Week 12 beginning of 3rd 6 weeks

Wow!  Can you believe we are beginning the 3rd 6 weeks of the school year?  That means we are quickly approaching our half way period:)

CBA's went well last week and we have looked at data and learned a lot about our children.  We look forward to sharing the information with you in parent conferences the 14th-16th of Nov.  Please be sure you have signed and returned conference letter schedules to your child's teacher:)

This week in learning:

Reading:  We are beginning to focus in on Literary non-fiction.  These are stories that are non-fiction but also contain certain elements like fiction such as characters, setting, and events.

Spelling:  Words that end in the /k/ sound spelled k, ke, or ck
pack   check   pickle   sock   asking   silk   honk   pork   poke   flake   alike   spoke

Math:  We are beginning probability.  Is something certain, less likely, more likely to happen

Science:  We are studying the Water Cycle of our Earth

Social Studies:  The New World and how the Native Americans felt about the explorers

Grammar:  Pronouns

Writing:  We are writing our own biographies over various people

As always thank you for your support

Science fun with air resistance

our class had fun with learning about air resistance by releasing parachutes from the top of the stairs and learing about how they fall.  We hope you enjoy our pictures:)

Semana 11

Carta Semanal

Week 11 brings the end of the 2nd 6 weeks!!! Any late work, redo's, or missing work is due Wed to receive credit as grades are being finished up for report cards.

Esta es la semana 11 y el fin del Segundo periodo de seis semanas!! Trabajos y calificaciones deberan terminarse esta semana para imprimir boletas de calificaciones.

Conferences

Conferencias: Este pendiente ya que he comenzado y muy pronto recibira un aviso para la suya si es que aun no ha hablado conmigo individualmente.

Wednesday will be a Reading CBA (Curriculum Based Assessment)

Thursday will be a Math CBA

Los alumnos tomaran dos examenes muy IMPORTANTES: CBA de lectura el miercoles y CBA de matematicas el jueves. Digales a sus hijos que lean con cuidado, piensen, analicen sus respuestan y hagan todo lo que la maestra les ha ensenado.

***PTA has been rescheduled from the 8th to the 21st of November***

***Health Fair will be at the end of this month on the 29th from 6-7. Please make arrangements now to attend***

La Feria de la Salud sera el 29 de Nov. 6 a 7 pm.

This week in our learning:

Reading: We are doing a study of settings ad plots in different fiction works by the same author

Lectura: Estudio de escenarios y argumentos en trabajos de ficcion por el mismo autor.

CBA es un examen de comprension. Los alumnos necesitan leer cada texto con atencion, comprenderlo, leer cada pregunta y sobre todo regresar al texto a buscar la respuesta o la evidencia/pista que le ayude a saber cual es la mejor respuesta. Tambien se le podria pedir que escribiera la respuesta a la pregunta. Hemos practicado en el salon y tambien enviare una practica para tarea para la casa el martes. Por lo tanto martes no tienen que hacer ortografia, ni el reporte de lectura.

Spelling: Review week

Spelling Focus: b/v patterns (2.23Av) Words: cantaba,íbamos,nadaba, ibas, activo, daba, iba, iban,jugaba, viva, pensaba, pensativo, motivo,

Focus: long i vowel patterns (CVCe and CV) i_e/ _y/ _ie (2.23Biii) while, by, lie,my, like,five,try, price, thin, why,side

Ortografia: revision

Writing: Finish up editing and publish personal narratives

Escritura: Terminar de editar y publicar narraciones personales

Grammar: Review verbs, nouns, and adjectives

Gramatica: revision: verbos, nombres, adjetivos

Math: Review for CBA on Thurs.

topics eligible for testing are addition and subtraction strategies, place value to 100's place, comparing and ordering numbers to 100's place, patterns, paired numbers charts, money, graphs, and time

Matematicas: Revision para CBA el jueves

Temas elegibles para evaluacion CBA son: suma, resta y sus estrategias, valor posicional (unidad, decena, centena) , comparar y ordenar numeros ><= de centenas, leer y escribir numeros con digitos y letras, patrones, pares de numeros, tablas, dinero, graficas de barras , pictografias, dinero y los relojes/hora. Resolucion de problemas usando UPSL, en fin todo lo que hemos visto y estudiado desde el principio del curso.

