Today marks the beginning of the last grading period we get to share as your child's second grade teachers. There are 8 weeks in this grading period and then your sons and daughters will be moving up with the knowledge and skills they have acquired.
*Kindergarten registration begins on Wednesday, April 11, from 5:30-7p.m.
*Report cards come home on Thursday, April 12. Please make sure you view, sign, and return the report cards.
*PTA Food Drive is going on this week from April 9 - April 20. Please bring in those non-perishable items to help those in need.
*Spring Pictures came home last week, if you have not returned them you need to please get either the money and unwanted pics, or the whole packet back to us as they have not been purchased yet. Thank you to those that have gotten them in already.
Our learning this week:
Reading: Expository text with focus on research - researching natural disasters
Spelling: au/aw/augh vowel sounds
shawl sauce taught haunt lawn cause caught yawn thaw haul fault claw
Grammar: Review of time order transition words
Writing: Research carried over from reading
Math: Multiplication and Division
Science: How things move with Zoomers, Twirlers, and Twirly Birds
Social Studies: Our Country's Government
Thank you for all your support and hard work this year. We are looking forward to ending the year on a positive note for us and your students!
Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Week 28 April 2-5
This is the last week in the 6th 6 weeks!
Any make-up, re-do work, or late work MUST be turned in by Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
Math CBA test on Tuesday, April 3 AND Reading CBA on Wednesday, April 4.
Friday, April 6 is a holiday and that means NO SCHOOL!!!
***Spring Pictures came home today. They have not been paid for yet. You have 3 options:
1. Purchase the entire package for $45.oo
2. Purchase any 1 sheet for $12, 2 sheets for $22, 3 sheets for $32, or 4 sheets for $43
3. Spend no money and return ENTIRE package back to teacher
Please select one of the above and return either pictures or money to teacher by Thursday, April 6
Our learning this week:
Reading: Author's Purpose either implied or stated with fiction text
Spelling: R-Controlled vowels -ir, -er, -ur
churn squirt herd purple first perch surf shirt person germ purse girl
Grammar: Review of all grammar: apostrophes in contraction, apostrophes in possessives, prepositions/prepositional phrases, complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
Writing: Response to fiction writing: What is your favorite or least favorite part of the book and why? Why do you think the author wrote this? Do you like or dislike the book and why? Who is your favorite or least character and why? Whey did the character...? I think...because... Would you act like or not act like the character and why? Does any part of the story remind you of another book, yourself, the world and how?
Math: Review for CBA test
Science: Motion of objects: Twirlers and Twirley Birds
Social Studies: In with the New Technology
ENJOY YOUR 3 DAY WEEK!!! and HOPPY EASTER!!!
Any make-up, re-do work, or late work MUST be turned in by Tuesday, April 3, 2012.
Math CBA test on Tuesday, April 3 AND Reading CBA on Wednesday, April 4.
Friday, April 6 is a holiday and that means NO SCHOOL!!!
***Spring Pictures came home today. They have not been paid for yet. You have 3 options:
1. Purchase the entire package for $45.oo
2. Purchase any 1 sheet for $12, 2 sheets for $22, 3 sheets for $32, or 4 sheets for $43
3. Spend no money and return ENTIRE package back to teacher
Please select one of the above and return either pictures or money to teacher by Thursday, April 6
Our learning this week:
Reading: Author's Purpose either implied or stated with fiction text
Spelling: R-Controlled vowels -ir, -er, -ur
churn squirt herd purple first perch surf shirt person germ purse girl
Grammar: Review of all grammar: apostrophes in contraction, apostrophes in possessives, prepositions/prepositional phrases, complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
Writing: Response to fiction writing: What is your favorite or least favorite part of the book and why? Why do you think the author wrote this? Do you like or dislike the book and why? Who is your favorite or least character and why? Whey did the character...? I think...because... Would you act like or not act like the character and why? Does any part of the story remind you of another book, yourself, the world and how?
Math: Review for CBA test
Science: Motion of objects: Twirlers and Twirley Birds
Social Studies: In with the New Technology
ENJOY YOUR 3 DAY WEEK!!! and HOPPY EASTER!!!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Week 27 March 26-30
This is the 5th week in the 5th 6 weeks. That means we have only 9 weeks of school remaining in our second grade year!
Let us remind ourselves and our students that 4th grade will be taking the Writing STAAR, and 5th grade will be taking Reading and Math STAAR over the next 2 days, Tuesday and Wednesday
Friday, April 6, will be a holiday so NO SCHOOL!
