Week of Dec. 12-16th

I apologize for the late update on the blog!

We are gearing up and getting ready for the wonderful Winter Holiday vacation that is quickly approaching!

This week we have been doing a really fun rotation within all of the second grade classes as we learn about holiday traditions around the world. Please be sure to ask your child about the countries they have "traveled" to, what is in their suitcase and some of the new traditions they have learned about.

As you know, we do not have any homework, spelling, or a focus story this week.

The only tests your child will have on Friday is Daily Language and Daily Math! :o)

Week of Dec. 5-9th

Reading:
story: Big Bushy Mustache
comprehension focus: main idea and details
vocabulary: bushy, costume, disguise, handsome, mirror, mustache

Language:
writing genre: opinion
grammar: plural nouns - s and es endings

Math:
Chapter 12: 2 digit cuntraction with regrouping

Science:
Rocks and Minerals

This week's spelling words:

Vowel Sound in “Cow”
1. town
2.house
3.sour
4.frown
5.cow
6.clown
7.found
8.how
9.mouse
10. brown
11. mount
12. pouch
13. tower
14. around
15. couch
16. outside
Challenge Words:
17. could
18. should
19. prowl
20. crowded

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Big Bushy Mustache
Grammar - plural nouns
Math - Chapter 12 - 2 digit subtraction with regrouping

Nov. 28th - Dec. 2nd

So, it is safe to say that I have earned a big "F" in the area of communication for November. I am so sorry for the lack of updates on here!!!!

Reading:
story: A Trip to the Firehouse
comprehension focus: main idea and details

Language Arts:
grammar: proper nouns
writing genre: opinion
**We are also working on how to divide words into syllables. Please use the link on the sidebar to access the syllable game!

Math:
Chapter 11: 2 digit subtraction with regrouping

Science:
Rocks and Minerals

This week's spelling words:
1. train
2.way
3.mail
4.play
5.trail
6.pay
7.sail
8.hay
9.nail
10. rain
11. paid
12. braid
13. aim
14. wait
15. payday
16. subway
Challenge Words:
17. railroad
18. afraid
19. playground
20. straight

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
A Trip to the Firehouse test
Proper noun test

Week of Nov. 1-4th

Reading:
story: Around the Pond
comprehension focus: summarize
vocabulary words: bank, crater, edge, moss, path, shallow

Language Arts:
genre: writing and opinion
grammar: exclammations and commas in dates, letters, and a series of things

Math:
Chapter 9: 2 digit addition with regrouping

This week's spelling words:
Review Words
1. lost
2. these
3. glad
4. grass
5. hope
6. cute
7. trip
8. swim
9. off
10. egg
11. next
12. brave
13. bone
14. use
15. add
16. stone
17. little
18. really
19. goes
20. were
21. caught
22. climb
23. spell
24. write
25. wrote

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Around the Pond test
Grammar test - types of sentences - command, exclammation, question
Spelling test

Week of Oct. 24-27th

**Don't forget...NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY!!!**

Reading:
story: Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett
*As of this week...we will only be studying each story for 1 week!*
comprehension focus: summarize
vocabulary: exploring, habitat, protect, ranger, tours, urban

Language:
grammar: command sentences
writing genre: opinions

Math:
Chapter 7: Counting Dollars and Coins

Science:
Chapter 3: Rocks, Soil, and Fossils

This week's spelling words:

Words With Double Consonants
1. bell
2.off
3.all
4.mess
5.add
6.hill
7.well
8.egg
9.will
10. grass
11. brass
12. skill
13. cliff
14. pull
15. sniff
16. spell
Challenge Words:
17. address
18. guess
19. across
20. little

Here are the tests your child will take this THURSDAY:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett
spelling

On TUESDAY we will take our Chapter 7 math test on counting money!!!!!

Week of Oct. 17-21st

Reading:
story: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
comprehension focus: compare and contrast
vocabulary words: backpack, campfire, camping, hike, lanterns, tents

Math:
Chapter 6: Counting Coins
vocabulary: cent sign, quarter, half dollar, dime, nickel, penny

***This week we are taing our end of the quarter assessments, LAFT (language arts) and MAFT (math.) I will have these results to share with you during conferences.***

Here are this week's spelling words:
Consonant Clusters
1. trip
2.swim
3.step
4.nest
5.club
6.stone
7.next
8.brave
9.glad
10. frog
11. stop
12. flower
13. glove
14. bride
15. stamp
16. storm
Challenge Words:
17. branches
18. insect
19. trumpet
20. climb
These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Henry and Mudge reading test
Chapter 6 math test - counting coins, comparing amounts, knowing coin value/name
Spelling test

***Don't forget...this week is the last week of the 1st quarter! Friday is the deadline for AR...your child needs to have 8 points in order to earn Rockin' Ram Reader for the 1st quarter.

