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Week 11

Good morning 2A Families,

 Just a reminder, this week consists of half days for our conference! Dismissal is at 11:45 for first pickup, 12:05 for second pickup and 12:35pm for third. There will be no tutoring this week as well due to conferences. There will be no lunch served, however we recommend going forward supplying either a large snack or two snacks. 2nd grade will be having their second snack closer to 11am. If  you have not signed up for conferences, please follow this link:


If you are unable to make any of the remaining times listed, please reply to this email so that I may schedule a phone conference with you next week! 

Introducing the The Boxcar Children Diorama project!
Using a shoebox, scholars are going to create a diorama showing the Alden children’s home— the boxcar! They will decorate the outside of the box to look like a boxcar and include five specific items from the story that show how the children have turned their shelter into a home. This assignment will not be due until the 9th of December. Most of the work for this project will be completed at home. Please watch for the rubric coming home this week.

POETRYScholars should be focus on memorizing the last four lines of the second stanza of "Merry Autumn Days" by Charles Dickens. Recitations begin Tuesday, October 29th.

SPALDING
There are 30 words this week. On Monday, we spell push, point, within, body, field, belongs, cheese, earn, edge, feather. Tuesday's words are fence, funny, going, honey, letters, orange, pocket, shoes, shoe, stairs. Wednesday's words are stream, talks, tiny, words, trust, extra, dress, beside, teach, happen.

GRAMMAR & WRITINGSecond grade scholars add The Article Adjective Jingle to their repertoire this week. They learn to how to classify article adjectives as well.
MATH
We are finishing up our length unit with some quiz check-ins! If you have not sent your child with a ruler to school quite yet, please do so. Emphasize with your child that when they are measuring something, they start at the 0 and not the 1! We are looking forward to meeting everyone at conferences!

There will be no science or history for week 11 due to conferences.

With Grateful Hearts,
Mrs. Guevara and Mr. Kiehne

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