WEEK OF MARCH 30- APRIL 3, 2009 2ND GRADE

REMINDERS: Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes. Please read with your child each night, not only books required for school, but books that are chosen by your child for enjoyment. Please sign and return all tests handed out by Mr. Woods on Tues. 3/24 if you have not already done so. Review Reading and Language Arts over the Easter Vacation. TESTS: Book Test on Strega Nona and The Legend of Bluebonnet Weds. 4/22 VOCABULARY: JOHNNY APPLESEED frontier, nearby, orchards, survive, tame, wild HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS: bag, call, country, rain, sleep VOCABULARY: FROM SEED TO PLANT beautiful, nutrition, protects, ripens, streams HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS: air, different, food, light, water SPELLING: (review) pioneers, cheers, clearing, hear, nearby, year, beard, reindeer, steer, peer, remark, alarm, sleep, country, rain READING: MONDAY: MARCH 30 No class due to 3rd Grade Spring Show TUESDAY: March 31 AIM: To review the focus skill for this story- details. LESSON: 1. The children will do a listening comprehension activity 2. The children will review the sound of ear, eer 3. The children will be introduced to the new vocabulary for this story and write it in the Reading NB HW: see purple assignment book WEDNESDAY: APRIL 1 AIM: To read the new story Johnny Appleseed and discuss details found in the story LESSON: 1. Review the vocabulary for the story 2. Do a listening comprehension activity- listening to a poem called “Johnny Appleseed” HW: see purple assignment book THURSDAY: APRIL 2 AIM: To review r-controlled vowels /ar/, /er/, /ir/, /or/, /ur/ LESSON: 1. We will practice the r-controlled vowels by doing practice in the phonics book. 2. We will review all vocabulary and high frequency words. HW: see purple assignment book FRIDAY, APRIL 3 NO CLASS DUE TO STATIONS OF THE CROSS HW: study vocabulary words, spelling words, and read book over the Easter Vacation. A good review would be to look over pages that we have done in the Reading Practice Book, Phonics Book, and Spelling Book. Please do not go ahead of us in the books. Just review the pages we have already done. If your child has missed and work due to being absent, feel free to complete those pages. LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, MARCH 30 No class due to 11:30 dismissal for 3rd grade TUESDAY, MARCH 31 AIM: To write a paragraph on spring LESSON: 1.The children will use a graphic organizer to plan a paragraph for spring. 2. The children will write a draft of their paragraph in the LA notebook. HW: check purple assignment book WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 AIM: To review pronouns LESSON: The children will review the meaning of a pronoun and do practice exercises in the Language Handbook. HW: check purple assignment book THURSDAY, APRIL 2 AIM: To review showing ownership (POSSESSIVE NOUNS AND PRONOUNS) LESSON: The children will review the meaning of a possessive noun and complete practice exercises in the Language Handbook . FRIDAY, APRIL 3- NO CLASS DUE TO 3RD GRADE EASTER PARTY. HW: please review capitalization, punctuation, types of sentences, abbreviations, nouns (proper, common, singular, plural, possessive), pronouns over the Easter Vacation. These can all be found in the Language Arts Handbook. HAVE A HAPPY EASTER!!!!