Science: Objects in the night sky

Ciencias: objetos en el cielo nocturno

Social Studies: Natural resources and how they meet our needs

Estudios sociales: Recursos naturales

Sincerely,

2nd grade teachers

Week 11 Nov. 1-4

Week 11 brings the end of the 2nd 6 weeks!!!  Any late work, redo's, or missing work is due Wed to receive credit as grades are being finished up for report cards.

Wednesday will be a Reading CBA (Curriculum Based Assessment)
Thursday will be a Math CBA

***PTA has been rescheduled from the 8th to the 21st of November***

***Health Fair will be at the end of this month on the 29th from 6-7.  Please make arrangements now to attend***

This week in our learning:

Reading:  We are doing a study of settings ad plots in different fiction works by the same author

Spelling:  Review week of hard/soft c/g, adding -s  -es  -ing when spelling doesn't change, c/k at the beginning of the word, and long a spelled ai/ay
This week's list:
celery   giraffe   guide   cabin   circle   fixes   finishes   cracks   plays   melting   corner   kitchen   city   kingdom   kangaroo   bait   waist   spray   today   rainbow

Writing:  Finish up editing and publish personal narratives

Grammar:  Review verbs, nouns, and adjectives

Math:  Review for CBA on Thurs.
topics eligible for testing are addition and subtraction strategies, place value to 100's place, comparing and ordering numbers to 100's place, patterns, paired numbers charts, money, graphs, and time

Science:  Objects in the night sky

Social Studies:  Natural resources and how they meet our needs

Sincerely,
2nd grade teachers

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to all our wonderful 2nd graders!!!  I hope you enjoy your day off of school and have a safe evening of trick or treating if you choose to participate.  Get plenty of rest and be ready for a week of learning and CBA testing on Wed. and Thurs.
                                    

SEMANA 10

***Special thanks to all the parents who attended the Parent Night on Oct. 18th for taking time out of your busy schedule to help us bridge the learning between home and school.

GRACIAS A TODOS LOS PADRES que asistieron a la junta del 18 de octubre.

***Progress reports will be coming home this week. Please look these over, sign, and return to your child's teacher. Any zero's or grades lower than a 70 need to be in by Friday of this week in order to receive credit.

Reportes de progreso de las primeras 3 semanas se enviaron el viernes. Favor de revisarlos firmarlos y enviarlos de regreso.

***If your child brings home any graded papers below a 70 they are allowed to redo them adn return them for a grade of 70, if returned in a timely manner. Check reading log and conduct report.

Si el estudiante saca menos de 70 el estudiante puede hacer el trabajo nuevamente y regresarlo al dia siguiente para subir su calificacion a 70. Asimismo es importante entregar todas last areas y actividades. Revisen el registro de lectura y tambien el reporte de conducta semanalmente.

***This is Red Ribbon Week - Choose to be Drug Free. We will be having special days all this week as to what we wear or do. Please be sure and read the social studies section to know what to do on each day!

Esta semana es llamada del liston rojo- Libre de drogas. Tendremos dias en los que vestiremos ciertos colores especiales.

***Congratulations to the students who got to attend the Glow Party today for PTA. Thank you to all the parents who joined PTA to help support our kids here at Galloway!

Felicitaciones a los estudiantes cuyos padres se suscribieron al PTA ya que asistiran a la Glow Party!!!!!!

Our learning this week:

Esta semana aprenderemos

Spelling:

ORTOGRAFIA: Focus: mp/mb, nf/nv patterns (2.23Avi)

enviar, cambiar, invitar, tampoco, confortable, también, confiar,envolver, invierno, comprar, enfrente

Focus: long o vowel patterns (CVCe and CVVC) o_e/oa (2.23Biii)

home, soap, those, globe, close, plot, broke, goal, stole, coat,

Writing: Students will be revising personal narratives for sentence fluency and word choice.

Escritura: Revisaremos narraciones personales para fluidez en las oraciones y seleccion de palabras.

Grammar: Adjectives (descriptive words)

Gramatica: Adjetivos(palabras que describen): bonito, horrible, inteligente, etc.

Reading: Continue our study of fiction text and its elements. Special focus on the element of characters and their traits and feelings.

Lectura: Continuaremos nuestro estudio dde textos de ficcion y sus elementos. Especial atencion a los personajes,sus caracteristicas y sentimientos.

