updated studying this week

What are we studying this week in 2^nd grade?

Reading:

Stories-The Storykeeper; People, People, Everywhere

phonics: ar, ed, and ing words

High Frequency Words: city and place

Comprehension Skill: context clues

*weekly reading test

*weekly spelling test

Math: practicing math facts; base ten blocks; place value

Science: none this week

Religion: Patience, Our Church Celebrates Christmas, also Advent

Social Studies: discuss geography, resources and crops; we will have a quiz on Wednesday December 18th; we’ll finish up this chapter when we come back from break

Spelling words (also in take home notebooks)
arm
barn
hard
farm
park
start
city
place
riding
 moving
 star
 car
 bark
 part
 spark

Bonus

Santa Claus
*weekly spelling test (on Friday)

Notes:  
* Don’t forget to send in a boy/girl present (wrapped please) no later than Thursday. (Party is Friday afternoon)
* Book reports are due Friday December 20th 
* Book It is due on Friday December 20th. If you don’t have the coloring sheet, please send in a signed note telling Mrs. Blansett that your child read for 20min. each day. This is a part of their homework grade. Please send in the coloring sheet or a note on Friday December 20th.

* For those in the beginning of the alphabet; we have drinks, plates and cookies. Please contact Mrs. Blansett to discuss what to bring in.

Secret Santa Gift

If you haven't sent in a gift yet, please send one in no later than Friday. I would really like for all of the children to be able to receive a gift.
Please wrap the present and label it:

to boy from (your child's name)

to girl from (your child's name)

Typo on Studying this week!

There was a typo on this week's studying this week! We have 2 more full days this week. Friday is a whole day, not a half day.
We will take our math test tomorrow. (on place value)
We will take our normal spelling and reading test on Friday.
The kids and I will celebrate Christmas Friday afternoon with our Christmas party.
I apologize for any confusion.

Spelling for the week of December 16th

Spelling for the week of December 16th

arm

barn

hard

farm

park

start

city

place

riding

 moving

 star

 car

 bark

 part

 spark

Bonus

Santa Claus

Book report, just in case

 I was at home when I put together the December book report papers, and did not have my original list. If the December forms are different from the list I gave you with all of the months, I apologize. Either use a book from the list I sent with all of the months, or go by the forms I sent for December.

December book report checklist and rubric.

This explains how this month’s book report will be graded. It also gives you a checklist to see if you have completed each part. Please be sure that the majority of the work is done by the student with only a little help from someone else.

____ brought my rubric, my book and report to Mrs. Blansett on Friday December 20^th (3 pts)

____ turned in on Friday December 20^th   (3 pts)

____ chapter book about winter, December, Christmas, Hannakah, Kwanzaa, or Advent, that is Just Right for you (and a different author than you read for October)  (4 pts)

_____ neatness of words (up to 15 pts) (yes, this can be typed, be sure to have the student help with most of the typing; if you type it you can email it to me)

_____ title of book (up to 6 pts)

_____ author of book (up to 6 pts)

_____ students name; first and last (3 pt)

_____ form filled out completely (up to 5 pts)

____  recommendation  (up to 10 pts)

____  summary (up to 35 pts)

____  spelling and grammar (up to 10 pts)

Book Report Form

Book Report for December

Name: ____________________________________  Due Friday December 20^th

Title of Book:

Author: 

Number of chapters:

Characters:

 

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? (Yes, I would because…. or No, I would not because….)

 

 

Summary needs to have at least 6 sentences. Be sure to write the beginning, middle and end. Make sure you state the problem, and how it was solved. (This should be included in your description of the beginning, middle and end.) Please be neat, pay attention to spelling and grammar, and reread what you have written to make sure it is complete. You may attach another sheet of paper if you run out of room.

 

December Notes from Mrs. Blansett

December Notes from Mrs. Blansett

*Christmas Concerts are on Tuesday December 17^th. There is one at 10am and another at 7pm. Please be sure your child is at their classroom at 6:45pm on Tuesday evening.

* Please send a $5 boy gift (if your child is a boy) or $5 girl gift (if your child is a girl) in no later than Thursday December 19^h. We will be exchanging gifts on Friday December 20th; this is our Christmas party.

