LANGUAGE ARTS: This week we read and discussed A Crow, a Lion, and a Mouse! Oh My! and Hollywood Chicken. A Crow, a Lion, and a Mouse! Oh My! is a drama, while Hollywood Chicken is a fantasy. We worked on skills such as decoding words with long /a/ as in rain, stay, make, and acorn, identifying and forming verbs in the present, past, and future tense, identifying adjectives in sentences, identifying a simile (compares two different things using the word "like" or "as," such as "she's as busy as a bee,") an idiom (a phrase that means something different from its everyday meaning, such as "it's raining cats and dogs,") and a hyperbole (a statement that is so crazy it can't be true, such as "her smile was a mile wide,") using story vocabulary in context, and learning ten new high-frequency words.
MATH: We made numbers that are easier to subtract and then used mental math to find the difference, solved one and two-step problems using addition or subtraction, and chose various strategies we've learned so far to subtract two-digit numbers.
RELIGION: We discussed how the Holy Spirit helps us to do better and recognized that God loves us and rejoices when we are truly sorry for our sins.
SHORT WEEK NEXT WEEK: Due to Thanksgiving and the short school week next week, we will not be taking a spelling pre and post test. Also, take home folders will not be sent home and there will not be a second grade newsletter posted on my blog.
SCIENCE We took the unit test over matter and started a new unit over environments for living things. So far we have discussed what a plant needs to grow and stay healthy and what the effects are when a plant does not get the things it needs.
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER: Please note the following:
- Friday, November 17: End of the first trimester of school
- Wednesday, November 22-Monday, November 27: Thanksgiving vacation
- Friday, December 1: Spirit Day
- Sunday, December 3: First Reconciliation at 1:00 at Holy Spirit Church
- Wednesday, December 6: St. Malachy Christmas Concert, 6:00 P.M.
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