/18

Lessons 6 and 7

Standards

2.NBT.3

2.NBT.1

2.NBT.2

Three-Digit Numbers in Unit, Standard, Expanded, and Word Forms.

 

Topic D

Lessons 8, 9, 10 and Mid-Module Assessment

Standards

2.NBT.1

2.NBT.3

2.NBT.8

Modeling Base Ten Numbers Within 1,000 with Money

 

11/12/18

Topic E

Lessons 11, 12, and 13

Standards

2.NBT.1

2.NBT.3

2.NBT.8

Modeling Numbers within 1,000 with Place Value Disks.

 

11/19/18

Topic E

 

Lessons 14 and 15

Standards

2.NBT.1

2.NBT.3

2.NBT.8

Modeling Numbers within 1,000 with Place Value Disks.

 

11/26/18

 Topic F

Lessons 16, 17, and 18

Standards

2.NBT.4

Comparing Two Three-Digit Numbers

 

 

Math 3rd grade

10/29/18

 

Topic A

Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Standards

3.NBT.2

3.MD.1

Time Measurement and Problem Solving.

 

11/5/18

 

Topic B

Lessons 6, 7, 8, and 9

Standards

3.NBT.2

3.MD.2

Measuring Weight and Liquid Volume in Metric Units.

 

 

11/12/18

Lessons 10, 11, and Mid-Module Assessment

Standards

3.NBT.2

3.MD.2

Measuring Weight and Liquid Volume in Metric Units.

 

11/19/18

 

Topic C

 

Lessons 12, 13, and 14

Standards

3.NBT.1

3.MD.2

3.MD.2

Rounding to the Nearest Ten and Hundred

 

11/26

Topic D

 

Lessons 15, 16, and 17

Standards

3.NBT.1

3.NBT.1

3.MD.2

3.MD.2

Two-and Three-Digit Measurement Addition Using the Standard Algorithm

 

Social Studies 2nd grade

Unit: 2 Where is my community & what is it like?

Week of 11/5/18

·                      Lesson one: Vocabulary

Map – map key- symbol-direction words

·                      Classwork /Activities

Home work- Vocabulary cards will go home for review

Week of 11/12/18

Lesson 2

·         Location natural and human characteristics

Classwork /activities/quiz

Continue with vocabulary cards and reading maps

Lesson 3

·                      Vocabulary: Landforms- bodies of water- mountains-hills, Valley-ocean- Lake- rivers

·                      Classwork /activities

Week of 11/19/18

Lesson 4

·       Vocabulary: Negative and positive consequences

·       Classwork/ activities

 

Unit Review/ Unit Test

 

 

 

Social Studies 3nd grade

Unit 3: The Early History of Michigan

Week of 11/5/18

·       Lesson 1&2:  History is the study of past.

 

·       Vocabulary: Primary sources, secondary sources, decade, archaeologist, alliance, adapting to the natural environment, and modifying the environment.

 

·       Classwork /Activities

Home work- Vocabulary cards will go home for review

Week of 11/12/18

Lesson 3: Stories were an important part of the cultures of Michigan Indians.

·       Vocabulary: legend

·       Classwork /Activities

Week of 11/19/18

·       Lesson 4: About 500 years ago explorers from the continent of Europe were looking for trade routes to china.

·                      Vocabulary: continent, explorer, scarcity.

·                      Classwork /Activities

Week of 11/26/18

·       Lesson 5: Competition for the fur trade led to a war between France and Britain.

·                       Vocabulary: fort,

·                      Classwork /Activities

 

 

Week of 12/3/18

   Lesson 6: Pioneers coming to Michigan in the early 1800s had many challenges to overcome.

·                      Vocabulary: pioneer, population, survey, and census.

·                      Classwork /Activities

 

Unit Review/ Unit Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science 2nd grade

 

Unit: Work of Water

 

Week of 11/05/18

Mystery 1: Mapping, Earth’s Surface, and Landforms

If you floated down a river, where would you end up?

1-    Exploration

2-    Activity: Paper Mountain

Week of 11/12/18

Mystery 2: Erosion, Earth’s Surface, and Landforms.

Why is there sand at the beach?

1-    Exploration:

2-    Activity: Rocking the River

Week of 11/19/18

Mystery 3: Mapping, Earth’s Surface, and Landforms

What’s strong enough to make a canyon?

1-    Exploration

2-    Activity: Cornmeal Canyons

Week of 11/26/18

Mystery 4: Erosion and Engineering

How can you stop a landslide?

1-    Exploration:

2-    Activity: Erosion Engineering

 

 

Science 3rd grade

 

Unit: Weather and Climate

 

Week of 11/05/18

Mystery 1: Water Cycle, Phases of Matter

Where do clouds come from?

1-    Exploration

2-    Activity: Gas Trap

Week of 11/12/18

Mystery 2: Local Weather Patterns, Weather Prediction

How can we predict when it’s going to storm?

1-    Exploration

2-    Activity: Storm Spotter’s Guide

Week of 11/19/18

Mystery 3: Climate, Geography, and Global Weather Patterns

Why are some places always hot?

1-    Exploration

2-    Activity: Climate Decoder

Week of 11/26/18

Mystery 4: Natural Hazard and Engineering

How can you keep a house from blowing away in a windstorm?

1-    Exploration

2-    Activity: Design a Windproof House

 

   

 

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