1st and 2nd Grade A-3 All- Stars!
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January 23-January 27, 2012
Second Grade Math Packet
**Field Trip forms and fees for "Junie B. Jones" at the Flint Center on February 27th are due TUESDAY AT THE LATEST! (TheaterWorks requires all fees to be remitted 30 days before a performance. Our payment is due in New York City on Friday!) Please contact your child's teacher for scholarship information. We want everyone to go, but need to talk with adults in the family about it.
*President's Day occurs during our Winter break- February 20-24. We are reading the Magic Tree House book Revolutionary War on Wednesday to help us learn more about George Washington and the events surrounding his presidency. We will read Civil War on Sunday to learn more about Abraham Lincoln and his presidency.
BTW: While reading and discussing Wednesday, a student asked who the second president was. The answer is John Adams, and a full list of U.S. Presidents can be found on this Wikipedia link: List of Presidents of the United States.
*Second graders need to practice their basic addition and subtraction facts as well as practice regrouping in 2-digit addition and subtraction. The steps we take in regrouping can be hard to remember, especially when regrouping in subtraction problems. However, these are important basic skills that we will need throughout the rest of our school careers, and that will help us when we start doing three digit addition subtraction near the end of the school year!
The link above will take you to a PDF file with a good review of 2-digit addition and subtraction that families can print out and use as extra practice at home. I also have prepared two packets that take students from basic one digit facts through 2 digit facts with regrouping that some students have already gone through. If you would like one of my review packets for your child, please let me know and I will send one home with them..
We will continue to review and practice regrouping as well as our basic math facts throughout the year, even as we study other math topics.
San Jose Public Library:
Link to Services for Kids
Second Grade
Language Arts Focus :
Spelling Words:
Theme: Around Town
Selections: "Jamaica Louise James"-review!
Comprehension Skill: Inference
Strategy Focus: Evaluate
Grammar: Nouns that change spelling in the plural; Adjectives
Writing: handwriting practice, writing questions, planning a personal narrative; "Movers"
Word Work/Phonics: Vowel pairs -ee, -ea; -tion,-ture; Dictionary guide words
Listening/Speaking: Lines of Communication
ELD/Story Words: Words with "r" controlled vowels -ore, -are, and -ire
*eWord Game for your current story
*Plaque Template
Math Focus:
Topic: Topic 11: Linear Measurement
Standards:
Measurement and Geometry 1.1 Measuring the length of objects by repeating a standard or nonstandard unit.
Measurement and Geometry 1.2 Use different units to measure the same object and predict whether the measure will be greater or smaller when a different unit is used.
Tasks:
-Measuring and estimating the length of objects using an inch ruler, a centimeter ruler, or non standard units of measurement
Math Vocabulary:
length, unit, height, inch (in.), centimeter (cm.), nearest inch, nearest centimeter
*We study the same Comprehension Skill, Strategy Focus, Phonics, Grammar, Read Alouds, and Writing that Second Grade does at the same time they do, but we use the First Grade curriculum's literature, Spelling Words, and Practice Book materials.
Spelling Words:
teach, sleep, week, clean, cheep, cheap, dream, breathe, lead, queen, need, peel, seed, tree, seen.
This Week's Story: "EEK! There's a Mouse in the House!"
Theme: "Animal Adventures"
Links to Online activities that connect with this theme:
*Zoobooks Games
*Zoobooks Virtual Zoo
*Endangered Animal Stories, written by 5th graders
*eWord Game. Test your story vocabulary!
Math Focus:
Topic 10: Time
Standards:
Measurement and Geometry 1.2 Tell time to the nearest half hour and relate time to events (e.g., before/after, shorter/longer).
Measurement and Geometry 1.0 Students understand the concept of time and units to measure it.
Tasks:
-Students will identify the hour and minute hand on a clock and tell time to the nearest half hour.
-Children will tell and write time using digital and analog clocks.
-Children will estimate and order time durations using minutes, hours, and days.
-Children will read and use a schedule.
Math Vocabulary:
hour hand, minute hand, hour, minute, o'clock, half hour, schedule
Max and Margot
January 23-January 27, 2012
Second Grade Math Packet
**Field Trip forms and fees for "Junie B. Jones" at the Flint Center on February 27th are due TUESDAY AT THE LATEST! (TheaterWorks requires all fees to be remitted 30 days before a performance. Our payment is due in New York City on Friday!) Please contact your child's teacher for scholarship information. We want everyone to go, but need to talk with adults in the family about it.
