Week of December 9th
Important Dates:
December 6th-12th-Giving Tree
December 13th-2nd Grade Holiday Shoppe/Sing 9:00
December 17th-2nd Grade Holiday Party 10:00-12:00
December 18th-Spirit Wear
December 23rd-January 3rd-Winter Break/No School
Grammar: We will be learning about proper nouns this week. A proper noun is the name given to something to make it more specific (e.g., Johnathan, Ollie, New York, Monday). Proper nouns are written with capital letters regardless of where they appear in a sentence.
Phonics: This week we will learn about suffixes. A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the grammatical function (or part of speech) of the word. For example, the verb read is made into the noun reader by adding the suffix -er. Red words for the week are: our, done, word, give. Please practice red words at home. Red words do not follow learned patterns or rules. Therefore it is important to memorize how to spell them. We do not sound these words out. We identify them by letter names. Example: was w-a-s not /w/ /u/ /z/. Practice at home writing the words in fun ways, tracing them, or even jumping them out.
*Phonics assessments are on Thursday. The new phonics rule is introduced on Friday.
Reading: We will be working on the 5 W's + H during Reading. 5 W's + H (who, what, where, when, why, how) is a method of asking questions about a process or a problem taken up for improvement. Four of the W’s (who, what, where, when) and the one H is used to comprehend for details, analyze inferences and judgment to get to the fundamental facts and guide statements to get to the abstraction. The last W (why) is often asked five times so that one can drill down to get to the core of a problem.
Writing: The students will work on informational writing this 9 weeks. Informational writing is a type of nonfiction writing that conveys information about something, which means it is factual. Many examples of informational writing can be found in newspapers, almanacs, and reference books. ... Informational text is often organized so the reader can easily and quickly find information.
Math: We will be focusing on line plots graphs this week. A line plot is a graph that shows frequency of data along a number line. It is best to use a line plot when comparing fewer than 25 numbers. It is a quick, simple way to organize data.
*Timed addition and subtraction test are normally given on Wednesdays.
Science: This week will be learning about Stars. We will learn about the size and the brightness of Stars.