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Spirit Week at Miller

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We are having spirit week at Miller.  This is a fundraiser for the the Children of Yemen, so each day if your child participates, he or she needs to bring in $1.00.

 

Monday-Crazy Hair Day

Tuesday-Hat Day

Wednesday-Sports Day (wear your favorite jersey)

Thursday-Holiday Spirit (wear Red and Green)

Friday-Pajama Day

Homework for the week of December 17, 2018

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Complete daily assignments and return each day.

Monday, December 17

Math: (in your folder) Lesson 4 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, December 18

Math: (in your folder) Lesson 5 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, December 19

Math: (in your folder) Lesson 5 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, December 20

Math: (in your folder) 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.

Spelling:

Group 1: part, park, sort, horse, short, wish, goes, eight, hurt, done.

Group 2:  part, park, sort, horse, short, will, yes, went, are, now

Reminders: *Bring a healthy snack to school. Some ideas include fruit, veggies, crackers. *We need tissue boxes – please consider donating to our classroom! J *NO SCHOOL December 24-January 4. We will see you again on January 7! Have a fun and safe break!! *Reading bags, math bags, i-Ready, and Zearn are expected to be used during break. Students will be tested in NWEA when they return. Please use this time at home to continue keeping up with reading and math.

 

Focus for the Week of December 17, 2018

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This week our second grade students will be working on:

Reading:  Students will learn to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

Math:  Students will use use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem Students will fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
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 learn to explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.

Writing:  Students will write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

Science: Students will continue to learn about the structures of matter and the surfaces of the earth as it relates to solid matter.

Social Studies: Students will describe how the local community is part of a larger region(e.g., county, metropolitan area, state).

Spelling words:

Group 1: part, park, sort, horse, short, wish, goes, eight, hurt, done.

Group 2:  part, park, sort, horse, short, will, yes, went, are, now

Bake Sale Tomorrow!

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P.T.A. will be holding a bake sale on Friday, December 14th. All proceeds made will be going to the Children of Yemen fundraiser! The bake sale will take place in the front lobby during lunch. Everything sold will be 1 dollar! P.T.A is asking all staff and parents to please donate baked goods or store bought goods .