Mrs. Jones' Second Grade Classroom
Spread The Good News
All students gain the
knowledge of life from both their parents and teachers working together. Teachers do not only teach basic curriculum but they teach respect, love,
morals and values to enrich a child’s life. All students have the
capability to learn beyond the books but it is in the teacher's hand to reach
into the child’s mind to pull the creativity and imagination out. The
possibilities for students are endless. However, the teacher is the one who
takes the time, effort, and love for the job to unlock the key to the
student’s future. The communication between the student, teacher,
parents, and community is what holds the foundation in place.
We are
celebrating all of the many things happening in the month of February...love
love love this month..we have 100th day, Valentine's Day, Black History
Month, and President's Day
In social studies and
ILA we are going to incorporate President's day, Our American Symbols,
along with reading Red, White, and Blue, the story of
our Flag in the readers TEST: will be Friday- February 17th. This week our focus will be on Geroge and Abe and
the important impact that they have on our country. We made the
Washington Monument, we will be putting on a small in-class play
about the two men. A writing activity about Abraham Linclon and a cute craft to
go with it...of course it will have his beard and
hat!
Valentine's Day is tomorrow, dress down day..red, pink and
white are the colors of this holiday!!! Today we made Valentine card
bags...they decorated them with lots and lots of love...tomorrow will be a day
of Valentine's Day centers with fun crafts. PTA will provide soft
pretzels for snack tomorrow...
There will be
no spelling this week due to Valentine's day and a half day on Friday!!! xoxox
Today we discovered who George Washington Carver was....we
realized how many inventions he brought to us that we still use today. We
discussed a lot about peanuts and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...we also
wrote a how to make a Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwich. This was
the writing piece we used to go along with George Washington
Carver.
We
have a Valentine's Day Word Wizard edition this week. We started it today in
class and it is due on Wednesday. Most of them did get it completed during
class today.
We are still working on
Subtraction with regrouping..the unit test will be Tuesday, February 21st. Today we checked our subtraction problems with addition and tomorrow we will be
making a lady bug to help us remember the steps...please keep practicing at
home. Hopefuly, the differnt peoms and rhyms are sticking.....study guide will
be sent home Thursday.
Homework- 2-13-12-
MAth- homework book page 82, Word Wizard sheet due Wednesday- Red, White, and
Blue test Friday, No spelling this week, Math unit test on subtraction with
regrouping wil be Tuesday 2-21-12...study guide will go home on
Thursday.
Terra Nova review will begin
February 22nd...you will notice a lot of the regular routine will be
stopping...As I stated at back to school night, II will only be concentrating
on reviewing for the test. Thank you for your cooperation at this
time...