Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

Here is a good summer resource for reading, writing, and math!

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Our weekly spelling pattern words have a suffix of ly, ful, ness, or able. We only have 10 pattern words this week.

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

Bonus words – blossoming, awakening, pleasant, hatching, unpredictable

Have a great week!

I am so proud of all the students for doing such a wonderful job performing the four fairy tale plays. Here are a few pictures.

   The Frog Prince

    Rumpelstiltskin

  The Shoemaker and the  Elves

   Jack and the Beanstalk

We are so excited to perform our plays this week on Tuesday, May 24th at 10:30 and 2:00. Please be on time. The plays are short and you don’t want to miss them!

This is a short week. There is no school on Friday, May 27th and Monday, May 30th for Memorial Day! 

We are still collecting donations for Relay for Life to help the fight against cancer!

Weekly Spelling Words – suffix er, est, ing, ed

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

Sight words – many, these, only, own, together

Bonus words – classical, contemporary, traditional, literature, intelligent

Our words this week are irregular plurals.

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

Sight words – because, first, next, then, last

Bonus Words – knowledge, patience, persistence, courage, appreciation

We will be spending this week getting ready for our spring fairy tale plays by practicing on stage, making costumes, and making our backdrops. This is a great experience for the students to work together to plan the backdrops to match the settings in the plays. Then they will  make the backdrops by working together for a common goal.

We will present our plays on Tuesday, May 24 at 10:30 and 2:00. Please be on time the plays are short. 

SUMMER READING – Many students started second grade with a lower reading level than they left with in the spring of first grade. This is called “summer slide”. Here is an article that gives parents ideas for preventing summer slide. Please read it and consider ways (going to the library weekly, buying books at garage sales, going to the bookstore) of preventing summer slide for your child.

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/developing-reading-skills/three-ways-to-prevent-summer-slide

We are back to chilly mornings. Please help your child to remember their coat.

Our words this week are plural words with es at the end.

Pattern words  – boxes, foxes, witches, stitches, dishes, swishes, fixes, mixes, sandwiches, riches

Sight words – goes, does, cousin, good, our

Bonus words – problem, solution, responsibility, decisions, participate

WEDNESDAY IS A LATE START.

We are starting to work on our fairy tale plays this week. We will present them on Tuesday, May 24, at 10:00 and 2:00.

We had a very nice field trip to the Jiffy Mix Factory. Students made the connection to what we were learning in social studies by talking about the capital, human, and natural resources they saw.

Thank you to all the chaperons who took time from their day to join us.

I have begun talking  to the class about the importance of reading this summer.

I am really proud of the class and how much progress they have made in reading this year. Please keep them reading this summer so they don’t spend the fall “catching up”.

Please send in a bag lunch with a drink (no glass, no pop) tomorrow for our field trip.

Weekly Spelling Words – contractions

didn’t, can’t, they’ve, we’ve, she’ll, we’ll,  he’s, she’s, wouldn’t, couldn’t, help, from, other, also, job

Bonus words – opinion, narrative, informational, writing, conclusion

I am sad to say some money for the Mother’s and Father’s Day sale disappeared off my desk today. If you notice your child has money that you did not give them or has brought home something from the sale and you did not give them the money, please let me know.

Thank you

Our pattern this week is _ore and _oar.

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

Sight words – work, people, they, know, outside

Bonus words – estimation, money, consumer, producer, business

Spring fever has arrived in room 211. We are taking frequent breaks to help us keep our minds on our work. We still have a lot of material to cover in the next few weeks.

It is very important that all of the students continue to read throughout the summer. If students don’t keep up their reading skills they will experience “summer slide”. They will need to play catch up in the fall. This can be avoided by weekly trips to the library. Also, garage sales are great places to buy inexpensive books. If students have a computer available to them, they can listen to stories and read stories on  myon.com, mobymax.com, and mel.org.

Soon we will begin getting ready for our spring fairy tale plays. We will be doing Rumpelstiltskin, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Frog Prince, and the Shoemaker and the Elves.  I will send more information soon.

Tonight is Social Studies Night at Henry Ford School. Come join the fun from 5:00 – 6:30. There will be many interesting activities to try.

Tomorrow is gym day!

Thursday is Library check out day!