Monday, January 11th, 2016

Today in the second grade, we:

• celebrated our honor students and were updated on our house points during our weekly assembly
• took our weekly spelling quiz, previewed our weekly target vocabulary, and practiced identifying and pronouncing words with r-controlled vowels  in reading and phonics class
• took our quiz on chapter 8: solid shapes in math class
• learned about pioneers and explorers, and after comparing and contrasting these two roles, discussed which one we would rather be in social studies class
• made sentences with this week's idiom: "Take a Rain Check", brainstormed ideas for future sharing times, listened to our latest class story, and practiced January's class poem, and January's class song during ECA

Tonight's Homework:

• Complete the non-fiction book report on "Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish" and check the rubric (in your child's language notebook.) 
• Read aloud for 15 minutes and have a parent sign your reading log.

Announcements:

• The topic for this Friday's weekly sharing time is: Weather. The students have received their outline and are welcome to start working on their presentations. The outline will be due on Wednesday, January 13th.
• I sent home the weekly spelling quiz. Please sign and send it back with your child. Thank you!
  
• The spelling words for next Monday's spelling quiz (January 18th) will come from Science Fusion pg. 263-281.)

1. weather
2. changes
3. temperature
4. sunny
5. rainy
6. cloudy
7. snowy
8. windy
9. crystals
10. cumulus
11. cirrus
12. stratus
13. cumulonimbus
14. precipitation
15. condenses
16. water cycle
17. evaporate