We've had another great week in second grade! We focused on finding the main idea of specific paragraphs within a text, building our "read to self" stamina in Daily 5, long vowels, and of course, Open House! Here are a few pictures of Daily 5 and centers:
This week in:
ELA:
Phonics: Consonant Blends
Spelling Words:
1. stop
2. strap
3. nest
4. hand
5. brave
6. ask
7. clip
8. stream
9. mask
10. twin
11. breeze
12. state
Sight words:
1. bear
2. couldn't
3. build
4. mother
5. father
6. straight
7. love
Comprehension Skill: Character and Setting; Story Structure (retelling the beginning, middle, and end of a story)
Vocab Skill: Synonyms
Fluency Skill: Accuracy and Appropriate Rate
Conventions Skill: Predicates
I am so excited about our upcoming reading unit this week. We will be reading lots of books from the Henry and Mudge series. I know the kids will fall in love with this series and I can't hardly wait! We will focus on sequencing the events, studying the main characters, and building new vocabulary.
Religion:
We will continue reading about Jesus as both God and Man. We will take our chapter 1 test, then focus on the Creation Story in Genesis.
We had an incredible first full week of school. It has been one of the easiest transitions we've ever had. Don't forget about Open House Thursday evening at 6pm. Mrs. Briggs and I will give a presentation after the meeting in the assembly hall. We will go over important information for the year. Remember this is mandatory!
Last week we focused on identifying the charater traits of a main character in a story. It was very easy for the kids to identify outer traits (tall, short, pretty, etc.), so we focused on inner traits which was much more difficult! We read the story Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. After our first read, we created a venn diagram and compared Chrysanthemum to myself, then they created their own diagrams and compared themselves to Chrysanthemum. During the second read aloud, we created a bubble map of Chrysanthemum and focused on traits as we read each page. They were challenged to think about her actions, how she responded to events and challenges, and her overall personality. Finally, they created their own chrysanthemum bubble maps and then had to choose their favorite trait to describe the character. The tricky part- they had to give evidence from the story to back up the trait.
This week in:
Language Arts:
Phonics and Spelling: Long Vowels VCe
Spelling Words:
- nose
- page
- space
- size
- fine
- mice
- late
- huge
- blaze
- race
- rice
- vote
Sight words:
- live
- work
- machines
- move
- everywhere
- world
- woman
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea (We will read several nonfiction selections and practice finding the main idea of a short story, as well as specific paragraphs within the text)
Conventions Skill: Locating the subject of a sentence
Hello 2nd grade parents!
Welcome back to school and welcome to our class blog! This blog is dedicated to language arts (for both classes) and religion/writing for my homeroom. I will post weekly updates, pictures, spelling words, and a "peek at the week." Be sure to check on Sunday nights for a new post! Also be sure to check Mrs. Briggs blog at www.briggsml.blogspot.com for math/science/social studies updates and pictures.
Our school year has gotten off to a great start. We have an AMAZING group of second graders. They are so sweet, smart and eager to learn. I can already tell it is going to be a fantastic year. We will cover everything at Open House on Thursday, August 27th (remember this is a mandatory meeting, please be there!), but until then, here are a few important reminders:
-School starts promptly at 7:50am. We switch classes right after announcements, so it is very important for your child to be on time.
- PE for Mrs. Rush's class is on Tuesdays
- Please refer to the peanut-free snack list that was sent home last week when it is your turn to bring snack. We have 21 students.
- Your child's assignment book needs to be signed each night.
- Please check your email and print/sign the sheet that allows your child to use technology. We will start using the iPads/ computers this week and your child will not be able to participate until I have received that form! Please don't make me hunt you down :)
- I also need the student handbook form signed and returned as well. When reviewing the handbook with your child, be sure to emphasize the behavior section and the uniform policies. Administration is really cracking down this year on the uniforms- please make sure your child is wearing the correct socks/shoes.
The first few days of school are always dedicated to rules, routines, procedures and getting to know each other better. We had fun this past week sharing our brown bags from home, playing games and setting goals for the year. We will begin our first week of formal instruction tomorrow!
This week in Language Arts:
We will not have spelling homework this week, but we will have spelling words with a test on Friday.
Spelling words:
1. rock
2. list
3. desk
4. job
5. sad
6. chop
7. sack
8. tag
9. rib
10. mess
11. dust
12. drum
Phonics: Review short vowels and consonants
Comprehension: We will start with an author study on Kevin Henkes (one of my favorites!). We will focus on character traits and setting.
Vocab skill: Alphabetize
Fluency skill: Appropriate Rate
Conventions skill: Sentences
This week in Religion:
"Jesus is the Son of God" is the title of our first unit. We will discuss Jesus as both God and man. Our Family Life program will begin the following week with our guidance counselor, Mrs. Harrison. She will work with our students every other Tuesday.
Writing:
Writing a personal narrative about summer break.
