Second Grade News – August 2007

Subject

August 16-17

August 20-24

August 27-31

 

Religion

God Makes the World

A Home for Adam and Eve/ Adam Names the Animals/The First Sin

God Blesses Abraham/Abraham Shares With Lot

 

Reading

Reading Assessments

Daddy Can I Have an Elephant?

Poppelton and the Grapefruit

 

Spelling

Unit 1 Introduction

Unit 1 Continued

Unit 2

 

Math

Tens and Ones

Place Value/Different Ways to Show Numbers/Estimation/Hundreds Chart and Skip Counting

Even and Odd Numbers/Ordinal Numbers/Comparing Numbers/Order Numbers to 100

 

Language

Listening/Speaking/Observing and Thinking/ The Writing Process

Sentences – naming and action part/ Telling, Question, Command and Exclamation Sentences

Review Unit 1/ Writing A Personal Narrative

 

Social Studies

Our Christ Lutheran Second Grade Family

Where We Live

Living in a Neighborhood/Walk Through a Community/Read a City Map/How a Community Changes

 

Science

Energy

Energy

Energy

 

Assignments:    

            Spelling Sentences for Unit 1 are due Thursday August 23rd

                                    Sentences for Unit 2 are due Thursday August 30th

            Memory            Tuesday 8/21 – Genesis 1:1        Friday 8/24 – Genesis 1:31

                                    Tuesday 8/28 – Psalm 104:24     Friday 8/31 – Psalm 31:14                     

            Reading            Reading Log with 100 minutes or pages – Due 8/27,

           

Announcements:

            School Pictures will be August 30th and 31st.

            There is no School Monday September 3rd – Labor Day

 

             


Second Grade News – September

Subject

September 4-7

September 10-14

September 17-21

September 24-28

Religion

Jacob and His Family/Jacob Returns

 

Unit 1 Test/ Joseph’s Troubles

God Blesses Joseph/ God Saves Baby Moses

God’s Plan for Moses/ Moses and Pharaoh/ The Exodus

Reading

Tools

Three Little Bikers

The Surprise

Duck

Spelling

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 5

Unit 7

Math

10 More/10 less/Rounding/Talley Marks

Using Data in Tables/Pictographs/Count on to Sum/Doubles Plus One

Add 3 Numbers/Counting Back/Fact Families/Relate Addition and Subtraction

Missing Addends/Names for Numbers/Number Sentences/Mental Math Adding 10’s

Language

Writing a personal narrative/ Editing

Final Drafts/Presentations

Nouns/ Combining sentences/ Special nouns, Pronouns

Naming yourself last; exact nouns, nouns with ‘s and s’/Unit 3 Review

Social Studies

Comparing Communities/Our State and Country

Our country; Children of the World/ Unit 1 Review

Unit 1 Test/ Unit 2 Preview Our Earth

Interview with a geographer7 landforms and water on a map/ How and where people live

Science

Energy

Health

Health

Health/Rocks and Soil

Assignments:    

            Spelling Sentences for Unit 3 are due Thursday September 6th

                                    Sentences for Unit 4 are due Thursday September 13th

                                    Sentences for Unit 5 are due Thursday September 20th

                                    Sentences for Unit 7 are due Thursday September 27th

            Memory            Tuesday 9/4 – 1 John 4:19          Friday 9/7 – Genesis 28:15

Tuesday 9/11– Matthew 5:9       Friday 9/14 – Luke 6:28

                                    Tuesday 9/18 – Romans 8:28     Friday 9/21 – John 15:16

                                    Tuesday 9/25– Hebrews 13:15   Friday 9/28 – Psalm 50:15

            Reading            Reading Log with 100 minutes or pages – Due 9/4, 9/10, 9/17, 9/24

                                    Story Bags are due Friday 9/29

            Religion            Unit one test will come home on Tuesday 9/11 and is due Thursday 9/14

Family Poster on Unconditional Love is due on Friday 9/28.  We will be sharing these with the class during Share Time

Social Studies    Review for unit 1 will come home on Monday 9/11 and is due on Thursday 9/14

           

Announcements:  There is no school on Labor Day – September 3rd. 

