Week of September 10th

Important Dates:

September 12: Picture Day

September 19: Spirit Wear/Fresh Fruit

September 24-28: Fall Break/No School

Grammar: We will continue to focus on irregular plural nouns. Some irregular nouns take on the plural form by first changing the last letter of the word before adding “s.” Words that end in “f” are a good example of this case. To make such a word plural, you change the “f” to “ve” and add an “s. Irregular nouns made plural by changing vowels, changing the word, or adding a different ending: More than one man = men. Certain other nouns have the same plural form as singular form. A large number of animals happen to follow this rule. For example:Deer is "deer" whether singular or plural.

Spelling: We will be working on words that end in –ss, -ll, -ff, -zz. These words all under the 'Floss Rule'. If a word ends in a s, l, f, or z they are doubled after a short vowel at the end of a one syllable word. Give your student phrases and sentences to practice. You say the sentence, have the student repeat, then pound their hand for each word they hear as they repeat with you again, then have them write. Check for capital at the beginning of the sentence, stretch the words, space the words, and punctuation at the end. Green Words: doll, mess, yell, off, quill, will, buzz, boss, fuzz, less, whiff, cuff. Nonsense Words: ziff, vill, noss, gell, nuff, tizz, muzz, quoss, zill. Red Words: very, down, has, play, from.

Reading: We will continue to focus on analyzing characters in a story. Character analysis is when you evaluate a character's traits, their role in the story, and the conflicts they experience.When analyzing, you will want to think critically, ask questions, and draw conclusions about the character by looking at those three areas.

Writing: This 9 weeks we will focus on narrative writing. We will begin a time when we were afraid narrative piece this week and continue working on 6+1 trait writing skills.

Math: We will learn to identify coins and learn their value. Please practice at home with your child learn each coin and how much they are worth. Also, practice counting and adding coins as well.

This is a hard skill for most 2nd graders.

Social Studies: We will continue our focus on locating and comparing the regions and rivers of Georgia. The state of Georgia extends from the Atlantic Ocean into the Blue Ridge Mountains. The state is divided into five regions based on its physical geography. The regions are the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont Region, the Blue Ridge Region, the Valley and Ridge Region, and the Appalachian Plateau. The rivers they need to learn are the Flint river, Savannah River, and Chattahoochee River.