Week of Nov. 5th
Second Grade Weekly Newsletter
Dear Parents and Students,
I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you for all your blessings at Mass today. I was speechless (which does not happen much for me)!
Mom and Dad ask students about pumpkin math, poetry writing and spelling with bubbles on the smartboard!
Please note that Monday is a spirit wear day. Show your school spirit!!!
Reminder! Please return the green Math Facts Practice sheet for last week on Monday morning. I will record your child's practice times and return it by the end of the day. Some ideas for practicing facts would include; flash cards and computer games (Ms. Benson has some great math sites on her classpage).
We will celebrate all school masses on Tuesday and Friday this week. As always, parents are most welcome to join us.
My official last day will be the end of the quarter on this Thursday, Nov. 5th.
Look for the Newsletter on Mrs. Kraus' classpage next week!
Curriculum Highlights for the week;
Reading/Language Arts- Reading story, "The Best Friends Club". Skills;introduction to word wall and making words activity,problem/solution, prefixes of words, using a diagram Grammar-proper nouns. Writing-Integrated with Social Studies Unit and Native American legends.
Spelling- Words with are, ore and ear patterns.
Religion- Focus on Church as the People of God (Ch. 10). Begin our study of the saints.
Math- Ch. 5-Place Value;compare numbers through 100, identifying place value, showing numbers in different ways. There is no timed test this week.
Social Studies-Unit 3. Our Past-America's first people:the Native Americans. Explore different Native American customs and traditions. Skills;webquest on each tribe in computer lab.
Art- Totem poles
Extra Credit:JOKE OF THE WEEK. 
Earn an extra credit point by reading this newsletter and trying to answer the following joke/riddle; Email or write your answer on paper and give it to me for Monday.
Here it is the answer to last week's riddle:What do you call a skeleton that doesn't like to do work? Lazy bones!
This week's joke/riddle;What illness can you catch from a martial arts expert?
Good luck! Email or write down your answers for me on Monday.
Have a Great Week!
Mrs. Parks and Mrs. Kraus
Spelling words for the week of Nov. 5th
1. porch
2. care
3. dear
4. more
5. short
6. bare
7. tore
8. year
9. corn
10. shore
11. allowed
12. leaned
13. president
14. promise
15. rules
Words in orange are story vocabulary
