Week of November 30th- December 4th
Hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and extended weekend! Now we have only 3 more weeks in the first semester of school….how is this even possible? While we have already explored numerous fascinating topics and learned too many things to count, we still have so far to go! Next week we will be taking a look at “Unlikely Friends” as we read and discuss the chapter book/novel Charlotte’s Web. This will last for a few weeks as we compare and contrast characters and take a closer look at story elements. As we continue to work on and develop our writing skills, we will spend some time understanding adverbs and how they make our reading and writing much more interesting! And yet in another area of writing, we will be continuing to work on some more lower case cursive letters. This class is already showing me some very neat handwriting as we have already learned 6 new letters!
During our Math time, we will continue to look at adding 2 digit numbers without regrouping numbers. We will also take a look at predicting patterns with numbers which are given in the form of charts. Students are also making great gains with those addition facts. One student has almost made it completely through the addition “Rocket Math” program and is heading towards the subtraction portion! Keep it up 2nd grade! Everyone can do this!
Our C.A.T.C.H program or school-wide program promoting making healthy eating choices and encouraging more exercise made its “official” debut this past week. With this comes more lessons and discussions about how to make healthier eating choices and how to read food labels (looked at this coming week). Students already have a very good understanding about which foods are “GO, SLOW, and WHOA” foods. Ask them to explain and give you some more details! This week we will look at better understanding why some of these “WHOA” foods are so bad for your body! These are some very important lessons for them to learn!
Spelling Words
land home us move bump stump clump stamp clamp camp question predict observe guess
Challenge Words: different experiment
*Reminder Elementary Christmas Program is Monday, December 7th at the High School! More details to come very soon!