* If your child’s last name ends in any letter starting with A through M please send in a treat or drink for our Christmas party. Please send in a note with your child or send an email to Mrs. Blansett to let her know what you would like to bring. Thank you!!! (The families who are at the “end” of the alphabet will be asked to send something in for the next party.)

studying this week in 2nd grade

  

What are we studying this week in 2^nd grade?

Reading:

Stories-How I Beat the Giants, Play Ball

phonics: ow, ou ed, and ing words; double the consonant when the vowel is short

High Frequency Words: since and those

Comprehension Skill: summarizing

*weekly reading test

*weekly spelling test

Math: practicing math facts; place value-bundling tens, hundreds, and thousands

Science: none

Religion: Confirmation and a responsibility to care

Social Studies: Scholastic News and Our Earth

Spelling words (also in take home notebooks)

hugged

 hugging

 nodded

 nodding

 skipped

 skipping

 since

 those

 crown

 shout

 face

 space

 peace

 twice

 until

Bonus:

reindeer

*weekly spelling test (on Friday)

Notes: 

* Book reports are due Friday December 20^th   

*Christmas Concerts are on Tuesday December 17^th; please be sure your child is at their classroom at 6:45pm on Thursday evening.

* Please send a $5 boy gift (if your child is a boy) or $5 girl gift (if your child is a girl) in no later than Thursday December 19^h. We will be exchanging gifts on Friday December 20th; this is our Christmas party.

* Is last name ends in any letter starting with A through M please send in a treat or drink for our Christmas party. Please send in a note with your child or send an email to Mrs. Blansett to let her know what you would like to bring. Thank you!!! (The families who are at the “end” of the alphabet will be asked to send something in for the next party.)

summarizing activity

Ask your child the following after a story:

Someone... 

Wanted...

But...

So...

In 

The 

End...

And in addition to summarizing, it makes a great tool for discussing story conflicts, or for creating skeletons for original narratives.

Spelling for the week of December 9th

Spelling for the week of December 9th

Play Ball

 hugged

 hugging

 nodded

 nodding

 skipped

 skipping

 since

 those

 crown

 shout

 face

 space

 peace

 twice

 until

Bonus:

reindeer

Scholastic book orders

12/4/13

I apologize for the late notice. This is not required. If anyone would like to purchase books for Christmas, please turn in your order no later than Friday December 6th.

If you simply want to place an order, it can come in as late as Friday December 20th.

You can also order online. Last year the class received extra bonus points when you ordered online. I don’t know if this is still the case. Our code is GLCFC. I will also post it on the blog.

Have a great day!

Mrs. Blansett

Categories for book reports

Please choose one chapter book from each category for each month. The books can be fiction or non fiction

Book categories for book reports:

October: fall, October, Halloween, or cleanliness

November: fall, November, Thanksgiving, or generosity

December: winter, December, Christmas, Hannakah, Kwanzaa, or Advent

January: winter, New Year’s, friendliness, January, or Martin Luther King

February: winter, Valentine’s Day, caring, love, tolerance, February or football

March: spring, March, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day or creativity

April: spring, April, Easter, or responsibility

May: spring, May, plants, joyfulness, Memorial Day

June: no book report due

Spelling for the week of the unit test

Spelling for the week of December 1, 2013

Week of the Unit Test

 cage

 page

 face

 bright 

 sight

 line

 side

 baby

babies

bunny

bunnies

 soap

 coat

 sold

 passes

Bonus:

December

Spelling words

Spelling words (also in take home notebooks)
Week of November 25, 2013

one

two

three

seven

eight

nine

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

Bonus

thirty

Studying this week

Reading:

no story or test this week

Math: practicing math facts; place value-bundling tens, hundreds, and thousands

Science: none

Religion: Confirmation and a responsibility to care

Social Studies: Scholastic News and Our Earth

Spelling words (also in take home notebooks)

one

two

three

seven

eight

nine

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

Bonus

thirty

* Please remember to send in school shoes if your child wears boots to school.

