2G Families,
The May Watts 2nd Graders had a wonderful time at our field trip to the Tivoli Theater this week. Through art, science and technology, the characters of The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare came to life! All of the puppets were lined with electroluminescent wire (EL wire) which glowed in the dark. The performance was spectacular! I would like to thank Dr. Beris, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Sundararajan for chaperoning our field trip.
Recently, there have been more student absence due to vacations. If you know in advance that your child will be absent, please email me the dates and also contact the office. Students should continue to read, but other assignments and/or tests will be made up when they return. Thanks for your cooperation.
Reading:
Scholastic book orders for December and the Holiday Gift Issue went home last week. All orders are due by Wednesday morning. Please consider using the scholastic website to place your orders. The books will arrive in time to be distributed before Winter Break starts.
Continue to read and record on the maywattsreads website on a daily basis. We had a strong class performance for the month of November and will begin working towards our December goal. We will find out later this week if our alien friends will be staying in our classroom! Teachers have been discussing their favorite childhood books on The Captain’s Log. When your child is logging in his/her daily minutes, take a look at the favorite childhood book discussion.
Our current story is listed below. Students have enjoyed playing the synonym game, called Walk the Plank. The link is listed to the right under Reading Target Skills.
Hedgehog Bakes a Cake
Your child will be reading Hedgehog Bakes a Cake, by Maryann Macdonald. In this story, Hedgehog wants to make a yellow cake. His friends stop by to help, but each one gives bad advice about baking and Hedgehog ends up with a terrible mess on his hands. After his friends leave, Hedgehog locks the door and starts over. This time he follows the recipe, and later he and his friends enjoy a delicious cake. Please encourage your child to read Hedgehog Bakes a Cake over the weekend. Vocabulary Power precedes the story.
Focus Skill: Synonyms
Vocabulary Power:
batter-thick liquid mixture used in cooking
buttery-full of or covered with butter
perfect-as good as something can be
recipe-set of instructions, or steps, used when cooking or baking
smeared-spread something sticky or greasy
yellow cake-cake that is yellow because it contains egg yolks
Spelling
There will be no Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe homework this week. We will be reviewing Commonly Misspelled Words in class this week.
Science
Health and Nutrition Unit
This week your child will begin learning about healthy eating with the Royal Food Family and Little D the dragon. To grow and be healthy we need to eat foods from all five food groups. We will be discussing each of the 5 food groups during the next several weeks.
Essential Questions:
What are the six categories of the food pyramid?
What are examples of foods in each food group?
What should a healthy meal include?
Why is exercise important for good health?
Math
Math Homework Sheet #5 is due on Friday. Please check the Edline Gaughan Page calendar for extra practice websites.
Technology
Students have been working on keyboarding skills. Correct finger placement on the home row keys (pointer fingers on f and j) has been emphasized. Please keep practicing at home so your child will be able to use good keyboarding skills on upcoming projects.