***Thank you for all of your hard work planning the Riverfest Carnival! Don't forget to come out and celebrate with us on Friday 4:00-8:30 p.m.

Week of Oct. 11-14th

I am so sorry that I am late with the info this week...these short weeks always get away from me! :o)

Reading
story: Henry and Mudge: The Starry Night
comprehension focus: compare and contrast
vocabulary words: backpack, campfire, camping, hike, lanterns, tents

Language:
genre: narrative
grammar - sentence or question
*question words: who, what, where, when, why, how, does, did, can, will, should, could, would, may, is, are, etc.

Math:
Chapter 6: Coins
vocabulary: cent sign, penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar
**The more practice you give your child to count money...the better!
                  -count their allowance
                  -count pocket change
                  -count coins found in the car, sofa, laundry, etc.
                  -figure out which coins/dollars they will need to buy a treat at the store
                  -make their age and relatives' age in coins

Social Studies:
Life Then and Now

This week's spelling words:
1. am
2.on
3.come
4.does
5.goes
6.from
7.want
8.her
9.their
10. there
11. here
12. hear
13. play
14. huge
15. write
16. right
Challenge Words:
17. really
18. caught
19. urban
20. protect

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling
Grammar - sentence or question

Week of Oct. 3-7th

Reading
story: Mrs. Brown Went to Town
comprehension focus: compare/contrast
vocabulary: commotion, delivered, feathers, released, tire, wearing

Language:
genre: personal narrative

Math:
Chapter 4: Comparing and Ordering Numbers to 200
vocabulary: greater than, less than, equal to, before, after, between, round

Social Studies:
Unit 1: Life Long Ago and Now

This week's spelling words:

Long Vowel sounds VCV “o”, “e”, and “u”
1. bone
2.use
3.these
4.close
5.those
6.rope
7.cute
8.mule
9.drove
10. nose
11. globe
12. joke
13. alone
14. wrote
15. cube
16. stove
Challenge Words:
17. one
18. goes
19. refuse
20. were

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Mrs. Brown Goes to Town
Spelling test

Thank you so much for all of the Jog-A-Thon pledges! Our class went above and beyond and passe our goal...you brought in $1,253.50...WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!! Since they met their goal the students will have no homework the week of Oct. 10th...WOOHOO!!!!

Week of Sept. 26-30th

Reading:
story: Mrs. Brown Went to Town
comprehension focus: compare and contrast
vocabulary: commotion, delivered, feathers, released, tire, wearing

Language:
genre: narrative
grammar: verbs

Math:
Chapter 3: Place Value
vocabulary: regroup, digit, place value

Social Studies:
Unit 6: People Make a Difference

Here are this week's spelling words:
Review Words
1. win
2. inch
3. fabric
4. can
5. want
6. was
7. the
8. because
9. family
10. off
11. said
12. are
13. spot
14. help
15. went
16. nut
17. shrug
18. some
19. from
20. of
21. size
22. same
23. beside
24. flake
25. give

Here are the tests your child will have on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Spelling test
Grammar test - verbs

**We will have a math test on Chapter 3 on MONDAY!** It will be on place value, writting numbers in expanded form, regrouping ones into groups of 10.

Jog-A-Thon Fun!

Here are some pictures from last week's Jog-A-Thon!

Remember...all pledges are due on September 30th! Our school goal is to reach $38,000 for Superhero Day! The students in Room 9 set a goal for themselves...if we bring in $1,000 they will have no homework for a week!!! To add to that...the top 2 second grade teachers will have to compete in a "Suped Up Scooter" Race during the Jog-A-Thon prize rally!

