Second Grade News You Can Use
December 1-5, 2014
A Note from Mrs. Graham
We have filled our money can for the Timothy Hill Children's Home. We have even collected more than our can will hold. I will be counting the money this week and sending a check to New York for those at risk youth who reside at the ranch. I am so proud of the generous response of your children to improve the lives of those children in New York.
Our tree is up and decorated thanks also to your children. They were eager to begin decorating our room for the holidays. We will be having a Christmas Party on December 15th. It may be at another location. Stay tuned for details!
Thanksgiving Reader's Theater
Jimmy Wayne Sings for Us
We are NC!
READING
Comprehension Skill: Story Structure and Understanding Character
Comprehension Strategy: Infer/Predict
Fluency Skill: Rate
Phonics Skill: Base Words and Endings -ed and -ing
New Vocabulary: received, account, budget, disappointed, chuckled, staring, repeated, fund
Writing: Narrative Writing: Story Paragraph
MATH
There will be a test over Chapter 5 on Wednesday. There will also be a pre-test for Chapter 6 on Wednesday.
HANDWRITING
SOCIAL STUDIES
Words to Know: immigrant, germs, disease, symbol
The students will learn about the impact of explorers and settlers on American Indians and how things changed as communities grew.
SCIENCE
People: Students will understand that people have different systems that perform different functions--circulation, digestions, respiration;etc.---and will recognize the parts of the body that are associated with those systems.
BIBLE
This week we will learn about Solomon's downfall and death from I Kings 11. We will also learn of the Israelite kingdom dividing in I Kings 12.
Memory Verse: Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the duty of all mankind. Ecc. 12:13
SPELLING
running, clapped, stopped, hopping, batted, selling, pinned, cutting, sitting, rubbed, missed, grabbed
received, account, budget, disappointed, chuckled, staring, repeated, fund