Play Day is sneaking up on us.It will be May 25, so mark your calendars now if you plan to attend.
This week in our learning:
Reading: Drawing conclusions, Plot, and Theme of fiction text
Spelling: R-controlled Vowels -ar -or
marker corner army north shark torn sharp short yard thorn harm store
Grammar: complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
Writing: response to the setting of a story ex: Was the setting important to the story? Why or Why not? OR Do you like the setting? Why or Why Not?
Math: Review graphing, comparing 100's, and measurement
Science: Balance and Motion through The Pencil Trick, Mobiles, and Tops
Social Studies: From the Soil to the Shelf
Let us remind ourselves and our students that 4th grade will be taking the Writing STAAR, and 5th grade will be taking Reading and Math STAAR over the next 2 days, Tuesday and Wednesday
Friday, April 6, will be a holiday so NO SCHOOL!
Play Day is sneaking up on us.It will be May 25, so mark your calendars now if you plan to attend.
This week in our learning:
Reading: Drawing conclusions, Plot, and Theme of fiction text
Spelling: R-controlled Vowels -ar -or
marker corner army north shark torn sharp short yard thorn harm store
Grammar: complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
Writing: response to the setting of a story ex: Was the setting important to the story? Why or Why not? OR Do you like the setting? Why or Why Not?
Math: Review graphing, comparing 100's, and measurement
Science: Balance and Motion through The Pencil Trick, Mobiles, and Tops
Social Studies: From the Soil to the Shelf
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Week 26 March 19-23
Sorry about not having our blog updated yesterday. We had a power outage at school and I couldn't get it done.
Our learning this week:
Reading: Review story elements and inferencing with fiction text
Spelling: double medial consonants.
summer pepper buzzer common spinner rabbit hammer glimmer dinner simmer filler dollar
Grammar: Review complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
Math: Review double digit subtraction and whether to use addition or subtraction
Science: Balance and Motion
Social Studies: producers and consumers
Our learning this week:
Reading: Review story elements and inferencing with fiction text
Spelling: double medial consonants.
summer pepper buzzer common spinner rabbit hammer glimmer dinner simmer filler dollar
Grammar: Review complete sentences with subject/verb agreement
Math: Review double digit subtraction and whether to use addition or subtraction
Science: Balance and Motion
Social Studies: producers and consumers
Monday, March 5, 2012
Week 25 March 5-9
It's College Week in MISD!!!
Monday - Receive your Gear Up for College Bracelet
Tuesday - Galloway kid are college bound - Wear your Galloway class shirt
Wednesday - Hats off to your futrue fill our heads with knowledge - wear favorite college hat
Thursday - Be all that you can be - wear camouflage OR dress as the career you want to be
Friday - Galloway kids are college bound - Wear a college shirt and jeans OR the colors of your favorite college if you don't have a shirt
This is the 3rd week in the 5th 6 weeks so that means that progress reports will be coming home when we return from Spring Break.
**PTA (3rd) Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00p.m. in the cafeteria.
**Spring Pictures March 8 - no money required until they come in and you decide then if you want them.
**Spring Break next week!!!
Our learning this week:
Spelling: Drop e when adding -ing
fake faking place placing hide hiding shine shining slice slicing date dating
Reading: Inferencing with Cause and Effect in expository text
Math: Time, Addition and Subtraction with base 10 blocks
Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional phrases
Writing: Write response to Expository text
Social Studies: Needs vs. Wants
Science: Balance and Motion study with Trick crayfish and triangle and arch
Monday - Receive your Gear Up for College Bracelet
Tuesday - Galloway kid are college bound - Wear your Galloway class shirt
Wednesday - Hats off to your futrue fill our heads with knowledge - wear favorite college hat
Thursday - Be all that you can be - wear camouflage OR dress as the career you want to be
Friday - Galloway kids are college bound - Wear a college shirt and jeans OR the colors of your favorite college if you don't have a shirt
This is the 3rd week in the 5th 6 weeks so that means that progress reports will be coming home when we return from Spring Break.
**PTA (3rd) Tuesday, March 6 at 7:00p.m. in the cafeteria.
**Spring Pictures March 8 - no money required until they come in and you decide then if you want them.
**Spring Break next week!!!
Our learning this week:
Spelling: Drop e when adding -ing
fake faking place placing hide hiding shine shining slice slicing date dating
Reading: Inferencing with Cause and Effect in expository text
Math: Time, Addition and Subtraction with base 10 blocks
Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional phrases
Writing: Write response to Expository text
Social Studies: Needs vs. Wants
Science: Balance and Motion study with Trick crayfish and triangle and arch
Monday, February 27, 2012
Week 24 Feb. 27-March 2
**Living Museum will be presented on Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the library. 2nd grade will present at
12:30-1:15.
