May 2-6

This week will be a review of comprehension skills. We will read A Bad Case of Stripes to review cause and effect and character traits. We will read I Am Jackie Robinson and The Magic School Bus Plays Ball to practice fact and opinion. We will read The Luckiest One to review inferring and drawing

Conclusions. We will read Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus to practice sequencing. All the books will be used to practice author's purpose! 

Our phonics skill will be the -tion, -ture endings. We will not have a spelling test, but please help your child learn to read and spell the words on the newsletter. This will help them become 3rd grade ready!

Upcoming Events:

May 5th: Muffins for Mom

May 6th: Liberty's Legacy Graduation celebration

May 13th: Field trip money ($10.00) and permission form due

                 Library Books due

May 17th: Field Day

May 19th: Field Trip to the movies

May 25th: End of the Year Party 8:00

Constitution Village

We had a great day touring the Alabama Constitution Village Friday! The kiddos were really engaged the whole time and learned so much! This was a great educational field trip:)

Eli printing a flyer using an original printing press. It was hard work!

Dante was able to print a flyer using an original printing press!

Learning about making candles for light.

Learning about blacksmiths and the jobs they do.

Fun Friday!

We are joining together with Ms. Spears class and working each day to earn a star towards Fun Friday! Today we had Board Game Friday. Look at these smiling faces having fun! 

And to make Fun Friday better, we had such good behavior in our lunch line- The kiddos got a compliment and earned a star for next week! 

Show me the MONEY!

Today we practiced counting coins. The kiddos had to build the coins and find the value. Others had a challenge they had to solve! 

March 28- April 1

This week is going to be a crazy week!
1. We are returning from Spring Break.
2. We have a field trip.
3. Friday is a Half-Day for students.


So.....

Welcome Back!

We will begin a new math chapter this week... Money and Time! Parents, you can help out at home by asking your child to read the time, tell whether it is AM or PM, and count change & dollar bills. 

In reading, we will move on to a new set of skills, but we won't test on them until the next week. With so much going on this week, I don't feel that the students will be 100% ready for the tests. They will have a Spelling Pre-Test on Friday, though. 

Here is a glance at our week:

Our phonics/spelling skill this week is the silent consonant pattern: wr, kn, gn, mb

Spelling Words:

1. knock

2. lamb

3. wrap

4. wrong

5. sign

6. write

7. comb

8. wren

9. knee

10. climb

11. gnat

12. knob

Our reading comprehension skills this week are Plot and Theme. These skills have already been introduced so this should be a review for the students.

Plot- The beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Theme- The "big idea", what the author wants the reader to learn from the story.

Our High Frequency /Vocabulary words for the week:

chased

grabbed

wagged

chewing

practice

dripping

treat

Upcoming Events:

March 31st: Field Trip to Constitution Village. Please be sure to have your child at school by 7:30. We will be loading buses by 8:00

April 1st: Half -Day for students

April 15th: Spring Picture Day

Another beautiful Day!

These kiddos have enjoyed eating snack outside this week!

A little dance time!

Animals, Shamrocks, and a Parade!

We had lots of happenings today in 2nd grade! We started the day with a WILD ANIMAL show. The kiddos went on a shamrock hunt at snack. Finally, we ended the day with an AR/Math Facts Hall of Fame Parade! Here are some of the crazy things from today: