Monday, September 19, 2011

Week 5 Sept. 19-23

It is the 5th week of school!  One more week to go and your child has successfully completed their 1st 6 weeks in the second grade!!!

Here is an overview of our week:

Reading:  We are working on questioning and finding the answers in expository or non-fiction text.  Your child should be able to generate their own questions before, during, and after reading and be able to use the text and text features to answer these questions.

Writing:  We are making question/answer books and writing mini informational reports

Spelling:  Digraphs -ink,-ank,-unk,and ng
chunky   blinked   shrink   chipmunk   blanket   drank   song   belong   sung   length   clang  wink

Math:  we are still working with subtraction and relating it to addition.  Later in the week we will begin to learn about patterns.

Science:  We begin our study on weather
Keep your eye out for pictures of our latest experiments on air resistance with parachutes here on the blog coming soon.

Social Studies:  We are studying different types of communities:  urban, suburban, and rural

Keep your eye out for PTA envelopes to join, field trip information, and class t-shirt information coming soon to a home near you!!!

Sincerely, 2nd grade teachers

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