Learning in Room 11 -- December 14-18

This week in reading, language, and spelling we will be reviewing skills we have already learned.

In math, we will continue to work on place value.

Spelling Words:

flock, we, camp, pony, recess, baby, elect, frozen, memo, present

Homework:
Study spelling words.
Tuesday:  math
Wednesday:  math

Our tests will be on Thursday this week.

Check back during the Christmas break to see pictures of what we have been doing the last few weeks.

Spelling Words for December 7-11

I wanted to go ahead and put spelling words on for you in case anyone needed them.

Syllable Division Rule #1

baby, pilot, hotel, duty, lady, tiny, frozen, elect, tidy, moment, memo, punish, radish, menu, credit, solid, cabin, finish, study, present

Graphs and Spelling Classroom Activities

We were busy before Thanksgiving learning about graphs in math.   We used information, or data, to complete graphs.  We learned about picture graphs and bar graphs. 

Each week when we are working on our spelling words we do different activities.  Two of the students' favorite activities are sorting the word cards in the pocket chart and playing "Beat the Teacher".  The word cards are passed out to the students.  They read their word to their partner and decide where it will go in the pocket chart.  For "Beat the Teacher" I sort the words in the pocket chart and they time how long it takes me to sort them.  Then I time the students and see if anyone can beat my time.  They are really good at this game and love beating me.

Learning in Room 11 -- November 16-20

This week we will work on the following skills:

Reading:  identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe; describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text

Math:  graphs

Spelling:  open syllables

Language:  use an apostrophe to form contractions and occurring possessives,  consult reference materials

Spelling words:

pro, go, so, she, we, flu, he, be, by, cry, dry, pry, sly, fly, why, shy, hi

Homework:

Daily:  study spelling words and read "The Pox"

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  reading, language

Thursday:  math, write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- November 9-13

This week we will be learning the following skills:

Reading:  identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe

Math:  adding and subtracting two-digit numbers, graphs

Language:  adjectives and adverbs, use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives

Spelling:  Kind Old units

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Spelling Words:  poll, scroll, troll, mold, gold, fold, colt, volt, bolt, host, most, post, mild, child, wild, blind, find, hind, lost, cost, frost, wind
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Homework:  

Daily:  study spelling words and read "The Wild Colt"

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  reading, language

Thursday:  math, write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- November 2-4

This week we will be learning the following skills:

Reading:  main topic, nonfiction text features, explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text

Spelling:  Review

Math:  adding and subtracting two-digit numbers

Language:  identify and use adjectives and adverbs correctly, contractions
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Spelling Words:

doll, small, shrimp, brunch, kit, skit, quick, desk, punch, pitch
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Homework:

Daily:  Study spelling words

Monday:  reading, math

Tuesday:  math, reading

There will be no school this Thursday and Friday!!!

Parent Conferences and Awards Assembly

I want to thank all the parents who braved the rainy night and came to Parent Teacher Conferences.  Eleven parents came to the conferences.  The next day we had our first Honor's Assembly for the school year.  Several students received ribbons for Principal's List, Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance and Student of the Quarter.  Below is a picture of some the students who received ribbons.  Keep up the good work!!!

Field Trip

We recently went to see Anansi and the Sky God at the Performing Arts Center.  Everyone seemed to really enjoy the performance. 

Learning in Room 11 -- October 26-30, 2015

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  main topic, nonfiction text features, explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text

Spelling:  Contractions

Math:  adding and subtracting two-digit numbers

Language:  use adjectives and adverbs and choose between them depending on what is to be modified

Spelling Words:  I'm, they're, we're, you're, I've, they've, we've, you've, here's, how's, that's, who's, I'll, you'll, she'll, we'll, isn't, aren't, shouldn't, wasn't, he'd, you'd, we'd, let's

Homework:

Daily:  Study spelling words and read "A Cross Boss"

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  math, language

Thursday:  math, write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- October 19-23

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  main topic, nonfiction text features, explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text

Math:  add and subtract two-digit numbers

Language:  form and use past tense of irregular verbs

Spelling:  catch lunch rule -- tch and ch at the end of words

Spelling Words:  bench, batch, much, punch, hitch, which, flinch, trench, fetch, blanch, pitch, such, French, match, rich, crunch, snitch, crutch, stitch, hatch

Homework:  

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  reading, language

Tuesday:  math, get test papers signed and return tomorrow

Wednesday:  math, reading

Thursday:  math, write spelling words 4 times each

Telling Time, Book It and Sparky

We have been busy with telling time.  This is a skill that can be tricky.  Please review this with your child.  We will continue to review this from time to time.  I only took one picture because we were so busy learning that I forgot!  

