Friday, January 29th, 2016

Today in the second grade, we:

• started off the morning by reviewing our weekly target vocabulary
• we then listened to and discussed our latest class story
• after which, we completed our pen pal letters to send off to Canada
• reviewed consonant blends, consonant digraphs, and r-controlled vowels in preparation for Monday's quiz in reading and phonics class 
• fine-tuned our dance moves for the Chinese festival in dance class
• identified different kinds of wild weather and discussed how we can prepare for this kind of weather  in science class

Tonight's Homework:

• Complete Journeys Practice Book pg. 79-80.
• Complete the Think-Tac-Toe (in your child's language notebook.) The students are directed to choose three activities from the sheet. Please sign each activity they complete. All written work should be shown in your child's language notebook.
  The cartoon that the students were recommended to watch on the TTT is:
  A Battle of Equals
• Read aloud for 15 minutes and have a parent sign your reading log.
• Prepare for next Monday's (February 1st) spelling quiz: fractions, whole, unit, half, halves, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, twentieth, thirtieth, fortieth (from Math pg. 225-256.)
• Prepare for Monday's phonics quiz on unit 3: consonant digraphs, consonant blends, and r-controlled vowels.

Announcements:

• I have sent home your child's pocket folder. Please send it back with your child on Monday.  
• We will be going on our field trip to the Ten Drums Cultural Center in Tainan next Tuesday, February 2nd. Thank you for giving me the field trip forms and fees! We will be leaving at 8:30 a.m. sharp.