CLASS NEWSLETTER Volume 1, Issue 4

Second Grade News September 6, 2010

Reading Connection Be On Time!!!

Special dates
This week we are reading Meet Rosina in class.
of interest: We will focus on Summarizing . Remember summarizing a story or article means telling what it is
 Sept. 6 mostly about. As we read, we’ll pay special attention to summarizing, which is retelling only the
most important events. When we summarize, we leave out the smaller details. Summarizing help
Labor Day-No
school
you child better understand and remember what he/she reads. Details tell more about the main
idea. They are found after the main idea to help explain it. Understanding the main idea helps
 Sept. 7 PTO
you remember what is mot important in an article.
Fundraiser This Week’s Skills
Ends Comprehension: Summarize
 Sept. 8 DWWA Skill: Main Idea and Details
Phonics: Words with Short /i/ i, long /i/ i_e
 Sept. 9 Dom-
Words: with short i and long i
ino’s Night
Vocabulary Words to Know: celebrate, cultures, deaf, language, relatives, signing
 Sept. 13 Stu- Strategy: Use a dictionary/ New meanings
dent Holiday Grammar: Predicate There are two parts to every sentence. Remember the subject tells who
 Sept. 17 Inter- or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or is.
ims go home Comma Use a comma between the day and the year in a date. Use a comma between the names
of a city and a state.

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Math—Number Sense and Math Facts Monday

No School—Labor Day—Holiday for all!
 Practice Subtraction . Use different strategies: Tuesday
Zero, Counting back, Subtract zero, Subtract all, Spelling Write words 3 x each.
Doubles, Near Doubles (one less/two less), Relate
Reading Meet Rosina p. 86-106 Use Main Idea and
subtraction to addition, Word Problems.
Details Chart
 Topic 2 Test - Wednesday.
Math 2.9, Practice Subtraction Facts
 Begin Topic 3—Identify the place value of digits
by counting through the thousands.
Wednesday
Spelling Write 5 sentences with 2 spelling words in
Science—Energy each sentence.
Reading Meet Rosina p. 86-106 Read for Fluency
This week we will be Math Hundred Chart p. 138
discussing light as an Thursday
energy source and how Spelling Study words for spelling test.
some materials allow Reading You-Tu p. 108-109
light to pass through it
Math 3.1
and others do not.