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Last Weekly Spelling List     –  irregular past tense

Pattern –  hid, went, wrote, spoke, sold, stood, told, made, gone, began

Sight – seed, plant, stem, roots, flower

Bonus Words   –  library, beach, vacation, movies, biking

This week we will be continuing with our discussion of classic and contemporary literature in reading.

We will have our Social Studies Test on Wednesday morning. Students have a study guide in their folder.

I will send home   a math review on Wednesday for our math test on Thursday.

ALL LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE.

ALL READING BAG BOOKS ARE DUE.

Thanks again for all the support this year!

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Weekly Spelling Words

Spelling   – suffixes ly, ful, ness, able

Pattern – friendly, likely, careful, coldness, helpful, slowly, kindness, likable, washable, comfortable

Sight – school, morning, street, stick, birthday

Bonus – traditional, contemporary, narrative, characters, problems

Thank you for attending our Fairy Tale Plays. The children had fun performing for you!

We are in the final weeks of 2nd grade. We will have our last Social Studies test on Wednesday, June 7th. I will send home the study guide this week.

Homework will be sent home through next week.

We will have some fun activities the last week of school!

Once again, I have to express how important it is that your child reads all summer long.

Weekly trips to the library are a good idea. Library  Summer reading programs for everyone, adults included, begin Monday, June 19 and conclude on Saturday, July 28. Read or listen to books, attend programs and be eligible for weekly prize drawings. Detailed information will be available on the website by early June, or call 313-943-2330.

Students could continue to use Myon.com, Mobymax.com, and Frontrowed.com for reading and math.

Thank you for all of your support this year!

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern – bigger, biggest, faster, fastest, looked, looking, liked, liking, talked, talking

Sight – many, these, only, own, together

Bonus – seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred, thousand

We have a short week this week and next week. There is NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, MAY 26TH and MONDAY, MAY 29TH.

Fairy Tale Plays – The following four plays will be presented  on Thursday, May 25th, at 9:30 and then repeated at 1:30: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Rumpelstiltskin, and The Frog Prince

The plays are short so don’t be late, you  might miss them! 

Spelling irregular plural nouns

Pattern – woman, women, man, men, goose, geese, foot, feet, mouse, mice

Sight – because, first, next, then, last

Bonus – twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty

We will no longer be receiving a fresh fruit or vegetable snack daily. Please send in a healthy snack daily because our mornings are quite long. We eat lunch at 12:30. Thank you.

I have told the class that fidget spinners need to stay home. One of our classroom rules is that no toys be brought to school except on PBIS Celebration days with the exception of basketballs and soccer balls. Thank you for your help with this issue.

Late Start – Our last late start is on Wednesday, May 17. School will begin at 9:40.

Our spring Fairy Tale Plays will be presented on Thursday, May 25 at 9:30 and again at 1:30.

Plays are the same day as the City Beautiful Assembly which is at 2:30. The Henry Ford  Poetry Contest winners will read their poems at this school assembly.

Weekly Spelling Words

Plurals – adding es to words that end with x, sh, ch

Pattern words – boxes,foxes,witches,stitches,dishes,brushes,fixes,mixes, sandwiches,catches

Sight – goes, good, does, our, cousin

Bonus – television, computer, playground, imagination, crafts

Math – we will be working with money in our next unit as well as place value. Give your child the chance to review the names and values of coins, and count a handful of coins.

Science – we have planted some seeds and they are starting to grow. We will write our observations in our science logs and learn about the life cycle of a plant.

Social Studies – we are learning about good citizens and how people work together to solve problems in a community.

Wednesday, May 17th is a late start.

We had great weather and a wonderful time yesterday at the Jiffy Mix Factory (the Chelsea Milling Company) and the park!  We saw a video about the history of the company, walked through the packaging part of the plant, and we even got to meet the owner Mr. Howdy Holmes. His family has owned the company since 1901.

Thank you to all of our parent chaperons. The bus was a little crowded but we worked it out. 🙂

Weekly Spelling Words

Contractions 

Pattern – didn’t , can’t, they’ve, we’ve, she’ll, we’ll, he’s, she’s, wouldn’t, couldn’t

Sight – help, also, from, job, other

Bonus – dessert, chocolate, restaurant, breakfast, cereal

Field trip

Wednesday, May 3, we will be going to the Jiffy Mix Factory in  Chelsea. We will have a tour of the factory then go to a park to eat our bag lunch (no pop or glass please). So far the weather looks pretty good on Wednesday. Those who I contacted by email to chaperon, please be at school by 8:50. We will leave as soon as the bus arrives. We will return to school by 2:30.

This year is flying by. We have 7 weeks of school left ( I can’t believe it! ) and much to do still. Reading remains a main focus as well as getting better at double digit subtraction with regrouping. 

Although Dr. Moughni gave the OK to wear shorts, please keep an eye on the weather. We have some cool days still ahead of us.

Sorry to ask again but we are in need of Kleenex.

Thank you for all your support!

Weekly Spelling Words

Spelling ore, oar

Pattern – chore, snore, wore, score, store, tore, roar, board, oar,soar

Sight – work, people, they, know, outside

Bonus – gratitude, kindness, courage, patience, friendship

NWEA This Week 

We will be taking the NWEA reading and math test this week. We will take each test over two days so the students don’t feel rushed. 

I know it is lighter later but please try to have a consistent bedtime to be sure your child is getting enough sleep each night. Most children at this age need 10 – 11 hours of sleep a night. Kids who don’t get enough sleep have a difficult time paying attention, acquiring new knowledge, and recalling what they have learned.

Our social studies test will be Thursday afternoon. Everyone was given a study guide last Thursday. Please read it over with them daily. 

If you can spare a box of tissue we would appreciate it. We have had a lot of sniffles.