News You Can Use November 18, 2011

1. Second Grade Review News You Can Use November 18, 2011 • A quick peek at our week… • In Reading and writing, we read several different books about Thanksgiving. We made connections and wrote about our family traditions. • In Phonics, we continued our helicopter ride into the Vowel Valley where we learned about the “ow” and “oo” sound. We talked about how “ow” and “ou” are dipthongs. This conludes our “Vowel Valley” trip. When we return from the Thanksgiving break, we will begin “Blending our Blends.” • During Math, we continued practicing measuring. We made turkeys that had to have feathers a certain length. We then re-measured the feathers and told their length in centimeters. We reviewed estimating and rounding, and making change. We finished our “Queen’s Bed” from our story of “How Big is a Foot” which helped us understand the importance of a standard unit of measure. Important Dates November 21st - 25th – Thanksgiving Break December 1st – 7th – Holiday Shop 2nd – Talent Show applications are due 3rd – Breakfast with Santa 19th – Chorus Concert 21st – 31st – Winter Break January, 2012 1st - 3rd – Winter Break 4th – Student Holiday Happy Birthday Ian – 7th Spelling Words Nov 28 – Dec 2 blush sweet glad smug slam four bran eight three school prop laugh splash Wordly Wise Lesson 6 present seam miner grain earth cube lizard fuel fern cone If you have any questions, please contact me at : kavera@forsyth.k12.ga.us or 770-888-1222 x 170432