 

 


Second Grade News – October

Subject

October 1-5

October 9-12

October 15-19

October 22-26

October 29-Novermber 2

Religion

The Ten Commandments/The Golden Calf/Test Unit 2

Deborah/Gideon

David and Goliath David and Jonathan

Elijah/ Elisha

Hezekiah/ Josiah; Review and test on unit 3

Reading

Seeing

Two Mice

Snakes

Anansi and the Talking Melon

Play Ball

Spelling

Unit 8

Unit 9

Unit 10

Unit 11

Unit 13

Math

 Regroup Ones as Tens/2 Digit Addition/Add 1 and 2 digit Numbers

Rewrite 2 Digit Addition/ Estimate Sums/Too Much Info/Mental Math Subtract 10’s/Count Back Ones

Regroup Tens and Ones/2 Digit Subtraction/Choose the Operation/Estimate Differences/Use Addition to Check Subtraction

Choose the Computational Method/Different Ways to Add

Column Addition/Different Ways to Subtract/Mixed Practice

Language

Unit 3 Review/ Writing A Story

Rough Draft Paragraphs 1-3

Final Drafts and Class Presentations

 

Verbs/Pronouns with ‘w and ‘ed/ Combining sentences

More Verbs/Contractions

Social Studies

From My Orchard to Yours/Growing Crops/Earth’s Resources

 

Unit 2 test;

Unit 3 preview/Choosing goods and services

Services in Our Community/Goods From the Factory to You

Science

Rocks and Soil

Rocks and Soil

Rocks and Soil/Changes

Changes

Changes

Assignments:    

            Spelling Sentences for Unit 8 are due Thursday October 4

                                    Sentences for Unit 9 are due Thursday October 11

                                    Sentences for Unit 10 are due Thursday October 19

                                    Sentences for Unit 11 are due on Thursday October 23

                                    Sentences for Unit 12 are due on Thursday November 1

            Memory            Tuesday 10/2 – Psalm 121:2       Friday 10/5 – Matt. 22:37/Matt. 22:39

Tuesday 10/9 – Isaiah 41:10       Friday 10/12 – Isaiah 41:13

                                                                                    Friday 10/19 – Psalm 118:14

                                    Tuesday 10/24 – 1 John 4:11Psalm 147:5 

                                    Tuesday 10/2 – Romans 14:8     Friday 11/2 – Psalm 141:2

            Reading            Reading Log with 100 minutes or pages – Due 10/9, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29  

            Religion            Unit 2 test will come home on Friday 10/5 and is due Tuesday 10/9

                                    Unit 3 test will come home on Thursday 10/1 and is due Friday 11/2

                                    Joy Posters are due Friday November 2nd 

Social Studies    Review for unit 2 will come home on Thursday 10/12 and is due Monday 10/16

Announcements:

            There is no school October 4th.

            October 19th is the end of the first quarter

            Parent-teacher conferences will be on Friday 10/26 – there is no school on the 26th.  A sign up sheet will come home around the middle of the month. I will try to do conferences after school the week before as well.

            Each October, as part of our Social Studies unit on natural resources and man made goods; we carve pumpkins and bake pumpkin cookies.  Each child will need to bring in a pumpkin by October 31st.

            There will be no story bags for the month of October – I will send them home again at the beginning of November.

 

 


Second Grade News – November

Subject

November 5-9

November 12-16

November 19-23

November 26-30

Religion

Name of the Savior/ Birth of John

An Angel Visits Mary/ The First Christmas/ Wise Men

Baby Jesus in the Temple/ In His Father’s House

Unit 4 Test/Jesus Baptism

Reading

People People Everywhere

Wanted: Best Friend

Favorite Stories

Young Cam Jansen

Spelling

Unit 14

Unit 15

Unit 16

Unit 17

Math

Pennies/Nickels/Dimes/Quarters/Half Dollars/Dollars

Adding Money/ Make A list/ Make the Same Amount/ Compare Amounts

Compare Amounts to Prices/ making Change to $1.00

Subtract Money/ Using Estimation/ Explore 1 minute/ Time to the hour and ½ hour

Language

Review Unit 5/ Writing Instructions Webbing and Rough Draft

Writing Instructions Final Draft and Class Presentations

Writing a Research Report Webbing/Notes

Adjectives/ Expanding Sentenc