Second Grade                                                                        Mrs. Robben

Monday, September 13, 2010  

                                                                                             Thursday:Early Dismissal: 1:00

Field Trip: Monday, Sept. 20th

Homework 

Monday: Spell. 13 / Math 2-3 

Tuesday:Spell. 14 and Math 2-4                                         Wednesday: Rel. 58 & 59 / Math 2-5                                    Thursday: Prob. Solv. and Study for tests

Religion: The children will begin to prepare for their First Reconciliation which will be held on Thursday, November 4th. The children will learn about the greatness of God's forgiving love for us by watching and discussing "The Prodigal Son". They will learn about good and bad choices. The children will also learn the difference between choice, mistake and accident. 

Math: TThe children will use the act it out strategy to solve problems and will use doubles to solve problems. They will use doubles to find other sums and will use technology to view how a calculator solves addition problems. Please drill  addition facts (plus 0's, 1's, 2's and 3's) as we will begin "Beat the Clock" tests in the near future.  

Spelling Words: talked, talking, dropped, dropping, excited, exciting, lifted, lifting, hugged, hugging, smiled, smiling, dragging, amazed, danced 

Vocabulary Words: desert (a part of land that is sandy and without much water), harsh (rough), climate (the kind of weather a place has), cactus (a plant with spines instead of leaves that grows in hot, dry places0

Sight Words: water, full, animals, early, warm, eyes  

Reading: The children will be introduced to  the vocabulary and will participate in the guided reading of the story "A Walk in The Desert". They will also have the opportunity to listen to this story and read it with partners. The children will read stories according to their reading levels.The children will take their vocabulary and book test on Friday. 

Skills: using words in context, inflected endings, main idea and details, comparing and contrasting, consonant blends

Grammar: Recognizing the predicate of a sentence. If time, the children will work on the concepts of statements and questions. 

Printing: Correct formation of Aa and Dd 

Creative Writing: Journals

Team Time: The children will complete their unit on weather . They will have their test on Wednesday.

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