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January 31, 2012
Classroom Newsletter
            Attention!!  Please be aware students need to wear a long sleeve white shirt tomorrow for the human flag.  They need to wear uniform pants with it.  If they don't have a plain white long sleeve  shirt, they can wear a short sleeve white shirt with a long sleeve shirt that has white sleeves underneath.  I encourage the long sleeves because we will be outside without a coat for a few minutes.
 
Our new story is called “The Night the Moon Fell”. This story is a myth. The comprehension skill is plot and theme. The comprehension strategy used to help with this is visualization. The phonics focus this week is syllable patterns. The convention focus this week is adverbs that tell where and when. The Reading and Spelling test will be next Monday. 
In Mathematics, we have started a new chapter on geometry. Please save the beginning sheet of the chapter; it has important vocabulary terms on it. Please note students need to continue practicing two-digit addition and subtraction. It is important to keep skills fresh!
We are continuing to practice cursive penmanship. There will be more practice homework in penmanship starting this week.
We have events happening each day for Catholic School’s Week. The events are listed under the Announcements section.
*******I need baby wipes or hand wipes for the classroom. We are also running low on tissues. I would appreciate any donations. Thank you.   **********************************************************************
            As always, if there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me or send me a note.
Warmly,
Mrs. Grady
Second Grade Teacher
 
  
Announcements

 

Catholic Schools week begins on Sunday, January 29th.

Our class will be performing the Mass with 7th and 8th grade on Thursday, February 2nd.

 Activities for the week are as follows:

Monday - Spelling Bee

Tuesday- Religious Games Day

Wednesday- Human American Flag; family sing along; family lunch

Thursday- Valentine's Day cards for soldiers

Friday- Bingo

 

 

The specials schedule is as follows:

Mondays:  Gym

Tuesdays:  Library and Spanish

Wednesdays:  Music and Art  **If you have not sent in an Art shirt, please do!!!!!

Thursdays:  Values and Computer

 

  
Assignments

Spelling Words for January 31st - February  6th

 

*Please note, we have challenge words for numbers 3, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11.  Challenge words are a choice.  Students can choose to do the challenge word or the regular word.  If they are planning on doing the challenge word, they need to do their work(abc order, sentences) with that word.  Remember you can choose to do all or just some of the challenge words. Grading does not change.

1.  downstairs

2.  football

3.  cowboy or needlepoint

4.  houseboat

5.  railroad or downspout

6.  rainbow or coattail

7.  boyhood or counterpoint

8.  oatmeal

9.  soybean

10. roadway or steamboat

11. outplay or mainstay

12. daydream

*  Please note, I give a challenge word every week.  Students get an extra 5 points if they get the word correct.  They never lose points for getting the challenge word wrong.  Eventually, I also add in a challenge sentence, which will also be worth 5 points. 

  

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