**Famous African American inventor projects will also be due tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 28.
**PTA 3rd grade performance will be Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00p.m.
Spring Pictures will be Thursday, March 8
**Only 9 more school days until Spring Break!!**
Our learning this week:
Reading: Facts and Details with expository text
Writing: Revise, edit, publish, and present research papers
Grammar: apostrophes in possessives
Spelling: oy/oi
moist oyster poison soybean point joyful spoil voyage join royal oil loyal
Math: More or Less than a Pound/Kilogram and measuring Temperature
Science: Different water habitats and Food Chains
Social Studies: Many Jobs
If you haven't returned your child's report card please do so as soon as possible.
12:30-1:15.
**Famous African American inventor projects will also be due tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 28.
**PTA 3rd grade performance will be Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00p.m.
Spring Pictures will be Thursday, March 8
**Only 9 more school days until Spring Break!!**
Our learning this week:
Reading: Facts and Details with expository text
Writing: Revise, edit, publish, and present research papers
Grammar: apostrophes in possessives
Spelling: oy/oi
moist oyster poison soybean point joyful spoil voyage join royal oil loyal
Math: More or Less than a Pound/Kilogram and measuring Temperature
Science: Different water habitats and Food Chains
Social Studies: Many Jobs
If you haven't returned your child's report card please do so as soon as possible.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The year is winding down quickly, but there is still learning to be done.
Este curso esta pasando muy rapidamente pero todavia hay mucho por aprender y hacer!
*Tutoring letters for next week are coming home this week on bright pink paper. Please sign and return even if your student can not come.
Las cartas de tutoria se enviaron el lunes en papel Rosado. Por favor firme y regrese la forma, inclusive si su estudiante No puede asistir. Tome nota ya que cada dia y semana cambia. Asimismo les suplico estar puntual en recoger a sus estudiantes ya sea a la salida o despues de tutoria. Martes 28 No Habra tutoria.
*Report Cards will be going home on Thursday. Please make a point to view, sign, and return promplty.
Calificaciones deben enviarse el proximo jueves, analice, firme y envie de regreso al dia siguiente.
*Wednesday will be an early release day. Please make sure your student has a way home at 1:25
Miercoles sera dia de salida temprana. Asegurese de hacer los arreglos necesarios para recoger a su estudiante a tiempo 1:25 en punto.
*Six Flags Read to Succeed 6 hours is due Friday, February 24th to earn your free 6 flags ticket.
El registro de lectura para Six Flags debe ser entregado el viernes 24 de febrero (unico dia) Asegurence de sumar y juntar 6 horas o 360 minutos.
*Living Museum is coming up on Tuesday, February 28th. Remember second grade has inventors.
Martes 28 de febrero sera el museo de inventores afroamericanos para Segundo grado A LAS 12:30 . Todos los alumnos deberan entregar un reporte/resumen escrito que incluya al menos: el nombre del inventor, fecha de nacimiento y muerte si aplica, su contribucion a nuestra sociedad, 3 hechos interesantes acerca de la vida del inventor. Participar en el museo es opcional pero tienen que mandarme una nota el proximo jueves informandome que si van a participar.
Our learning this week:
Reading: Review of Main Idea and Topic
Lectura: idea principal y tema
Spelling:
Ortografia: checar la lista, estudiar y hacer las t areas.
*Grammar: Apostrophes in contractions
Gramatica: contracciones y apostrofes
Writing: Research writing
Escritura de investigacion
Science: Plant Systems and ocean/land animal habitats
Ciencias: Plantas como sistemas y los habitats de los animales
Social Studies: African American contributions (inventors)
Estudios sociales: contribuciones de los afroamericanos/inventores
Todos los estudiantes tienen que hacer su reporte de un inventor afroamericano por escrito y entregarlo. Es opcional y recibira puntos/calificacion extra el que participe en el museo el dia 28 de febrero en la biblioteca a las 12:30
Math: Capacity (cups, gallons, liters, milliliters)
Matematicas: capacidad/tazas , galones, litros, mililitros, etc.
Los examenes de CBA se mandaron hoy a casa favor de revisarlos usando otra hoja, firmar de enterado y mandarlos de regreso.
Spring Break is only 14 school days away!!!
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