WEEK OF NOV. 9, 2009 2ND GRADE READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS

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 will have a Book Test on Friday, 11/13. Some children are reading Strega Nona and the others are reading The Legend of the Bluebonnet. 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.

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- Friday 11/13

3. Spelling Test on words from Wilson Sat Alone- Friday, 11/20

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 Monday, 11/16.

VOCABULARY WORDS: definitions are in the Vocabulary NB

1. errands- short trips to do something

2. steady- firmly fixed; not swaying

3. wobbled- moved from side to side in an unsteady or shaky way.

4. hatch- to come from an egg

5. error- something that is done wrong; mistake

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 Friday, 11/20. 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.

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: Reading Practice Book pgs. 28, 29

TUESDAY: Reading Practice Book pgs. 32,33,34,35

WEDNESDAY: none

THURSDAY: Language Handbook- pg. 88 1-5 in Language Arts NB. Study for Vocabulary and Book Tests.

FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes during the weekend. Work on Language Arts Project.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK

Click the links below to reviews this week's Reading and ELA Lesson Plans:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_55gv56ndhk

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgcvdkk2_54fkvf25k8

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