November 6-10
WEEKLY NEWS:
FOOD DRIVE: November 6-8
FREE SOCKS AND SHOES: 2nd grade won the Spirit Stick for Praise and Worship on Friday, so we have FREE SOCKS AND SHOES ON MONDAY!
MAD MINUTE TESTS: For the 2nd 9 weeks, students are expected to get 30 addition problems correct in one minute. This is the last week that Mad Minute tests will be out of 25. I have been so impressed with the student's improvement..... Continue to encourage your child to do his/her best. 5 minutes of practice each night makes a huge difference!
REMINDERS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS:
FIELD TRIP: Our field trip to Global Wildlife couldn't have been any better! Thanks to our wonderful room moms for the help. Click here for pictures!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Monday, November 6
FREE SOCKS & SHOES for 2nd GRADE!
Tuesday, November 6-8
Food Drive
Tuesday, November 7
Spirit Day
Thursday, November 9
School Mass
Tuesday, November 14
Spirit Day
Thursday, November 16
School Mass
Friday, November 17
Grandparents Day!
Early Dismissal (11:00)
Monday, November 20-24
Thanksgiving Holidays
Tuesday, November 28
Spirit Day
Thursday, November 30
School Mass
Friday, December 1
RELIGION
The Rosary
READING
Unit 2, Week 4
*Fables: Made up short stories that teach a lesson; may have animal characters that act & speak like people
*Predicting: Guessing about what may happen next based on clues from the text and pictures
*Sequence of Events: The order in which important events happen in a story; Sequence words like first, next, then, & last will help you to tell the order of what happens
*Author’s Purpose:The reason that an author write the text
*Problem & Solution:
Problem: a challenge or obstacle; what goes wrong
Solution: how the problem is fixed or solved
*Character Traits:
Words that describe what a character is like
Character traits often lead to the lesson that a character learns.
*Antonyms: Words that are opposite in meaning
GRAMMAR
Irregular Plural Nouns:
A plural noun names more than one person, place, animal, or thing.
Most nouns add -s or -es to make their plural form.
Some nouns change their spelling to make their plural form. These are called irregular plural nouns.
SPELLING
Unit 2, Week 4
MATH
Topic 4
2 Digit Addition in Vertical Form
Topic 5
Subtraction (Starts Thursday)
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE
Map Skills (continued)
Monday, November 6
Mad Minute (25 problems in one minute)
Tuesday, November 7
Wednesday, November 8
Math Graded Activity (Double Digit Addition "The Old Way")
Vocabulary Test (Using words in context)
Thursday, November 9
COLD READ (Unit 2, Weeks 3-4)
Friday, November 10
Religion Test (The Rosary)
Grammar Test (Irregular Nouns)
Spelling Test (Unit 2, Week 4)
MONDAY
Religion- Test Friday
Reading- Study Vocab
Grammar- wkst.
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- Hmk. pages in packet
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
TUESDAY
Religion- Test Friday
Reading- Vocab Test tom.
Grammar- Test Friday
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- Worksheet
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
WEDNESDAY
Religion- Test Friday
Reading- COLD READ Test tom.
Grammar- wkst.
Spelling- Test Friday
Math- Study facts
Science- X
Social-Studies- X
THURSDAY
Religion- Test tomorrow
Reading- Read 20 minutes
Grammar- Test tom.
Spelling- Test tom.
Math- Wkbk. pgs. 63-64 (omit 7-10)
Science- X
Social-Studies- X