Second Grade News

January 16-20

Here is a peek at what we will be working on this week.

This week we will be doing end of semester assessments in math and in reading.  For this reason our list of new vocabulary words is a little shorter.

Reading:  Our new vocabulary words for this week are: 

          beautiful    even           great          become     together

          voice           bubbles      paws          quite          decide                          

Please put this list in a handy spot and have your child practice reading through it a couple of times each day.

Spelling:  Your child’s list of new words is stapled to this letter.

 Math:  This week we will be learning how to do column addition with carrying.  In our math series this is referred to as U.S. traditional addition.  I would appreciate it if you could make up a few problems each night to help your child practice.

 We will also be learning how to make a ballpark estimate as a way to check whether an answer to an addition problem makes sense.  For example, in 24+49,  24 is close to 20 and 49 is close to 50.  So, 20 +50=70 is the ballpark estimate.  This estimate helps us know that the answer to 24+49 should be close to 70.

Library:  We will return to the library on Wednesday.  Please make sure all books are returned so that more may be checked out.

Half-days on Thursday and Friday:  Since no lunch will be served on Thursday and Friday, I am asking that you send in a healthy snack or a small sack lunch for your child to eat in the classroom.  We are used to eating at 11:20, and this will help your child keep going until he/she gets home.  Dismissal time will be at 11:55.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Wimmler