Mrs. Pack’s
Fridge Facts
September 15th-19th
Phonics
This week our target is to
read and spell words with
consonant digraphs (th, sh,
ch, tch, wh).
Three spelling choices are due
on Friday from your student’s
green spelling folder.
Writing/Grammar:
Reading:
This week students will
identify facts and details
as we read our story, The
Strongest One.
Genre: drama (a story
written to be acted out)
Vocabulary words
to know:
gone
learn
often
pieces
though
together
very
dangerous
gnaws
narrator
relatives
Students will continue
working on writing a
complete sentence that
includes capitalization and
punctuation. We will learn
about Imperative and
Exclamatory sentences.
Students will identify
synonyms for various
words. We will continue
our study of personal
narratives.
Math
Students will be assessed over
addition strategies learned in
Topic 2 (adding 0, 1 and 2,
doubles, near doubles, adding
three numbers, making a ten to
add, problem solving).
We will begin Topic 3:
Subtraction Strategies.
Students will learn to subtract
0, 1 and 2 fluently, and will
learn to use related addition
strategies to subtract.
Science/Social Studies
Habit of the Week:
Begin with the
End in Mind
(Have a plan, set goals.)
Students will use maps to
identify places. They will use a
legend, or key along with
symbols to understand
different types of maps.
Reminders 
-Our annual Fall Festival will be Friday, September 19th from 5:30-8:30. There will be games, food, and prizes to be raffled.
Second grade classes have been asked to send in individually wrapped desserts or snack cakes) We are also in need of prizes
to be raffled (toys, clothing, books, home furnishings, etc.) and cakes for our Cake Walk if you are able to donate something.
Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering at our Fall Festival.
-Please send a small, healthy snack each day for your child. We will have a very short snack break. Several students are
forgetting snacks each day. We are out of classroom snacks.
-Students should read 15 minutes a night. Please initial your child’s Navigator Guide indicating that he or she read at home.
-Please do not allow your child to bring cell phones or electronic devices such as IPods to school.