Week of Sept. 19-23rd

Reading:
story: Julius
comperehension focus: story structure
vocaulary words: crumbs, imitation, noise, slurped, spread

**The review that goes with this story isn't the best. If you would like your child to bring their book home so that they can review it...they are more than welcome!**

Language:
genre: narrative
grammar focus: words we capitalize

Math:
Chapter 2: Data and Graphs
vocabulary words: bar graph, picture graph, range, and mode

Social Studies
Unit 6: People Make a Difference
-heroes
-inventors

This week's spelling words:

Long Vowels CVC “a” and “i”
1. bite
2.late
3.ate
4.size
5.made
6.same
7.hide
8.fine
9.side
10. beside
11. trace
12. stripe
13. state
14. flake
15. shake
16. sunshine
Challenge Words:
17. give
18. have
19. mistake
20. write

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math - In order to get the word problems correct...they need to circle the important info AND write a complete number sentence!!!
Spelling test
Julius test
Chapter 2 math test

Week of Sept. 12-16th

Reading:
story: Julius
strategy focus: story structure
vocabulary words: crumbs, imitation, noise, slurped, and spread

Language Arts:
grammar: nouns - naming parts of sentences
genre: personal narrative - organizing our ideas before we write

Math:
Chapter 2: Data and Graphs
vocabulary: bar graph, picture graph, mode, and range

Here are this week's spelling words:

Short “e”, “o”, and “u”
1. fox
2.mop
3.job
4.wet
5.leg
6.went
7.nut
8.fun
9.hug
10. help
11. spot
12. every
13. block
14. shrug
15. muffin
16. pencil
Challenge Words:
17. some
18. of
19. from
20. exit

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language
Daily Math
Grammar test: nouns/naming part of a sentence
Spelling test

**Jog-A-Thon is on this THURSDAY! Be sure to wear comfy clothes and shoes...don't forget to get those pledges! 10% of what our class brings in comes directly to our classroom.

**Friday is WEAR RED DAY! We will be taking an all school photo to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Riverview. Please try to send your child to school in a red shirt. :o)

Week of Sept. 6-9th

Reading:story: Dragon Gets By
skill focus: story structure
vocabulary words: vegetables, shopping, shopper, balanced, diet, dairy and hungry

Language Arts:
writing: personal stories


Math:
Chapter 1: addition, subtraction, and fact families

Social Studies:
Character Counts!
Unit 6: People Make a Difference

Here are this week's spelling words:


Frequently Misspelled Words
1. the
2.will
3.have
4.as
5.are
6.our
7.you
8.they
9.said
10. any
11. been
12. off
13. was
14. it
15. your
16. there
Challenge Words:
17. because
18. family
19. once
20. while

Here are the tests your child will have this Friday in class:
Daily Language quiz
Daily Math quiz
Dragon Gets By test
Chapter 1 math test
Spelling test


**Don't forget that Scoops and Jazz is this THURSDAY! Be sure to order your tickets no later than Wednesday...HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Week of Aug. 29-Sept. 2nd

Welcome! Here is a look at what the students in room 9 will be learning about this week:

Reading:
story: Dragon Gets By
skill focus: story structure
vocabulary words: vegetables, shopping, shopper, balanced, diet, dairy and hungry

Language Arts:
writing: personal stories
grammar: complete and incomplete sentences

Math:
Chapter 1: addition, subtraction, and fact families

Social Studies:
Character Counts!
Unit 6: People Make a Difference

Here are this week's spelling words:

1. hat
2. bag
3. as
4. am
5. has
6. pig
7. win
8. is
9. six
10. his
11. fabric
12. mask
13. plant
14. visit
15. picnic
16. inch
Challenge Words:
17. was
18. want
19. been
20. I

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language quiz
Daily Math quiz
Reading comprehension - not based on Dragon Gets By
Spelling test
Grammar test - complete/incomplete sentences

***Please do not forget to attend Back to School Night on Thursday, Sept. 1st! Mrs. Wiens will have a welcome back at 6:00. Classroom presentations will be 6:30-7:00 and 7:15-7:45. Hope to see you there!!!!

***I am working on the volunteer schedule...it will be coming to you soon!

THANK YOU!

Thank you to all of the parents in room 9 for your EXTREME generosity!!!! All of these supplies were brought in on the very first day of school!!!

Week of May 2-6th

Well...it is finally here...STAR TESTING!

For the next 2 weeks we will taking the STAR Test on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. If your child is absent, they will make up the test on either Friday or Monday.

• Make sure your child gets plenty of rest.
• Provide a healthy breakfast.
• Remind them that this is a time for them to show what they know...not to stress!

We are also getting ready for our big Open House at the end of the month. We will be learning all about insects and bugs!

Here are the spelling words for this week:
1. cold
2. party
3. think
4. boat
5. thank
6. smart
7. road
8. sing
9. hand
10. load
11. farm
12. thing
13. blow
14. most
15. send
16. bring
17. snow
18. friend
19. anyone
20. barnyard
21. pillow
22. rainbow
23. wrong
24. belong
25. oatmeal

Tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily language test
Spelling test

*During STAR testing we will not be taking a weekly reading test!*

Week of April 4-8th

Reading:
story: The School Mural
comprehension focus: main idea and details
vocabulary words: mural, event, pride, project, sketches, and scene

Language:
friendly letter writing
comparative adjectives - words with -er and -est ending

Math:
multiplication!!!

