Mrs. L. King 2nd Grade Class
April 24, 2015
Sharing Our Young Author Books with Mrs.Szfranski's class.
Students had fun examining lima beans.
Late Yearbook Orders
Young Author Books
Bottle Caps for Buddy Benches
Important Information For Next Week
Week A of homework!
Our next Wordly Wise Vocabulary quiz will be Friday, May1st.
Our next Words Their Way Spelling Test will be Friday, May 8th.
Monday
Study your Wordly Wise Words
Read a book of choice for the remainder of the 20 minutes.
Tuesday
Have your child cut out his/her sort and sort the words into categories like the ones we did in school. Your child should read each word aloud during this activity. Ask your child to explain to you why the words are sorted in a particular way—what does the sort reveal about spelling in general? Ask your child to sort them a second time as fast as possible.
Practice Math Fact Fluency either with flashcards or apps.
Wednesday
Study your Wordly Wise Words. The quiz is on Friday.
Read a book of choice for the remainder of the 20 minutes.
Thursday
Do a “buddy sort” with your child. Lay down a word from each category as a header and then read the rest of the words aloud. Your child must indicate where the word goes without seeing it. Lay it down and let your child move it if he or she is wrong. Repeat if your child makes more than one error.
Practice Math Fact Fluency either with flashcards or apps.
Mark your Calendar!
May 27th: 2nd Grade End of the Year Pizza Party
May 29th: Last Day of School
Next Week's Specials
Monday 4/27- Day 3: Music
Tuesday 4/28- Day 4: Art
Wednesday 4/29- Day 5: P.E.
Thursday 4/30- Day 6: Music
Friday 5/1- Day 1: Art and Library
We are Learning...
Reading: We will start our poetry unit. Students will read and write poetry, including learning the vocabulary and different types of poems.
Mrs. Jackson's Math: We will complete our unit on money and begin our new unit on measurement. Students will be measuring objects using nonstandard and standards units of measure.
Mrs. King's Math: We will continue our unit on graphing.
Science: We will continue our unit on life cycles. We will be focusing on the life cycles of plants and animals. We will observe the changes in plants and animals throughout their life cycles including details of their body plan, structure and timing of growth, reproduction and death.