Weekly Update 2/6-2/10
February 6-10
Important Dates
2/6-2/17 Make Kindness Cool Week
MONDAY (2-6) - “Souper bowl Monday” (This day only for soup)
Bring a can of soup for the Lassiter pantry (deposit in barrel in school lobby)
TUESDAY (2-7) – “Hats off to Kindness”
Wear your favorite cool hat.
THURSDAY (2-9) – “Be Cool, Be Kind”
Wear sunglasses and cool shades.
TUESDAY (2-14) - “Kindness Makes Your Heart Glow”
Wear neon colors or heart colors like red and pink.
THURSDAY (2-16) - “Be Kind to Animals Day”
Wear animal prints, animal clothing or Davis clothing.
2/8 2nd Grade Ballet Field Trip
2/14 Valentines Day
2/20-2/24 Winter Break
This weeks focus:
Phonics: Our spelling pattern for the week are compound words. Here are the words to study: softball, someone, nighttime,backyard, cherry pie, fire drill, high school, good-bye, part-time, ice-skater. Remember that challenge words will be different words that but contain the same sounds. High Frequency Words: ask(ed), face, it’s, large, next, saw, watch(ed).
Reading: We continue to practice comparing and contrasting fairy tales. We will use a venn-diagram to talk about how the versions of the same fairy tale are similar and different. We will continue to talk about story elements and identifying the beginning, middle, and end of stories.
Grammar: We will continue with shades of meaning and begin to put it into practice. Which is "Some words mean almost the same thing but have small differences between the meanings of each. Understanding the small differences between similar words lets you appreciate the shades of meaning between words or phrases." For example: small, tiny, and miniature. We will be identifying which words are weak, average, and strong.
Writing: We are going to continue to work on expressing our opinion through writing. This week we will be comparing dogs and cats in our writing. We will be expanding on our reasons with an example for each one as well as convincing our audience. We are also looking at editing our writing and being able to identify misspelled words and where we left out capital letters and punctuation. Look for their favorite subject piece to be coming home sometime this week.
Math: We are coming back to money for the next 2 weeks. The students will need to be able to use money to solve word problems. In order to do this, it is important to be able to make change. Students need to recognize dollar bills as well as quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Practice making change when you get a chance.
Science: This week we will learn about stars. We will be able to identify the different attributes (brightness, size, shape and color) about them and what makes a constellation.