In October we always begin Book It.  This is a program where your child can earn a free pan pizza from Pizza Hut for reading.  Each month I will send home a form for your child to fill out with the books they read.  The goal for October is 8 books.  Please sign the form when they are finished.  I will give them a coupon when they return it to me!  Kymille was the first student to return her form and get her pizza coupon.  Several other students have brought their form back now.  You have until the last day of the month to return it.

Maddux always enjoys when Sparky and the firefighters come to teach about fire safety.  We had a good time learning about smoke detectors, 911, not going back into the house for anything and to stop, drop, and roll.  Tamiria even got to go on stage and dance with Sparky.  Thank you Sparky and the West Memphis Fire Department!!

Catching up on activities -- Shape Monsters, Tangrams, Tangram pictures

This is a post to catch up on some of the activities we have been doing in the classroom.  I posted pictures of us working on our shape monsters.  Below are some pictures of the completed monsters.  We also wrote a description of our monsters.

We also have used tangrams to learn about shapes.  

The class used the tangrams several days to make different shapes.  They used the seven pieces of the tangram to create a picture.  Below are some of the pictures we made. They include a cat, fish, house and candle.

Next post will be about Book It, Sparky, and telling time. 

Learning in Room 11 -- October 12-16

**Block Test -- Tuesday**

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  main topic, nonfiction text features, explain how specific images contribute to and clarify a text

Math:  adding and subtracting two-digit numbers

Spelling:  Kiss the Cat rule -- k and c at the beginning of a word (review)

Language:  form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs

Spelling Words:  skin, crept, skit, cuff, skill, kiss, cat, cast, club, skiff, tract, cent, cinch, scram, kit, con, scuff, kept, kid, Ken

Homework:

Daily:  Study spelling words

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  language, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  math, reading

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- October 5

This week we will be learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges, recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral

Spelling:  Milk Truck rule

Math:  telling time to the nearest five minutes

Language:  use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase, commas in greetings and closings of letters

Spelling Words:  quick, shock, brisk, slack, duct, quack, dusk, tuck, snuck, bulk, task, wick, desk, neck, elk, silk, whisk, crack, struck, thick

Homework:  

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  reading

Tuesday:  language, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  math

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- September 28 -- October 2

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges, recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral

Spelling:  Kiss the Cat rule

Math:  halves, thirds, and fourths of circles and rectangles

Language:  form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns, commas in greetings and closings of letters

Spelling words:  skin, crept, skit, cuff, skill, kiss, cat, cast, club, skiff, tract, cent, cinch, scram, kit, con, scuff, kept, kid, Ken

Homework: 

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  reading

Tuesday:  language, get tests papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  math

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Squares and Cubes

Yesterday we continued our study of shapes.  In this lesson we first made a square out of mini marshmallows and toothpicks.  We made another square and then connected the two squares with more toothpicks.  We then had a cube!!  We described its attributes like we did last week with our other shapes.  The students counted the edges, vertices, and faces.  It was a lot of fun.  Of course, we had to eat the extra marshmallows when we were done!!

Shape Monsters

Last week in math we described shapes by their attributes.  We talked about how many sides and angles each shape had.  We looked at triangles, quadrilaterals, hexagons, and pentagons.  On Friday we made a shape monster.  This week we will write and describe our monster and hang them in the hall.

It takes a lot of concentration to cut, glue
and decide how you want your monster
to look!!

I think the students had a great time making their shape monster.  This activity came from Amy Lemons at Step Into Second Grade.  I will post a picture when they complete their description of their monster and we hang them in the hall.

