Newsletter Week 26 2/25-3/1

Reminders:

      End of the Unit Performance is Friday, 3/1/13 at 1:45 in the gym. 

Materials needed: Please send $5 with your child Monday for our conceptual project for the performance.  

Special thanks to Tara Davis for the Clorox wipes!

Math: Continue with fact families and division. Unit 6 test on Thursday, 2/28/13

Reading: Finish "Computer Clues" Test on Friday

Language Arts: Punctuation in Dialogue (commas and quotation marks) No test this week on this material. 

Social Studies: Conceptual project for our class

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Spelling: Words ending in -est

1. fastest
2. slowest
3. biggest 
4. silliest
5. brightest
6. funniest
7. bravest
8. revise
9. select
10. valid 

1. It was the biggest, fastest, loudest truck I had ever seen.
2. The smartest students check their results and revise their work. 

Vocabulary:

1. accident- something that happens that does not mean to happen
2. frighten- to be scared 
3. fuel- gas, oil; a type of liquid that is used to help a an engine work
4. greedy- to want more than what you need 
5. reflect- for an object to show and image or vision back 
6. soil- dirt that is used for planting plants in
7. rumor- a story that is passed from person to person without it being proven to be true
8. scholar- a person who studies a lot to learn information 
9. luxury- something that is for fun or pleasure, not anything that is actually needed. Something you want, not something that you need.
10. village- a small town of people 

Newsletter Week 25 1/18-1/22

Requests:
   We are out of Clorox Wipes at school. If you would like to donate some, we would really appreciate it! Thank you!

Reminders:
   -Return signed papers and office forms
   - Lunch forms for March are due
   - Continue practicing math facts

Math: Multiplication Facts 6's, Continue division: Fact families- The relationship between multiplication and division.  This is a website which will give you extra insight into what we are learning: http://www.nutshellmath.com/textbooks_glossary_demos/demos_content/elem_relating_multiplication_and_division.html

Language Arts: Alphabetizing and sequencing

Reading: Please download "Pee Wee Scouts: Computer Clues" by Judy Delton

Social Studies: Continue with significant figures from the African-American community.

Spelling and Vocabulary:
Suffix- ly

1.  badly
2. madly
3. quickly
4. weekly
5. daily
6. gladly
7. proudly
8. loudly
9. softly
10. determine

1. Can you describe a simple pattern?

2. She stood up proudly, and she sang loudly. 

Vocabulary: 

1. basement- a room underneath a house; normally a room that is below ground, underneath the first floor of a house/building.
2. computer lab- a room where people work on computer projects
3. electronic mail- the long term for "email"
4. encyclopedia- a group of books that explain and describe different things, places and people all around the world. Each encyclopedia has information on things/people/places that start with one letter.  (encyclopedia "S" would have information of things that start with the letter "S")
5. taxicabs- also known as taxi; these are cars that are used for driving people to different places. The passenger pays the driver money- the shorter the ride, the cheaper the ride.
6. badge- a symbol that is put on clothes to show something has been accomplished
7. information superhighway- a quick way of sending and receiving many types of information by using the internet
8. impatient- to not have patience, to want to do something right away without having to wait.
9. hard drive- the part of the computer that keeps information that you have found or needed to make the computer run correctly.
10. delete- to erase, to get rid of

Newsletter Week 24 2/13-2/15

Reminders:
    - Valentine card swap at 2:15 on Thursday
    - Empty out folders and return important papers
    - continue working on math facts; subtraction, addition and multiplication

Math- Review 2nd grade skills
Spelling- Sight Words

Complete Dolch Word List Divided by Level

Pre-primer	Primer	Grade One	Grade Two	Grade Three
a and away big blue can come down find for funny go help here I in is it jump little look make me my not one play red run said see the three to two up  we where yellow you	all am  are  at  ate be black brown but came did do eat four get good have he into like must new no now on our out please pretty ran ride saw say she so soon that there they this too	under want was well went what white who will with  yes	after again an any ask as by could every fly from give going had has her him his how just know let live may of old once open over put round some stop take thank them then think walk were when	always around because been before best both buy call cold does don’t fast first five found gave goes green its made many off or pull read right sing sit sleep tell their these those upon us use very wash which	why wish work would write your	about better bring carry clean cut done draw drink eight fall far full got grow hold hot hurt if keep kind laugh light long much myself never only own pick seven shall* show six small start ten today together try warm

* ‘shall’ has dropped out of use

Language Arts- Review and practice letter writing; activities related to Valentines. Also, L.A. will be incorporated with our Social Studies lesson this week. 

Reading- Valentine books, independent reading practice, reading fluency tests

Social Studies- Important figures in  African-American History 

Newsletter Week 23 2/4-2/8

Reminders:

• Please return contract forms ASAP
• Continue working on basic math facts of addition, subtraction and multiplication 

Math- Review of Multiplication and Division (review test on Friday) 5's multiplication test on Thursday 

Language Arts- Homonyms 

Reading- Please download "Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race" 

Spelling: Begin looking over 2nd grade sight words. There will be a random, 30 word spelling test given on Friday, 1/15/13.

        Complete Dolch Word List Divided by Level

Pre-primer	Primer	Grade One	Grade Two	Grade Two                  Grade Three
a and away big blue can come down find for funny go help here I in is it jump little look make me my not one play red run said see the three to two up  we where yellow you	all am  are  at  ate be black brown but came did do eat four get good have he into like must new no now on our out please pretty ran ride saw say she so soon that there they this too	under want was well went what white who will with  yes	after again an any ask as by could every fly from give going had has her him his how just know let live may of old once open over put round some stop take thank them then think walk were when	always around because been before best both buy call cold does don’t fast first five found gave goes green its made many off or pull read right sing sit sleep tell their these those upon us use very wash which	why wish work would write your	about better bring carry clean cut done draw drink eight fall far full got grow hold hot hurt if keep kind laugh light long much myself never only own pick seven shall* show six small start ten today together try warm

* ‘shall’ has dropped out of use

 

Spelling and Vocabulary:

Focus on wh- pattern

1. whale
2. when
3. where
4. what
5. why
6. which
7. whistle
8. whip
9. while
10. whirl

Spelling Dictation: 

1. If you whistle while you work, the job is fun. 

2. Show me where the whale went while I was gone.

Vocabulary:

1. 1.    buggy- small wagon that is pulled by a horse
2.    2. leap- to jump high and far
3.    3. reared- for a horse to go up on its back two legs
4.    4. repairs- parts of a machine that need to be fixed
5.    5. hire- to pay for someone to do something for you
6.    6. afford- being able to buy something 
7.    7. victory- to win first place 
8.    8. mechanic- someone who fixes machines and cars
9.    9. horsepower- the amount of power an engine has (compared to the strength of a horse)
10.   10. "seconds flat"- without going over the amount of time