We have had a very busy week at Emden Elementary!  I will be posting a few pictures of some of the activities very soon, but with Red Ribbon Week and Halloween I am a bit behind.  For that I do apologize!

Curriculum

Next week will also find us trying to play catch up to get in some of the lessons that we did not get to the previous week.  For that reason, some of the skills and material covered will be repeated.  We will be looking at a Magic Tree House Book during our literacy time, however, that gives us the opportunity to continue our exploration of the “Wild West” and the topic of “Ghost Towns”.  During our science time we will continue to look at a variety of classifications of animals.  We will also be working on more 2-digit addition during our math time!

Spelling Words

boy        follow      came      want      show     nurse     curve    turn     burn     curl      purse      stress     mess        because

Challenge–     mammals      reptiles

Next week, there is no school on Friday because of Parent/Teacher Conferences!  I look forward to meeting with everyone next week!

Our Halloween parade will be Friday at 1:00 PM.  Following that will be parties in each classroom.  I know that Mandy Cordray posted a request for some help with this party as a response to this week’s activities.  Please see this post for further information!  Thank you for all that you do parents!  We look forward to seeing you on Friday!

 

Ah….the last week of October and yet so many important topics and skills to be covered.  At the bottom of this post are some important notes about upcoming events for this week.  There are definitely several exciting things happening at Emden Elementary!

Curriculum

During our Literacy Block/ Daily 5 time we will be exploring the topic of the “Wild West”, with a special emphasis on poetry.  We will focus on several poems written by the famous poet, Carl Sandburg as well as Brewster Higley’s, Home on the Range.  This will give students the opportunity to see more examples of styles of poetry while learning a bit about our country’s history during the years of the exploration of the western territory.

We have also been compiling an ocean journal with a lot of valuable information that we have been learning about the ocean habitat.  This will continue along with our exploration of a variety of classification of animals.  Social Studies will lead us into the discussion of  landforms and geographical maps.  There are still so many things to be learned this week!

This week’s spelling list was put together using some appropriate Halloween words as well as some of the words used during our discussion with Miss. Carr about eating healthy foods and exercising more!  The students are loving the opportunity to learn more about the importance of taking care of our bodies!

Spelling Words:   carve     pumpkin      trick      treat      safety     fright     group      scared      polite     thank      meat        fruit      bread     sugar

 Challenge:    costumes      vegetables

Red Ribbon Week-  Below are the special dress up days that we will take part in to help remind us of the importance of saying no to drugs!

Monday- Wear Pajamas

Tuesday-Orange & Black Day

Wednesday- Wear Red

Thursday- Wear Jeans

Friday- Wear Halloween Costumes (minus masks & extras) to School

This week will bring a lot of new things to be learned and explored to our classroom!  During our Literacy Block time in the morning, we will explore the topic of Fairy Tales and Western Stories.  This will give us the opportunity to get a feel for a different genre and writing style that is available for us to enjoy!  During our Math time we will begin to look at basic 2-digit addition and subtraction.  Adjectives will be the new topic during our Language Arts time as well.  Students will get a better understanding of why these descriptive words make both our writing and reading of stories much more enjoyable!

Reminder- School Carnival Saturday 18th 3:00-6:00 & Early Dismissal @2:00 on Wednesday the 22nd

Spelling Words:

means      old       any      same     tell      blue       true     clue      glue      due      hero     argue      action      kind           Challenge:    influence        cause

We look forward to another fantastic week in 2nd grade!

*Reminders- Columbus Day/ No School on Monday  & Book Orders Due Tuesday, October 14th

In spite of next week being a shorter week, there will still be many important skills that will be covered.  We will continue our work with our addition facts by working on our timed tests…..don’t forget to practice everyone.  During our reading/literacy block we will be discussing tall tales and comparing different versions of the same story during our time in whole group.  As we continue our exploration of the ocean, we will be looking at different categories of animals found in this vast yet beautiful habitat.

Spelling words for next week are below:

much       before      line     right     too     loud    sound      found      shout      count     mouth        magnet       touch         rural

Challenge Words-      suburbs      urban

*We look forward to seeing everyone for our School Carnival on Saturday, October 18th!

Mrs. Johnson

Next week will be another busy week.  We will be taking a closer look at fire safety as we celebrate Fire Safety Week at school.  Our work with writing will continue to go strong as we sharpen our basic poetry writing skills.  Students have been enjoying the opportunity to read and study a variety of poems during our literacy block time each morning.  This next week we will shift our attention to another type of art- the art of music.  We will learn about some famous composers as we read biographies about them and will even get the opportunity to listen to a few of their very famous concertos.

*Reminder- Contributions to our carnival basket (Christmas theme) are actually due on Friday the 10th of October!

Spelling Words for this next week are below:

say       great       where       help       through      gold       colt       fold       mold        sold        told      parent       stages           limited

Extra Credit Words:  resource       offspring