Short Week-Short List!

Our spelling list for this week is simple, and includes some words many students have struggled with! *first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, next, last

Happy Valentines!

We are getting excited for the big Valentine Party! A big thank-you to all of you for your help and support. On Monday we are making our "Froggy" Bags. We will be addressing and delivering our valentines to our classmates first thing Tuesday morning. We have been busy this week writing notes to Mrs. Mootz, Mrs. Carter and Shane. We have been talking about expressing appreciation and friendship to others in conjunction with Valentines. We know they will be surprised when we bring them their favorite drink and some special cards! (It's a secret!)

New Spelling words for the week: king, thank, hand, sing, grand, young, bang, thing, pants, grant, pantry, plant, rain, brain, main, train. Bonus: entertainment, rainstorm, Washington, Lincoln.

Happy Chinese New Year!

We were listening to some Chinese children sing about the new year. The boys in our class were certain they could do the dance moves that these girls were doing (and sing in Chinese!!) I think they did a great job! They were pretty entertaining too.

Here are our new words:which, where, until, never, should, could, would, when, show, throw, crow, snow, high, night, light, flight. Bonus: Valentine, Cupid, frightening, lightning Look for your new Math Homework and an important note on Friday.

Welcome Back Mrs. Beckstrand!

We love doing music with Mrs. Beckstrand! She started teaching us about some of our favorite composers this week! Tuesday is music day.

Our new spelling words are:done, two, back, some, I'll, girl, knew, pretty, grunt, hunt, blunt, stunt, foxy, oxen, boxing, toxic, Bonus:Chinese, Happy New Year, bamboo, oxygen

Yea! We love this time of year!!

This is a great time for some real in-depth learning! We are working on double-digit math, main ideas and supporting details, different types of writing (transactional, narrative, persuasive etc.) and continuing our love of reading. Next week we will have another oral reading assessment by our district personnel. This checks rate (speed) and accuracy of oral reading for your student on a second grade level probe. Some ways you can help improve fluency include, having your student read with you as you read at a fairly brisk pace, read with a book on tape (check out from the library) or time them to see how many words they can read in 2 minutes. We work on this in class every day!!!

New Spelling words this week: smart, park, yard, hard, party, farm, carpet, are, loop. oops, scoop, snoop, seal, meal, heal, real Bonus: hula-hoop, squeal, freedom, hibernation.

A Short Week!

Despite only having 3 school days next week we are working on some commonly missed spelling words to help us become more proficient. Here are this week's words: things, today, here, walk, down, paint, funny, picture, found, bound, around, hound, snow, blow, mow, arrow. Bonus: blizzard, snowstorm, winter and the tricky one...precipitation! Thanks for all you do to support your student's progress.

Welcome 2012!!

It is good to be back in the swing of things! We had fun on "Toy Share" day telling about a favorite toy. One of our students commented, "Wow, that Santa Claus sure is a nice guy isn't he?" These children are so sweet!

Remember to write down your reading minutes and practice math and spelling every day.

New Spelling Words:clean, eat, mean, please, feel, tree, steep, people, mint, into, winter, sprint, trout, pout, scout, shout. Bonus:resolution, environment, outnumbered, outrage