This week's spelling words:
1. liked
2. hoping
3. baked
4. using
5. chased
6. making
7. closed
8. hiding
9. named
10. riding
11. saved
12. joked
13. waving
14. taped
15. driving
16. pasted
Challenge Words:
17. teasing
18. decided
19. surprised
20. pleased

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language
Dialy Math
Spelling test
The School Mural test
grammar test - comparing adjectives
Chapter 21 math test- multiplication

Week of March 28- April 1st

***Don't forget to buy your tickets to the Father Daughter Dance...deadline is Friday!***

Reading:
story: Moses Goes to a Concert
comprehension focus: main idea and details
vocabulary words: percussion, instrument, vibration, signs, deaf, and hearing

Language:
adjectives
friendly letter writing

Math:
multiplication

This week's Spelling Words:
1. sky
2. find
3. night
4. high
5. fly
6. try
7. light
8. dry
9. right
10. mind
11. tiny
12. tiger
13. July
14. wild
15. eye
16. buy
Challenge Words:
17. firefly
18. flight
19. siren
20. tightrope

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily language
Daily math
Spelling test
Grammar test
Moses Goes to a Concert test

Week of March 21-25th

Reading:
story: The Art Lesson
comprehension focus: author's viewpoint
vocabulary words: powders, practice, chalk, crayons, smock, copy

Language:
irregular past-tense verbs
friendly letter writing

Math:
telling time, reading a calendar, and elapsed time

Social Studies:
The Land Around Us

This week's spelling words:
1.zoo
2. tooth
3. hook
4. moon
5. book
6. soon
7. took
8. good
9. room
10. cartoon
11. rooster
12. crook
13. look
14. who
15. you
16. hoof
Challenge Words:
17. choose
18. moose
19. cookbook
20. balloon

Tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily language test
Daily Math test
The Art Lesson test
Chapter 19 math test
Grammar test - irregular verbs
Spelling test

***Don't forget...Friday is the deadline for Rockin' Ram Reader!***

Week of March 14-18th

Well, Room 1 has been hit with the flu...in a BIG way! I am glad that most of the students are feeling better and are back in class ready to wrap up the quarter.

Just a reminder that Family Tree projects are due on FRIDAY, MARCH 25TH!

I also apologize about not posting last week...and the delay this week...the district server wouldn't let me access our page...yikes!

Here we go:

Reading:
story: Thunder Cake
comprehension focus: author's message
vocabulary words: weather, bolt, thunder, rumbled, horizon, and lightning

Language:
descriptive writing
-ed and -ing endings

Math
telling time
elapsed time
 reading a calendar

Social Studies
Map skills and the land around us

This week's spelling words:
1. batted
2. running
3. clapped
4. stopped
5. getting
6. shopping
7. stepped
8. hugging
9. pinned
10. sitting
11. telling
12. missed
13. jogging
14. cutting
15. rubbed
16. dipped
Challenge Words:
17. snapped
18. strapped
19. skipping
20. wrapping

Other tid-bits:

• The quarter ends on FRIDAY, MARCH 25TH!
• Deadline for Rockin' Ram Reader is MARCH 25TH...your child needs to have 10 AR points!
• Thank you to those of you that have sent in Kleenex...we go through it fast and can always use some...thank you!

Week of Feb. 28th- March 4th

Reading
story: Jalapeno Bagels
comprehension focus: author's viewpoint
vocabulary words: recipe, dough, bakery, customer, ingrediants, and culture

Language:
descriptive writing
contractions
verbs- past and present tense

Math:
finishing up fractions!

