Social Studies

These are the definitions for the terms they are using on the foldable.

These are for you to use to make sure your children are going in the right direction.

The students should put definitions in their own words.

This is due Friday, but I would recommend starting tomorrow, not tonight, as we just started learning these today. They will know them better tomorrow.

community: a place where people work, live, and play

state: a section of land within the United States

country: the land and the people who live there

continent: a large body of land on Earth

Math Test

There will be a Unit 3 math test on Wednesday, November 7.

The test will cover adding coins, counting back change, addition facts, counting by 5's, 2 rule frame and arrow problems, reading a bar graph, and reading a thermometer.

I will send home a review on Monday.

Room 206 Weekly Updates

Phonics

We are continuing our study of glued sounds in phonics. We will be learning the -ild,-ind, -olt, -ost,

-old sounds and spelling patterns.

ELA

We are continuing to work on adjectives this week. We will learn about comparative and superlative adjectives. We will do Smart Board lessons on these, and adjectives will be imbedded into literacy centers.

Reading

This week we will begin our study of story elements. We will do an overview of all of them: characters, setting, plot, problem, solution, theme.

Our focus this week will be characters. We are going to learn how to identify main characters and character traits.

Our current chapter book read-aloud is The BFG by Roald Dahl. This is the third Roald Dahl book we have read this year as part of a Roald Dahl author study. Last week we learned a bit about the author's life.

Math

The math objectives this week are being able to count back change and work with two-rule frame and arrow problems.

We will learn to count back change in the following way: The pencil costs 67 cents and I pay with three quarters. How much change will I get back?

Students will count up using the least amount of change starting with how much the item costs until they reach the amount paid.

For this I would count up from 67 cents with 3 pennies to reach 70 cents, and then use a nickel to reach 75 cents. My change would then be 8 cents.

This is a good way to practice at home. Subtracting cost from amount paid is not developmentally appropriate to figure out the amount of change, as many 2nd graders cannot subtract 2 digit numbers in their heads or on paper.

Social Studies

We will begin the unit called "Exploring Georgia". This week we will learn about where we live: community, city, state, country, continent, world.

We will work on our map skills by learning to use a map key.

We are giving a social studies homework assignment that is due on Friday. I will send home the blank foldable for your child to use.

Directions are on the homework planner, but I will put more detailed guidelines on the blog tomorrow.

Communication

Please continue to check the blog for class information and announcements.

Please make sure you are reading your child's homework planner and signing the reading log portion to turn in on Friday.

Creating Timelines

We created timelines today of our Wednesday school schedule. We practiced putting the correct times on analog clocks and putting the times in order.

Students understand the short hand is the hour hand and the long hand is the minute hand.

We are also working on understanding the hour hand moves slowly as the minute hand moves around the clock.



Fall Adjective Wordle

Today we brainstormed adjectives that describe Fall using an ABC brainstorm organizer.

We then came together with our individual ideas to create a whole class brainstorm.

Check out our Wordle that we created!

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5910462/Fall_Adjectives

Just for a Smile

During our literacy centers, I found a trio of singers in my room.

They took a new take on "Read to Someone" with the 13 Nights of Halloween book.

Mystery Reader

Thank you Amy Streelman for being our Mystery Reader today!