*President's Day occurs during our Winter break- February 20-24. We are reading the Magic Tree House book Revolutionary War on Wednesday to help us learn more about George Washington and the events surrounding his presidency. We will read Civil War on Sunday to learn more about Abraham Lincoln and his presidency.
BTW: While reading and discussing Wednesday, a student asked who the second president was. The answer is John Adams, and a full list of U.S. Presidents can be found on this Wikipedia link: List of Presidents of the United States.
*Second graders need to practice their basic addition and subtraction facts as well as practice regrouping in 2-digit addition and subtraction. The steps we take in regrouping can be hard to remember, especially when regrouping in subtraction problems. However, these are important basic skills that we will need throughout the rest of our school careers, and that will help us when we start doing three digit addition subtraction near the end of the school year!
The link above will take you to a PDF file with a good review of 2-digit addition and subtraction that families can print out and use as extra practice at home. I also have prepared two packets that take students from basic one digit facts through 2 digit facts with regrouping that some students have already gone through. If you would like one of my review packets for your child, please let me know and I will send one home with them..
We will continue to review and practice regrouping as well as our basic math facts throughout the year, even as we study other math topics.
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Visit the San Jose Public Library web site for links to reading sites for kids, including (and especially) Tumblebooks, which allows you to "Read or listen to animated, talking picture books in English, Chinese, French, or Spanish. " All you need is a San Jose Public Library card! They also offer live homework help; look for the navigation button that says, "Homework".
Visit the San Jose Public Library web site for links to reading sites for kids, including (and especially) Tumblebooks, which allows you to "Read or listen to animated, talking picture books in English, Chinese, French, or Spanish. " All you need is a San Jose Public Library card! They also offer live homework help; look for the navigation button that says, "Homework".
San Jose Public Library:
Link to Services for Kids
Second Grade
Spelling Words:
squeak, free, cheese, sweep, street, cheat, beaver, leave, sneeze, green, three, reason, beach, least, neat.
Theme: Around Town
Selections: "Jamaica Louise James"-review!
Comprehension Skill: Inference
Strategy Focus: Evaluate
Grammar: Nouns that change spelling in the plural; Adjectives
Writing: handwriting practice, writing questions, planning a personal narrative; "Movers"
Word Work/Phonics: Vowel pairs -ee, -ea; -tion,-ture; Dictionary guide words
Listening/Speaking: Lines of Communication
ELD/Story Words: Words with "r" controlled vowels -ore, -are, and -ire
*eWord Game for your current story
*Plaque Template
Math Focus:
Topic: Topic 11: Linear Measurement
Standards:
Measurement and Geometry 1.1 Measuring the length of objects by repeating a standard or nonstandard unit.
Measurement and Geometry 1.2 Use different units to measure the same object and predict whether the measure will be greater or smaller when a different unit is used.
Tasks:
-Measuring and estimating the length of objects using an inch ruler, a centimeter ruler, or non standard units of measurement
Math Vocabulary:
length, unit, height, inch (in.), centimeter (cm.), nearest inch, nearest centimeter
First Grade
Language Arts Focus:*We study the same Comprehension Skill, Strategy Focus, Phonics, Grammar, Read Alouds, and Writing that Second Grade does at the same time they do, but we use the First Grade curriculum's literature, Spelling Words, and Practice Book materials.
Spelling Words:
teach, sleep, week, clean, cheep, cheap, dream, breathe, lead, queen, need, peel, seed, tree, seen.
This Week's Story: "EEK! There's a Mouse in the House!"
Theme: "Animal Adventures"
Links to Online activities that connect with this theme:
*Zoobooks Games
*Zoobooks Virtual Zoo
*Endangered Animal Stories, written by 5th graders
*eWord Game. Test your story vocabulary!
Math Focus:
Topic 10: Time
Standards:
Measurement and Geometry 1.2 Tell time to the nearest half hour and relate time to events (e.g., before/after, shorter/longer).
Measurement and Geometry 1.0 Students understand the concept of time and units to measure it.
Tasks:
-Students will identify the hour and minute hand on a clock and tell time to the nearest half hour.
-Children will tell and write time using digital and analog clocks.
-Children will estimate and order time durations using minutes, hours, and days.
-Children will read and use a schedule.
Math Vocabulary:
hour hand, minute hand, hour, minute, o'clock, half hour, schedule
Max and Margot
