Mrs. Starks' 2nd Grade 22-23

  Weekly Update November 28, 2022 11/28 We have Media Center.      Report Cards will come home today. 11/29 We have art. 11/30 Late Start  School will start at 9:25.   12/1 We have   gym. 12/2 We have music                   Stuff A Truck: Thank you for your generous donations to help families in our community.   Word Work: Our class will be learning about the r-controlled syllable pattern -ar this week. Words that follow this pattern include car, start, artist, and market. Students should read their word lists, discuss the meaning of the words, and practice spelling words with similar syllable patterns. Spelling City is ready for students to access the practice list for the week. Science: In our new unit, Work of Water students will explore how water shapes the Earth's surface. Students construct and use models of mountains to demonstrate ...

     Weekly Update November 21, 2022 11/21 We have Media Center.  Please return any library books not brought last week. 11/22 We have art.  11/23   No School / Thanksgiving Break Begins 11/24-25 No School Thank you: Our class would like to thank all the parents and staff who made and served our Thanksgiving Luncheon. Some of their favorite memories were eating with friends, seeing all the parents, and listening to the kindergarten students perform. The food was delicious and the sherbet was a big surprised. I wish everyone a wonderful break, and look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday, November 28th. Enjoy your time with your families.

  Weekly Update November 14, 2022 11/14 We have Media Center. 11/15 We have art. 11/16 Late Start  School will start at 9:25.   11/17 We have gym.                 Thanksgiving Luncheon 11/18 We have music.              Half Day  Dismissal 12:09 Word Work: Our class will be learning about the long i digraph syllable pattern this week. The following words are examples of this pattern: light, sigh,tie, and pie. Students should read their word lists, discuss the meaning of the words, and practice spelling words with similar syllable patterns. Spelling City is ready for students to access the practice list for the week.  Math:  Second graders are starting Unit 3: Measuring Length. We will have opportunities to measure using inches and centimeters. Students will also relate measurements to using a number line. Our second graders continue working on...

  Weekly Update November 7, 2022 11/7 We have Media Center. 11/8 We have art. 11/9 Late Start  School will start at 9:25.   11/10 We have   gym.         Half Day  Dismissal 12:09 11/11 We have music.       Half Day  Dismissal 12:09 Thank you:  Thank you to everyone who donated time, materials, or both to make our Halloween party a success! Word Work : Our class will continue learning words that follow the long e digraph syllable pattern this week.  Long e digraph syllable patterns use the following vowel teams ie, ea, and ee. The following words are examples of this pattern chief, stream, and sneeze.  Students should read their word lists, discuss the meaning of the words and practice spelling words with similar syllable patterns.  Spelling City is ready for students to practice the long e digraph word list. Math:  Our second graders are working on mastering their addition an...

       The students have been AMAZING this week!!  Today they  had a fire drill during art and were so  well behaved for Mrs. Warsaw that I decided we will have our celebration tomorrow on Wednesday.   The students have voted for an indoor toy day and they may bring up to 5 pieces of their Halloween size candy.    We will use one of their favorite pieces to create a graph that measures our favorite types of candy.        Please email me if you have any questions.   Thank you! Christine