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SECOND GRADE NEWS 

Mrs. Beckman                       Room 16                (708) 877-2550 x 129                        February 22, 2010

LANGUAGE ARTS NEWS…

This week’s theme in reading is Wild Weather.  The kids will be reading a nonfiction article called “Super Storms”.   The vocabulary words that we will be discussing this week are violent, beware, prevent, uprooted, destroy and grasslands.  We will be focusing on making and confirming predictions as we read to help us understand the text.  

In Grammar, we will be working on combining subjects and predicates.

MATH NEWS…

This week, the kids will be introduced to basic geometry.  We will also be continuing to practice addition with regrouping.  Your child will be coming home with geometry and addition homework.    Please continue to practice addition facts with your child.  The more they practice their addition facts, the more accurate they will be! 

SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS…

This week, we will be presenting our President Reports.  The kids reports will also be displayed in a Presidential timeline in the primary hallway.  I hope that the kids not only learned a lot about the president that they researched, but had fun doing so! 

Also, last week, the kids worked hard in small groups to choose an animal to campaign for as our class mascot.  All the groups did a great job presenting their candidates.   After conducting a mock election,  the votes have been tallied and the new Room 16 class mascot is…the LEOPARD!  Congratulations to the Leopards! 

  SPELLING NEWS…

This week’s story words, review words and high frequency words:

1.      root

2.      boot

3.      suit

4.      fruit

5.      clue

6.      glue

7.      flew

8.      new

9.      shoe

Review Words:

11.   crook

    12.     could    

High Frequency Words:

13.  complete      

  14.    measure              

15.    questions     

BUZZWORTHY NEWS & REMINDERS…

                            Each day your child records the color of his/her “Paws-itively Perfect” behavior card.  Green indicates that your child successfully followed class and school rules for the day.  Yellow indicates that your child was given a verbal warning, but continued to break a class or school rule.  He/she also must miss one recess.  Red indicates that your child was given more than one verbal warning and had continued to break class and/or school rules.  He/she also misses 2 recesses.  Please discuss your child’s card color each night and sign his/her Wildcat Assignment book.  If your child had a yellow or red card, discuss the problem and ways to improve his/her behavior. 

  BABY NEWS…

As you may know the due date for our baby is quickly approaching:  March 1^st!  After the birth of the baby, I will be taking 12 weeks of maternity leave to be home with our new infant.  I am planning on coming back to the classroom in mid-May.  Mrs. Schmidt is scheduled to be my long-term maternity leave sub.  Although I know that I will enjoy my time off with my  precious new little one, know that I will miss my students (your children) terribly and will keep in contact with them and will be in constant communication with the substitute.   If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the substitute at my extension at school.  I hope that the children have a smooth transition and continue to thrive while I am away.  Thank you for your continued cooperation and support.