Welcome back to school, 2nd grade.  Im thrilled to be your Teacher again and I'm excited to see you all.  It's going to be a fun year, filled with new adventures and lots of learning.  I hope you all had a fabulous summer and can't wait to hear all about it. 

                                      

Reading:
Story of the week, "One Good Turn Deserves Another", Genre- Folk tale-, "A Fool Goes Fishing" and The Farmer's Daughter.- Reading Comprehension,  "Why Turtles Live in Water", "Bear's Race with Turtle" and "Little Red Hen",  Discussing setting and order of events, Write a folk tale with a beginning, middle and end. 
Math:
Cumulative Review of Bar Graphs, Pictographs, Circle Graphs, Tally Charts, and Line Plots.  Adding Ones and Tens without Regrouping, Regrouping to Add Ones and Tens, Using Mental Math Strategies to Add, Math Test on Friday.
English/Grammar: 
Spelling -ai -ay words, Possesive nouns using apostrophes, Vocabulary, Phonics vowel patterns,  Alphabetical order, Story Chart, proofreading and correcting mistakes, Research a Topic and Reading a Web Page.
Science:
The Property of Temperature, Using a Thermometer, Take Temperature outside everyday this week and record our observations, Heating and Cooling - Properties of Warm Weather and Cold Weather.
Social Studies: 
The first Explorers and Settlers in North America.
Religion:
Observing the Last Week of Ordinary Time in Preparation for Advent. and When the Church YEar Begins, Reflection - How will we wait for Jesus this Advent Season?
Prayer of the week:
Jesus, help us to care for others as we prepare to celebrate your birth, Amen.  

               

                                              

Words for the week of November 29, 2021
1) tail                               
2) main
3) wait
4) say
5) away                                                                                                        
6) play        
7) raise
8) brain
9) paint
10) stay
11) today
12) tray