Mrs. Klempner’s Super Second Grade News!
April 27, 2015
Hello everyone! Chapter 8 math tests will go home today. As always please sign and
return them as soon as possible.
Thanks for sending your chaperone forms in. I will email the 2 parents this week that
have been selected to come along on May 15th.
We are running low on our tissues again. We would greatly appreciate some more tissue
donations for our classroom. Thanks so much for your generosity.
Dates to Remember
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April 29 – Early Dismissal
May 15th - Class Trip
Science
We made our class compost with lettuce, orange peels,
banana peels, egg shells, coffee grinds, and worms!!! :)
We will compare sand, humus, and clay and wet each
sample, smear them, and attempt to roll them into a ball!
We have to wait two days to see what will happen.
Spelling Pattern of the Week
New Pattern: Vowel Variant /oo/ oo, ou
Spelling Words
look could would cook book boyhood foot
childhood stood should
Practice these words every night.
Stories We’ll Share
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the
World- Read Aloud
The Beautiful - Read Aloud
Beginner’s World Atlas
Shared Reading
Books for all Learners
TEACHER Read Alouds
Independent Book selections
Vocabulary Words
connects, distance, features
mapmaker, peel
High Frequency Words
America, leg, mountain, state,
tires
We will practice reading and writing these
words along with the spelling words in and
out of context.
Writing & Grammar
-Research a topic
-Write an informational paragraph
Our Specials Schedule This Week
GO MATH!
Monday-Chapter 9 Introduction-Length in Metric
Units
Tuesday-Chapter 9.1 Measure the length of objects in
centimeters using concrete models
Wednesday-Chapter 9.2 Estimate lengths of objects in
centimeters
Thursday-Chapter 9.3 Measure lengths to the nearest
centimeter using a centimeter ruler
Friday-Review/Game Day
Monday: Day 1 PE
Tuesday: Day 2 Music
Wednesday: Day 3 Art
Thursday: Day 4 LIBRARY
Friday: Day 1 PE