Mrs. Kollasch’s 2nd Grade
September 29 - October 3, 2008
Parents: I spoke with the class today about talking.
I seem to have a very chatty group. I would appreciate
your assistance in reinforcing that talking takes time
away from learning and activities. I have told them to
come to school tomorrow with a new mindset about
talking. Thank you for your help.
***Just a reminder: I will take off points on
papers that do not have the complete name heading. A
complete name heading has first name, last name, and
number, for example, John Doe #3.
SPELLING:
1. sun
2. mud
3. bug
4. fun
5. but
6. hug
7. bun
8. nut
9. bus
10. rug
11. some
12. from
13. up
14. run
15. thunder
16. puddle
Our spelling test will be Friday, October 3. The
test will be the 16 given words plus 4 application
words. We are focusing on the short vowel /u/ sound.
READING:
We are reading "The Mixed-Up Chameleon".
We will take the reading comprehension and vocabulary
test on Friday. Your child will bring home
their reading book on Wednesday to read aloud to you.
Please help your child remember to bring the book back
to school the next day.
Students should read a total of 60 minutes each week.
This needs to be written on the Reading Log, by the
student, and parent initialed.
Students have a Reading Homework Practice with words
and phrases from our story. They need to practice
these at home and be prepared to read them aloud to me.
Please send this practice sheet back to school with
your child.
1. spotted - saw
2. hardly - barely
3. handsome - good-looking
4. sparkling - shining; bright
5. dull - not bright or clear
6. sideways - from side to side
7. exciting - lively and interesting
Students will be expected to know the meaning of all
vocabulary words and be able to use them correctly in
a written sentence. The vocabulary word must be used
in the correct form given...past tense, plural, etc.
LANGUAGE:
We will learn about predicates of sentences:
the telling part. I told students the predicate
tells about the subject. They need to practice
knowing the entire predicate in the sentence, not just
the verb. We will learn about nouns and verbs in
the coming weeks. For example: The brown dog raced
down the street; raced down the street is the
predicate.
MATH:
This week we will learn time to the hour and
work with fact families. We will have a test on
Friday.
SCIENCE:
We will do measurement with nonstandard units (unifix
cubes and clips and capacity. We will also do an
investigation that will be very fun! We will have
an open note test over science tools, safety,
measurement, and balancing on Wednesday.
SPECIALS:
Monday: Music
Tuesday: Spanish
Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Art
Friday: Library
next Monday: PE
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