Math: Finish up graphs and study time to the hour, half hour, and to the 5 minute intervals. Students should be able to tell time on a digital and analog clock and know how to match the 2, read and write time, and complete the hands on an analog clock if given a time.

Matematicas: Graficas de barras y pictograficas. Estudio del reloj: media hora, 5 minutos de intervalos,cuanto falta para, etc. Decir la hora en relojes digitales y analogos emparejarlos, leer y escribir la hora, completar las manecillas en relojes analogos para mostrar una hora dada.

LES SOLICITO APOYEN A SUS HIJOS MOSTRANDOLES LA HORA, PREGUNTANDOLES QUE HORA ES, CUANTO FALTA PARA IR A CIERTA ACTIVIDAD, ETC.

Science: Continuation of air and weather investigation with comparing weather graphs, The Night Sky, and The Moon.

Ciencias: Continuamos nuestro estudio del aire y el clima. El cielo nocturno y la luna.

Social Studies: Red Ribbon Week - Choose to be Drug Free!!!

Estudios sociales: Semana del liston rojo- Elijo ser libre de drogas!!!!!!!

Monday: Wear jeans and a red shirt for "Drugs make me see Red so, be a "Genius" and don't do drugs!"

Lunes: jeans y camiseta roja

Tuesday: Wear CAMO for "Be all you can be...drug free!"

Martes: camuflaje

Wednesday: Wear Black for "Black out drugs!"

Miercoles:: Vestir color negro

Thursday: Wear your Favorite Cap for "Put a cap on drugs!"

Jueves: Usa tu gorra favorita

Friday: Wear your favorite TEAM ATTIRE for "Team up against drugs!"

Viernes: Usa la camiseta de tu equipo favorito

TESTS-EXAMENES!!!!!!!

IMPORTANTE!!!!!!MIERCOLES NOV. 2 TENDREMOS EXAMEN CBA DE LECTURA DE 9:00 A 10:00

JUEVES EXAMEN CBA DE MATEMATICAS DE 8:30 A 9:30.

PRESTEN ESPECIAL ATENCION A LOS RESULTADOS DE ESTOS EXAMENES.

Thank you again for all your support,

your 2nd grade teachers

Week 10 October 24-28

***Special thanks to all the parents who attended the Parent Night on Oct. 18th for taking time out of your busy schedule to help us bridge the learning between home and school.

***Progress reports will be coming home this week.  Please look these over, sign, and return to your child's teacher.  Any zero's or grades lower than a 70 need to be in by Friday of this week in order to receive credit.

***If your child brings home any graded papers below a 70 they are allowed to redo them adn return them for a grade of 70, if returned in a timely manner.

***This is Red Ribbon Week - Choose to be Drug Free.  We will be having special days all this week as to what we wear or do.  Please be sure and read the social studies section to know what to do on each day!

***Congratulations to the students who got to attend the Glow Party today for PTA.  Thank you to all the parents who joined PTA to help support our kids here at Galloway!

Our learning this week:

Spelling:  Long a spelled ai/ay - Students should realize that when a word ends with the long a vowel sound it is usually spelled ay not ai.
grain       tray      waist      today      snail      spray      chain      clay      train      stay      sail      may

Writing:  Students will be revising personal narratives for sentence fluency and word choice.

Grammar:  Adjectives (descriptive words)

Reading:  Continue our study of fiction text and its elements.  Special focus on the element of characters and their traits and feelings.

Math:  Finish up graphs and study time to the hour, half hour, and to the 5 minute intervals.  Students should be able to tell time on a digital and analog clock and know how to match the 2, read and write time, and complete the hands on an analog clock if given a time.

Science:  Continuation of air and weather investigation with comparing weather graphs, The Night Sky, and The Moon.

Social Studies:  Red Ribbon Week - Choose to be Drug Free!!!
Monday: Wear jeans and a Red shirt for "Drugs make me see Red so, be a "Genius" and don't do drugs!"
Tuesday:  Wear CAMO for "Be all you can be...drug free!"
Wednesday:  Wear Black for "Black out drugs!"
Thursday:  Wear your Favorite Cap for "Put a cap on drugs!"
Friday:  Wear your favorite TEAM ATTIRE for "Team up against drugs!"

Thank you again for all your support,
your 2nd grade teachers