REMINDERS:
1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children still have none of their Reading or Language Arts books covered.
2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day.
3. Your child needs to remember to bring all of their school supplies every day. Many children are coming to class with no pencils or looseleaf.
4. Please check the school blog every day for HW updates and information. It is impossible for the children to copy down everything so please make it a priority to check the blog. Please remember to click under Mrs. Larios, the week and 2nd Grade.
5. Remember that HW counts as a grade and many children are not completing it. Check your child’s Reading and Language Arts NB every day to see if I have written you a note.
6. The children have switched books. Notes will be started in the back of the Reading NB. The children should finish the notes by writing the settings of the story, characters, and plot. They will be allowed to use their notes on the test so it is very important that they make notes. There will be a Book Test on Tuesday, 11/ 24
TESTS:
1. Vocabulary Test- Friday (see vocabulary notebook for the 15 new words and definitions).
2. Book Test on Strega Nona or The Legend of the Bluebonnet- Tues. 11/24
3. Spelling Test on words from Wilson Sat Alone- Thursday, 11/19
4. Language Arts Test on Sentences and Naming and Telling Parts of Sentences- Monday,11/23 (changed)
LANGUAGE ARTS PROJECT:
On looseleaf, write five things you will thank God for this Thanksgiving Day. You can also draw a picture of what your Thanksgiving table will look like (what foods will be on it and who will be there). This will be due Tuesday, 11/17.
VOCABULARY WORDS: definitions are in the Vocabulary NB
1. shivered- shook, trembled
2. shocked- surprised or horrified
3. gardener- a person who works in or takes care of a garden
4. realize- to understand clearly
5. enormous- very large, huge
READING VOCABULARY WORDS FROM “WILSON SAT ALONE”: (definitions are in the Reading NB)
amazing, clustered, gathered, raced, wandered
High Frequency Words: the students only need to know how to read these words. They do not need to know how to define them.
ball, children, each, girl, name
SPELLING WORDS: Test on Thurs, 11/19. The children will need to know how to spell and write the words in a sentence. The words are from Wilson Sat Alone. See Reading Notebook.
1. sat 2. ate 3.acrobat 4. flat 5. that 6. fat 7. gate 8.appreciate 9. create 10.state 11.worried 12. studied 13.children 14. each 15. girl
LANGUAGE ARTS- WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE 4 TYPES OF SENTENCES: see Language Handbook pgs.79-87. Test on Monday, 11/23 (changed).
1. Statement- The boy ran around the track.
2. Question- Do you know the correct time?
3. Command/Request- Please close the door.
4. Exclamation- It is so cold in here!
*Remember:
Every sentence begins with a capital letter.
Every sentence ends with an end mark.
Every sentence tells a complete thought.
The words in a sentence are in an order that makes sense.
Every sentence has two parts: a naming part and a telling part (Lang. Handbook pgs.
88- 93).
Naming Parts of Sentences- tells who or what the sentence is about. It can name one, two, or more people or things. If it names two or more the word and is used to join them.
eg. Frog and Toad ate lunch. (Frog and Toad is the naming part of the sentence because it names who the sentence is about.)
Telling Parts of Sentences- tells what someone or something is or does. It can tell one, two, or more things that someone or something does. The word and may be used to join them.
eg. The boy sat alone. (sat alone is the telling part because it tells what the boy does.)
HOMEWORK: See purple assignment book for page numbers
MONDAY: Spelling- write each spelling word 5x each in Reading NB. Thanksgiving Project due tomorrow.
TUESDAY: Spelling- write a sentence for spelling words 1-8 in Reading NB
WEDNESDAY: Spelling- write a sentence for words 9-15 in Reading NB. Study for Spelling Test.
THURSDAY: Language Arts Handbook p.93 Do numbers 7- 10. Match the naming parts and telling parts. Write a complete sentence in the Language Arts NB.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes during the weekend. Read and make notes for the Book Test on Tuesday.
HAVE A GOOD WEEK
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