Post date: Nov 26, 2019 4:43:11 PM
Completed Library Reading Logs are due to Ms. Goldsmith on December 2!
This week in Reading our main selection is realistic fiction called Dear Juno. We will be working on the reading strategies of visualizing and drawing conclusions. Vocabulary words to know from the selection are: persimmons, photograph, envelope, smudged.
In Phonics and Spelling we will focus on the long sound of o spelled o, oa, ow, and occasionally, ou. 18 Spelling words for Friday's test are:
know
hold
show
open
notice
follow
most
bowl
throat
cocoa
window
moment
unfold
envelope
photograph
smudge
doughnut
answer
In Math we have just begun Topic 6: Fluently Subtract within 100. This week we will use models to subtract 2-digit and 1-digit numbers, and learn the standard algorithm to regroup in subtraction. Please continue to practice basic addition and subtraction facts. Mathletics.com really helps with this, especially when students are using the Live Mathletics part of the platform, which they can do once they have completed assignments.
December is a really busy month! Advent is upon us and we are really excited about the impending birth of Jesus. The 2nd graders are finishing their preparation for receiving the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, which takes place on Saturday, 12/7 at 9:30 a.m. Santa's Workshop opens here at school the week of December 9th. We will have an All School Mass at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 12/18 and all are welcome, as usual. On our last day before Christmas break, 12/20, we will have an All School Sing-a-Long at 8:30 a.m. and dismiss at 11:30 a.m. I'd like to have a small Christmas celebration in our classroom on that morning and am looking for parent volunteers who are Virtus-trained and would like to help. If you can volunteer your time or treats on that day, please send me a note or an email. Thanks!