February 5 - 9
Hi!
All of second grade will be putting on a Black History program February 23rd. I will be sending parts and scripts home very soon.
Children will have the opportunity to have a Valentine's day card swap. This is NOT a party. They may bring a card or small treat/snack to give to all 21 friends. No names should be written on anyone's card please. There are 22 children in the class, 11 boys and 11 girls. Everyone also needs to bring a small box, like a Kleenex box, to put all their goodies in. Thank you!
Extra Credit can fix an undesirable grade. I provide ample of opportunities for extra credit in class and at home. Completed reading fluencies with answered comprehension questions are counted toward English extra credit, so are the bonus words on spelling tests. For math, students are able to take home the problem set and complete it along with their homework, I will give extra credit for it being complete and correct. Going above and beyond is always extra credit, I have some students turn in book reports completely on their own, I will always give extra credit for things of that nature. Every week I write a bonus for the children under their spelling words that are posted at the front of the classroom, as well. Please encourage them to take advantage of these opportunities.
The use of grade floors are prohibited. All students must receive and keep the original grade they have earned. If a student turns an assignment in late, incomplete, or does not turn in the assignment at all, the student will get the grade that is earned, even if it is a zero. The only exception to this is if they attend Z.A.P. (Zeros are Not Permitted) with Mrs. McNary, to make up work they have missed or would like to redo to make a better grade.
Please continue the reading fluencies with your child as well, you may access them by clicking on this link: Reading Practice
Week of February 5th - February 9th skills are as follows:
Reading Story: EL Curriculum - What is School and Why is School Important? Unit 1, Lessons 9-11, Unit Assessment Thurs. or Fri.
Vocabulary Skill: Prefix "over"
~Students will learn when to add the prefix "over" to words to express going above or beyond.
Phonics: Words with "ore" and "or".
~Students will learn words that make the "or" sound.
Grammar: Commas in a series.
~Students will learn the correct way to punctuate listed ideas.
Handwriting: Students will practice writing proper responses to informative, narrative, and opinion writing prompts and questions. Preparing for TCAP. This week is narrative.
Second Grade TCAP Holistic Writing Rubric
`Responses contains at least four complete sentences.
`No grammar, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors.
`Sentences have a variety of sentence structure/patterns.
`Responses to informational pieces must use evidence from the text.
'Response fully answers the question with specific details and/or descriptive language.
Math: Eureka Math Module 4, lessons 23-25. Unbundling 1's to make 10 and 10's to make 100. We are back on subtracting from three digit numbers, this time subtracting from 200.
Science: Sound
Social Studies:
Spelling words: horn, story, fork, score, store, corn, morning, shore, short, born, tore, forget. Bonus words: report, force, shorty, horse, forty, orbit.
February 6 - Morning with Mom (Last names beginning w/A-M)
February 6 - Fino's East Pizza Night
February 7 - Morning with Mom (N-Z)
February 8th - WATCH DOG Pizza Night w/dad 6:00-7:00
February 9 - Richland Skate Night at Cordova Skating Rink 5:15-7:15
February 14 - Valentine card swap
February 15 - Parent conferences
February 23rd - 2nd grade Black History Program
As always, Please remember to check your child's binder daily for any school notes or unfinished class work that will be graded. Your child will be held responsible for keeping up with papers, books, folders, notebooks, and unfinished classwork. I expect them to return their homework finished the following day. Everything has a place in our classroom and I announce to them all explicitly where to place items when we are done working with them.