Week of December 16th

Important Dates:

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 reviewing all the nouns we learned this 9 weeks.

Phonics: We will review phonics rules from this 9 weeks.

*Phonics assessments are on Thursday. The new phonics rule is introduced on Friday.

Reading: We will finish up 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 reviewing the different math standards from this 9 weeks.

*Timed addition and subtraction test are normally given on Wednesdays.

Science: This week will finish up Stars.