Learning in Room 11 -- September 21-25

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe the overall structure of a story including beginning and end

Spelling:  FLOSS rule and unit ALL

Math:  relate square to the cube, composite shapes and fractions

Language:  irregular plural nouns

Spelling Words:  squall, hall, small, stall, doll, call, stiff, swell, glass, spill, chess, jazz, toss, gruff, press, thrill, less, shell, stuff, buzz, yes, gas, bus

Homework:

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  language, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:   math, reading

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- September 14-18

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe the overall structure of a story including beginning and end

Spelling:  digraph and 3-letter blends

Math:  attributes of two-dimensional shapes

Language:  capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names

Spelling Words:  brunch, split, shrimp, shrub, belch, depth, splint, shred, scram, sprig, strut, thrift, sixth, strum, prompt, splash, thrush, splat, thrust

Homework:

Daily:  study spelling words

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  math, language

Thursday:  write spelling words 4 times each

Learning in Room 11 -- Sept. 8-11

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day holiday.  

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  ask and answer questions, describe the overall structure of a story including beginning and end

Spelling:  r controlled a syllable pattern

Math:  writing word problems for equations, two-step word problems

Language:  capitalization and punctuation

Spelling Words:  smart, scar, shark, start, star, spark, market, garlic, party

High Frequency Words:  away, idea, left, near, play, until

Homework:

Daily:  Study spelling words, read "The Park Club"

Monday:  Labor Day holiday

Tuesday:  Math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  capitalization and punctuation 

Thursday:  Write spelling words 4 times each

This week in Room 11 - Aug. 31-Sept. 4

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  Use information from illustrations and words to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, and plot

Spelling:  VCe syllable patterns

Math:  subtraction facts, addition and subtraction word problems

Language:  capitalization and punctuation

Spelling Words:  crate, stroke, glide, woke, plate, pride, reptile, naptime, mistake

High Frequency Words:  another, don't, kind, put, saw, sound

Homework:  

Daily:  Study spelling words, read "The Lime Cake"

Monday:  Reading passage

Tuesday:  Math, get test papers signed and return on Wednesday

Wednesday:  capitalization and punctuation

Thursday:  Write spelling words 4 times each

Welcome to Second Grade!

Our year has gotten off to a great start. Each week you can find information on this blog about homework, what we are studying for the week and pictures about what we are doing in class. Please check back each week for updates.

This week in Room 11 -- April 6-10

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  Reviewing for ITBS

Spelling:  Long e digraph syllable patterns

Math:  Measurement, reviewing for ITBS

Language:  Reviewing for ITBS

Spelling Words:  dream, feel, yield, cream, wheel, field, greedy, increase, relief

High Frequency Words:  always, far, play, put, school, sometimes, while

Homework:

Every day:  Study spelling words and read "A Day at the Beach"

Monday:  math

Tuesday:  math

Wednesday:  reading

Thursday:  write spelling words and high frequency words 4 times each

###Next week is our ITBS test.  Please be sure your child is at school on time and gets a good night's sleep.  

This week in Room 11 -- February 2-6

This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  Research

Spelling:  r controlled a (ar words)

Math:  add 3 digit numbers

Language:  dictionary skills

Spelling Words:  smart, scar, shark, start, star, spark, market, garlic, party

High-Frequency Words:    away, idea, left, near, play, until

Homework:

Every night:  Study spelling words, read "The Park Club"

Monday:  Math

Tuesday:  Math, get test papers signed and return Wednesday

Wednesday:  Reading, math

Thursday:  Math, write spelling words 4 times each

This week in Room 11 -- January 19-23

Important Notes:

Scholastic book orders are due Friday, January 23.

Study math facts for timed test each week.


This week we are learning the following skills:

Reading:  Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic

Spelling:  -ed and -ing endings

Math:  Measurement, line plots

Language:  Use an apostrophe to form frequently occurring possessives

Spelling Words:  helped, helping, printed, printing, sliced, slicing, joked, joking, dropped, dropping, clapped clapping

High Frequency Words:  another, close, four, high, home, run

Homework:

Every Night:  Study spelling words, read "Kasey at Bat"

Tuesday:  Reading, get tests papers signed and return Wednesday

Wednesday:  Math, reading

Thursday:  Language, write spelling words 4 times each