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November 4, 2011
Hello Families of M.I.T.C.H. 2nd graders,
Thank you doesn’t even begin to say it. Today’s lunch was such a delicious and thoughtful treat for the staff. The food was amazing, the decorations were beautiful, and the time we were able to spend as a staff visiting was truly priceless. We don’t take those moments very often; thank you for giving us the opportunity to spend some time visiting over a great meal!
Homework the week of Nov. 7th-10th
Monday Riggs spelling words: them, other, lady, well, bell, sell, jell, about, & bridge should be written 3x at home with sounds and markings. Missed spelling words should be written 5x with sounds and markings. Challenge words: ride, rode, road, & returned. Saxon Homework: 32b/Fact Homework 32b Reading for a minimum of 15 minutes
Tuesday Riggs spelling words: man, men, far, ran, run, & judge should be written 3x at home with sounds and markings. Missed spelling words should be written 5x with sounds and markings. Saxon Homework: 33b/Fact Homework 33b Reading for a minimum of 15 minutes
Wednesday Riggs spelling words: was, has, led, lead, that, ledge, & lay should be written 3x at home with sounds and markings. Missed spelling words should be written 5x with sounds and markings. Each spelling word should be used in a sentence. Saxon Homework: 34b/Fact Homework 34b Reading for a minimum of 15 minutes
Thursday Riggs spelling words: any, many, if, been, some, sum, & next should be written 3x at home with sounds and markings. Missed spelling words should be written 5x with sounds and markings. Each spelling word should be used in a sentence. Saxon Homework: 35b/Fact Homework 35b Reading for a minimum of 15 minutes
Coming this week in 2nd Grade Riggs This week in Riggs we will be finishing up Spelling List 3. We will build a chart focusing on punctuation and usage. We will also add words to our Strong Verb and Quality Adjective charts.
Excellence in Writing Due to the Harvest Party last week several students are still working on their brain and corn paragraphs from last week. We will be allowing time for them to finish up these paragraphs early this week. Students who have finished their previous paragraphs will be writing on the importance of buffalo to Native Americans who lived on the Plains.
Saxon This week we will be estimating length to the nearest centimeter, measuring and drawing lines and line segments, adding numbers to multiples of 10, ordering 3 digit numbers, and on Thursday afternoon we will have a fact assessment.
History and Geography This month we will be studying Westward Expansion. This week we will be discussing the Pony Express.
Reading This week we will be reading the tall tale Pecos Bill.
Science This week we move into our second and third trials for our science fair project experiment. Don’t miss our class presentation Thursday morning at 7:45 am.
Important dates:
Thank you, Miss Willner & Mr. Selnau M.I.T.C.H. Charter School (503) 639-5757 2nd Grade This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Miss Willner) This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Mr. Selnau)
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