Monday, March 30, 2009

Spelling Words, March 30-April 3

This week we are working with -tion and -ture words.

1. mixture
2. nation
3. section
4. future
5. picture
6. action
7. caution
8. station
9. fixture
10. motion
11. nature
12. feature

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

A Note About Core Testing

We have learned much to our relief, that 2nd grade will not have online end-of-year testing this year. This will allow the 2nd grade teachers more time to cover core concepts. We have set testing dates, May 4-8. I ask that your child not miss any school if possible since we will be heavily reviewing math and language art concepts during the month of April. If you have any questions, please respond here, or call me at school. Thanks!

Spelling Words March 23-27

This week, we are working on endings: s, ed, ing, er, est

1. tried
2. trying
3. planned
4. planning
5. liked
6. liking
7. hiked
8. hiking
9. cried
10. crying
11. skipped
12. skipping

Monday, March 16, 2009

Spelling Words, March 16-20

This week we are learning about contractions.

1. we're
2. I've
3. don't
4. can't
5. he'd
6. you're
7. won't
8. they're
9. I'd
10. they'd
11. she'd
12. we've

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Spelling Words March 9-13

This week's spelling patterns are al, aw, augh, al.

1. talk
2. because
3. August
4. caught
5. draw
6. walk
7. chalk
8. auto
9. taught
10. thaw
11. fault
12. walk

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

A "Seussical" Day!

Our class had a ziferous zooferous day
Celebrating Dr. Seuss in fundiferous ways!

We read books by the author
Even Green Eggs and Ham
We ate them with Mrs. Shiner
But not Sam I Am

We made our own fish
from McElligot's Pool
Yes, a fun day we had
Yesterday morning, at school.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Rocks Have Got to Wait!

We learned today that we will begin core testing April 27th. Our testing this year will be online and I expect things to go well. Since there are only 7 weeks until testing, we will be focusing on math and language arts instruction. This means that our rock projects will have to wait until after testing. This actually works out better since most of the rocks are still burried under inches of snow! I know the kids were excited, but like all good things, they'll just have to wait!