Weekly News Oct 12-16

Second Grade Weekly News Miss Miller Oct 12-16 Contact Info:

[email protected] 408-578-4800 ext 214 (school) 408-510-1831 (cell) (Please call before 8pm.)

Tuesday

salad A) BBQ chicken w/rice

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B) BBQ veggies w/rice A) Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce & Garlic Bread

Thursday

Memory Treasures Tuesday Oct 13

10th Commandment – You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, workers, animals, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Thursday 10th Commandment Oct 15 (What does this mean?) – We should fear and love God that we do not force or entice away our neighbor’s spouse, workers, or animals, but urge them to stay and do their duty. Friday Hymn 405 – Oh, for a Oct 16 faith that will not shrink Though pressed by many a foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of poverty or woe

Hot Lunch Monday

A) Grilled ham & cheese sandwich w/potato salad B) Grilled cheese sandwich w/potato

Friday

B) Spaghetti w/ Marinara Sauce & Garlic Bread A) Hawaiian meatballs w/mashed potatoes B) Baked potato w/beans, cheese & sour cream No Hot Lunch ½ Day

What’s going on this week? I.

Spelling - baby, babies, bunny, bunnies, friend, friends, around, food, world, dirty

II.

Christ Light – 8A Jacob & Laban; 8B Jacob Returns to Canaan

III.

Reading – Furry Mouse & Two Mice

IV.

Math – creating & reading a bar graph; tallying & counting by 5’s; ID horizontal, vertical & oblique lines; diving a whole in ½, ¼, 1/8, & comparing ½’s, ¼’s, and 1/8’s, writing a unit fraction using fraction notation, &

addition facts; sums of 10 V.

Phonics – r-controlled vowels: -er, -ir, -ur

VI.

Grammar – compare & contrast; singular & plural nouns.

VII.

Social Studies – Where do we live? Discovering maps & our surroundings. Quiz Monday. Working on learning continents & oceans.

VIII.

Science – How Animals Grow & Change Quiz Tuesday; Then learning about the human body.

IX.

Music – Counting beats (quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, whole notes); Treble Clef Staff (reading notes)

X.

Art – The students will be learning how to draw cartoons.

XI.

October Birthdays (25th) Mitchell, Happy Birthday!

XII.

Field Trip – Oct. 19 Natural Bridges State Park for observation of Monarch Butterflies. Please try to have your money into me by the due date. I have a lot of permission slips, but not too many checks.

XIII.

Friday – This Friday is a half day due to Collaboration Day for teachers.

XIV. Book Reports – The next one is due October 30. It will go on next quarter’s report card.