Social Studies:
The Land Around Us

This week's spelling words:
1. I’ll
2. we’ve
3. I’m
4. you’re
5. isn’t
6. didn’t
7. you’ll
8. I’ve
9. it’s
10. we’ll
11. can’t
12. that’s
13. she’ll
14. wasn’t
15. doesn’t
16. aren’t
Challenge Words:
17. weren’t
18. couldn’t
19. won’t
20. shouldn’t

These are the tests your child will take this week:
Daily Language test
Daily Math test
Jalapeno Bagels test
Chapter 17 math test- fractions
Grammar test-present tense verbs
Spelling test

Week of Feb. 22-25th

Reading:
story: Brothers and Sisters
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: distract, newborn, twins, teenage, and pest

Language:
verbs
descriptive writing

Math:
fractions - comparing fractions

Social Studies:
Life long ago and now

This week's spelling words:
1. flower
2.water
3.under
4.over
5.better
6.sister
7.brother
8.mother
9.father
10. after
11. finger
12. gather
13. powder
14. later
15. zipper
16. after
Challenge Words:
17. center
18. danger
19. feather
20. chapter

These are the tests your child will have on Friday:
Daily Language test
Daily Math test
Brothers and Sisters test
Grammar test - verbs

Other tid-bits:

• Progress reports will be sent home on Friday!
• Don't forget to order your yearbook...deadline is March 4th.
• Friendly reminder - on the math homework pages, please remembers that #5 and 6 are always challenge questions. Many times they are extremely difficult and have very little connection to the lesson we are working on in the classroom. These are "bonus" questions and it is completely acceptable to skip them if your child is confused...or if you are confused! :o)
• Rockin' Ram Reader deadline is March 25th...the goal this quarter is 10 points!

Week of Feb. 14-18th

Reading:
story: The Great Ball Game
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: penalty, argument, accept, advantage, and quarrel

Language:
descriptive writing
plural possessive nouns

Math:
fractions

Social Studies:
Life long ago and now

This week's spelling words:
1. boat
2.cold
3.road
4.blow
5.gold
6.old
7.load
8.snow
9.hold
10. most
11. toe
12. do
13. soap
14. most
15. rainbow
16. coast
Challenge Words:
17. oatmeal
18. rowboat
19. pillow
20. yellow

Here are the tests your child will take this Friday:
Daily Language test
Daily Math test
Spelling test
The Great Ball Game test
Grammar test - plural possessive nouns
Chapter 16 math test

Week of Jan. 31-Feb. 4th

Reading:
story: Ant
comprehension focus: cause and effect
vocabulary words: cocoons, colonies, antennae, larvae, fungus

Language:
singular possessive nouns
non-fiction writing
descriptive paragraphs

Math:
solid/3D shapes

Social Studies:
Life long ago

This week's spelling words:
1. king
2.thank
3.hand
4.sing
5.send
6.think
7.bring
8.bang
9.end
10. thing
11. and
12. long
13. drink
14. wink
15. skunk
16. grand
Challenge Words:
17. wrong
18. belong
19. second
20. young

These are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily language test
Daily math test
Ant test
grammar test: singular possessive nouns
Chapter 15 math test
spelling test

Week of Jan. 24-28th

***HOMEWORK NOTE***
I apologize for the confusion regarding the math homework for this week. The pages in the homework book do not match up very well...if at all...to the classroom pages for this chapter. There is a LOT of information on the homework pages that IS NOT in the classroom book. Please just do the problems that you can and leave the rest. Believe it or not, these were the pages that matched up the best...and that's not saying much!

Reading:
This week's story: Officer Buckle and Gloria
comprehension concept: inferencing

Language:
pronouns - he, she, it, and they

Math:
Plane shapes such as: square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, pentagon, and circle
Other key terms: vertex/vertices - the point where two lines come together

This week's spelling words:
 1. car
2. smart
3. arm
4. yard
5. part
6. party
7. hard
8. barn
9. farm
10. park
11. carpet
12. march
13. target
14. market
15. large
16. harvest
Challenge Words:
17. barnyard
18. apartment
19. warm
20. cartwheel

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Daily Language test
Daily Math test
Grammar test-pronouns
Officer Buckle and Gloria test
Math - Chapter 14 test - be able to identify the shapes listed above and tell how many sides and vertices shapes have
Spelling test

Week of Jan. 10-14th

Sorry...I have been a really bad at updating the blog lately...please forgive me! :o) Here is the info for this week...and it is one of my resolutions to do a better job of updating information!

Reading:
This week's story: Big Bushy Mustache
comprehension focus: inferencing and predictions
vocabulary words: mirror, mustache, bushy, disguise, costume, and handsome

Language:
syllable rules
quotation marks

Math:
Relating addition and subtraction

Science:
Using our Resources

This week's spelling words:
1. town
2.house
3.sour
4.frown
5.cow
6.clown
7.found
8.how
9.mouse
10. brown
11. mount
12. pouch
13. tower
14. around
15. couch
16. outside
Challenge Words:
17. could
18. should
19. prowl
20. crowded

Here are the tests your child will take on Friday:
Spelling test
Daily Language test
Daily Math test
Big Bushy Mustache test