Ms. Klein's Second Grade Newsletter
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
This Week...
Target Vocabulary: finally, junior, otherwise, slippery, steer, waterproof, webbed, whistle
Phonics Skills: Words with r-controlled vowels er (father), ir (bird), ur (nurse)
Vocabulary Strategy: Using a dictionary
Comprehension Skill: Main ideas and details - tell important ideas and details about a topic
Comprehension Strategy: Infer/predict - use text clues to figure out important ideas
Writing Focus: Informative/explanatory writing - problem - solution paragraph.
Math: We started our unit on Topic 11: Three - Digit Addition and Subtraction. Throughout the unit students will need to focus on regrouping and paying attention to key vocabulary to understand what operation they will need to complete.
Writing: We are in the middle of our assessment for our district writing assessment. The students are working hard on all of their writing goals and my hope is that we should be completed with this task in the next two weeks.
Upcoming Black Bob Events
Monday Feb. 15
No School
Tuesday Feb. 16 D Day
Wednesday Feb. 17 E Day
2nd Grade Field Trip 9 -2 pm
Thursday Feb. 18 A Day
Friday Feb. 19 B Day
BRAG band rewards
Spirit Day: Twin Day
Next Week:
Monday Feb. 22 C Day
Tuesday Feb. 23 D Day
5th Grade Field Trip
Wednesday Feb. 24 E Day
5th Grade Field Trip
3:30 Student Council
Thursday Feb. 25 A Day
1:00-6:00 Kindergarten Round Up
Friday Feb. 26 B Day