* Our bake sale was a huge success!! Thank you for all of your help!

* Book reports are due Tuesday November 26^th.

* Book its are due Tuesday November 26^th.

* As papers get graded, they might need to be fixed. Please do these with your children, but they do not have to be done all at once. Send them in once they are fixed please. 

* No School Wednesday November 27 through November 29 (Thanksgiving Recess)

* Please practice addition and subtraction facts with your child at home.

* There will be a unit test in reading when we come back from Thanksgiving break. Please continue to read with your child and ask them questions about the story. Thank you!

Military package

I apolgize for the delay. Here is a messsage from one of the parents in our class who would like to help out some of our military. The students will be making cards, and possibly writing some nice letters in class.

Hi,

I know ASE is collecting foods for this month for the needy.  In addition, our family was wondering if you thought it would be nice of the 2nd graders to send a little care package to the military. Our family has a family friend that enlisted this summer in the Air Force, Special Forces, Paratrooper-so, I would be willing to mail the items,etc to him and the other members of his troop- in honor of Veteran's Day and "generosity".  I was reflecting on how much even a piece of gum can really lift your spirits on a challenging day. I would like to send gum (stick together) and candy bars (the military is so generous with courage), or anything else that others would deem helpful. If you would like to forward this email, or parts of it, to other families, that would be appreciated. I would like to send the package out by next Friday, so arrives by Thanksgiving.

Thanks,

Maria White

If you would like to send stuff in with your child, I will make sure that it gets to Mrs. White. Please send items in no later than Monday November 29th. This will help Mrs. White put together a package for the December holidays. The post office has some very specific mailing times. 

Spelling for the week of November 18, 2013

Spelling for the week of November 18, 2013

 cage

 page

 face

 tease

 huge

 twice

 until

 enough

 teachers’

 men’s

 mice

 spice

 race

 house

 wise

Bonus:

exclaimed

Science test change

Science test will be changed from Tuesday to Wednesday.

Math Homework

11/6/13
lease skip part B of the math homework. (It asks you to explain.)

Studying this week

What are we studying this week in 2^nd grade?

Reading:

Stories-Furry Mouse, Two Mice

phonics: “r controlled” words: er, ir, ur and plurals-s, es; changing y to i

High Frequency Words: around, food

Comprehension Skill: compare and contrast

*weekly reading test

*weekly spelling test

Math: measurement with cm

test on Wednesday and Thursday

Science: living and non living things

quiz on Thursday

Social Studies: Scholastic News; special days: Veteran’s Day, Election Day

Religion: Generosity; discuss celebrating Confirmation

Spelling words (also in take home notebooks)

baby

babies

bunny

bunnies

friend

friends

around

food

world

dirty

bird

curve

furry

girl

purple

Bonus:

another

*weekly spelling test

Notes: 

* THANK YOU to all those who brought, or sent in money for the silent auction basket!

* THANK YOU to all those who brought, or sent in items for the Halloween party!

* Parent teacher conferences are November 18^th. This is a half day. Mrs. Blansett will be sending home notes to set up times.

* Please check with your child to make sure they have enough pencils and erasers.

* No school on November 11^th, Veteran’s Day

Science Vocab

Here is a list, with definitions of the Science vocabulary that the students are responsible for.

nonliving

not alive

nutrients

minerals

seed coat

a covering that protects a seed

germinate

to start to grow

seedling

a young plant

cactus

a plant that can store water in its thick stems

living

growing and changing

quizlet-vocabulary

This is a website with our vocabulary for reading and other subjects.
This week we are reading Two Mice.
Our science is Plants Grow and Change.

There are many things you can do with these vocabulary words, different activities. The space race might be a bit difficult for our students.

Here is the link:
http://quizlet.com/_hodu2    (Two Mice)

http://quizlet.com/_h31cx     (Plants Grow and Change)

Feedback would be great! I am just learning how to use this tool. The kids and I use it in class, it would be great if it helps you at home.

science quiz

We will be taking a science quiz on Thursday. It is going to be on living and non living things. Stay tuned for some vocabulary words to study. The students will also get a copy of the words in class.

math test update

Yes, we will take our measurement test this week. I have moved the test date to Wednesday. We will do some review on Tuesday morning. Don't forget, this is a half day!

