February 2-6
Writing:
"Roses are red, violets are blue, we love poetry--how about you?" We will focus are writing poetry this week. We have explored sensory language and now we will put that to use in our poems. We will write poems using alliteration and rhyme as well as some acrostic and concrete poems (also known as shape poems). At the end of the week we will wrap up our poems and would like to showcase them in a poetry theater and you are invited to come and enjoy the show! It will be Monday, February 9th at 8:30 in our classroom.
Reading
It's poetry time is Second Grade! Students will read a number of poems to learn all about rhythm, rhyme, and repetition. We learned last week that with the use of sensory language we can create mental images in our head. By being able to describe rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, it helps us interact to create mental images in poetry.
Math
This week we will continue to explore 2-dimensional geometry by looking at different ways to compose and decompose shapes. We will learn all about area and square units with a fun activity where we will use Cheez-Its to find the area of different shapes. We will end the week creating our own robots on graph paper and challenging each other to find the area of our robots in square units!
Spelling
We will continue to practice the spelling rule of the week each day. On Fridays we will assess how well they know the spelling pattern. If you would like additional "at home" practice there are some links on the blog under "learning links". A great site to visit is Go-Noodle. There is a game called Body Spell that would be neat to use!
The spelling list will come home on Monday and we will assess their knowledge of the spelling pattern on Friday.
Spelling Pattern: Long U
Spelling Rule: (oo, ew)
Social Studies
This week we're moving into Social Studies. We will be learning about concepts of time and chronology. Students will describe the order of events by using designations of time periods such as historical and present times. Students will learn how to read, create and interpret timelines for events in the past and present in their own lives. We'll have fun playing the past, present, and future game. We'll learn terms such as biography, past, present and future. We'll discuss what it might have been like in school long ago and even explore the history of Caraway!
At-Home Enrichment (optional homework):
Research: research the "question of the week" and bring what you find out to school. It can be any type of presentation such as a poster, powerpoint, game, etc.
Question of the week: Why do we have a fever when we're sick?
Math enrichment:
Here are a few fun games that will put kids' addition and subtraction skills to work:
Weight the wangdoodles- focuses on beginning algebra skills: http://www.mathplayground.com/mathgames/SL_WeighWangdoodles_secure.swf
Puzzle Pics Subtraction: http://www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_subtraction.html
Puzzle Pics Addition: http://www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_addition.html
Grand slam math- focuses on word problems: http://www.mathplayground.com/GrandSlamMath1.html
Social Studies Enrichment :
- Make a personal timeline with chronological events of student's life and complete timeline about themselves. Put events in order with drawings, pictures, dates, and brief explanation. Bring to share with class.
- Research the life of an important historical figure and make a timeline of their life and accomplishments in chronological order.
- Timeline Maker: This timeline generator can be used to make vertical and horizontal time lines with events of your choice. http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
Reminders
January 29th: International festival
February 4th, Early Release Day- 12:45 dismissal
February 4th: Skate Night
February 12th: Spirit Night at Jason's Deli
