Newsletter Week 2 8/20-24

This Week:

     In Math, we are going to be finishing up our blitz review in math. The kids have worked really hard and I am very proud of them. On Thursday and Friday, they are going to be taking the 2nd grade placement test to see where they range. I'm trying to stay true to the BDS standard of teaching students so they are ahead, not behind. Hopefully after the tests I will do a month long review of 2nd grade math and then begin on the third grade curriculum. I have noticed a weakness in the students' basic math skills; simple addition and subtraction. Practicing flash cards will be a great way of improving these skills. 

    For Language Arts we will have a new set of Vocabulary and Spelling Words. Spelling pretests are given on Wednesday. Students who make a 100 hundred on their pretest will not have to take the spelling test on Friday. Sentence Dictation is where I read the sentence and students write the sentences. 

     Spelling words and sentences:

• little

• rain

• mail

• place

• years

• wait

• paint

• paid

• history

• services

• With a little work and a little paint, the place will look new.

• I had to wait in the rain, so the mail got wet. 

Vocabulary 

• bobbed- to go up and down 

•   anxiously- nervous, not patient, worried about something 

• periscope- a mirrored telescope that allows you to look above your head without having to stick your head up. 

• woven- a cloth formed by weaving; material that has been braided together in a fashion to create an object like a dress

• concerned- to worry about someone or something

• gales- very strong winds

• torpedo- an underwater rocket

• murky- cloudy, not clear 

• pulse- to thump in a rhythm 

• quivers- body shakes of fear  

Also, we are going to be learning about Nouns this week and continue learning about journaling, writing and penmanship. 

In reading we will continue reading Summer of the Sea Serpent and doing our Literature Circles. 

For Science we will be learning about endangered species and extinct species. We will be incorporating different activities which coincide with it.