The students will get a review sheet for homework on Tuesday.

Just in case you want to practice ahead of time. Students will need to measure items in centimeters, with a ruler. They will also be expected to estimate certain items.
The most difficult part will be comparing one item to another. Please remind them that they will need to subtract if they are trying to determine how much longer one item is than another.

It is likely that we will spread out our test over 2 days, Wednesday and Thursday to help the students take their time, and do their best.

Spelling for the week of November 4, 2013

Spelling for the week of November 4, 2013

Two Mice

 baby

babies

bunny

bunnies

friend

friends

around

food

world

dirty

bird

curve

furry

girl

purple

Bonus:

another

Math Test

Our math test on centimeters and meters will be Tuesday next week, not Monday. We need an extra day to practice.

October book report checklist and rubric

I will check this when I get to school tomorrow. There are a couple of things that I may have to adjust. This should be very close to the one you have at home. 

October book report checklist and rubric

This explains how this month’s book report will be graded. It also gives you a checklist to see if you have completed each part. Please be sure that the majority of the work is done by the student with only a little help from someone else.

____ brought my rubric, my book and report to Mrs. Blansett on Friday November 1st (3 pts)

____ turned in on Friday November 1st  (3 pts)

____ chapter book about Halloween, October, or cleanliness that is Just Right for you (4 pts)

_____ neatness of words (up to 15 pts) (yes, this can be typed, be sure to have the student help with most of the typing; if you type it you can email it to me)

_____ title of book (up to 6 pts)

_____ author of book (up to 6 pts)

_____ students name; first and last (3 pt)

_____ form filled out completely (up to 5 pts)

____  recommendation  (up to 10 pts)

____  summary (up to 35 pts)

____  spelling and grammar (up to 10 pts)

Book report Form for October

Book Report form for October

Book Report for October

Name: ____________________________________  Due Friday November 1st   

Title of Book:

Author: 

Number of chapters:

Characters:

 

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? (Yes, I would because…. or No, I would not because….)

 

 

Summary needs to have at least 6 sentences. Be sure to write the beginning, middle and end. Make sure you state the problem, and how it was solved. (This should be included in your description of the beginning, middle and end.) Please be neat, pay attention to spelling and grammar, and reread what you have written to make sure it is complete. You may attach another sheet of paper if you run out of room.

Spelling for the week of October 28th

Spelling for the week of October 28, 2013

Eye Spy

 bright 

 sight

 line

 side

 sky

 try

 because

 whole

 hidden

 mirror

 brains

 don’t

 carry

 ghosts

 yellow 

Bonus:

All Saints Day

Book report extra info

If you happen to read a book electronically or a library book that has to be returned before November 1st, please do the following:
email me the title, the author, the table of contents, and the summary on the back or
print out the title, the author, the table of contents, and the summary on the back

Thank you!

What are we studying this week? (Duck)

What are we studying this week in 2^nd grade?

Reading:

stories-The Ugly Duckling, Duck

phonics: long a -ai, ay and inflected endings-s, es, ing

High Frequency Words: mother, myself

Comprehension Skill: compare and contrast

*weekly reading test

Math: measuring and comparing with cm and m

*test next Wednesday

Science: begin living and non living things

Religion: Cleanliness, practice prayers, discuss celebrating special times in the Catholic Church

Social Studies: none this week

Spelling words (also in take home notebooks)

danger paint keep warm beak paddle grows bonus: explore

passes

teaching

passing

wishes

teaches

wishing

mother

myself

*weekly spelling test

Notes:

* Please continue to read for Book It Due November 1st

* Our 1^st book report is Due November 1st

* Please help your children remember to do their homework in pencil

*Auction basket will be a crafty basket; money due by November 1^st (Thank you to those who already sent it in!)

* half day on Monday, October 31^st; parade in the morning (10:30)

* party will start about 10 am. Parents are welcome to come about 10:15 to help with costumes.

* Any volunteers to send in goodies for our Halloween party? Please contact Mrs. Blansett