Letters to Santa!

This week, we started our writing unit on Letter Writing!  We reviewed what we need when writing letters and the first letter we wrote was to Santa Claus!  The letters have been written, sealed in an envelop, and mailed off!!!  Look out for your letter in your mailbox at home in a couple of weeks!  

Spelling Poem #13: December

Welcome to December!  Wow, time sure has flown!  This week, the poem is about December...what are some things you are looking forward to this month?

Spelling Words:

1) tree
2) see
3) bee
4) free
5) happy
6) light
7) night
8) snow
9) person
10) people

Additional Questions:

1) Which words are in the same word family?  Hint: there are 2 different word families in the  Spelling Words.

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2) Write a sentence with these words:

happy: _________________________________________________

snow: __________________________________________________

3) Plural is when there is more than 1 of something.  What is the plural of person?

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4)  Write a sentence with that word.

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Retelling Stories

After reading, it is important to be able to retell the story.  We have been learning what to include in a retell.  We need to know the characters, setting, problem, and solution of the story.  We also need to be able to retell the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  Keep practicing at home after you read your Snuggle books!

Here are some examples of the ones we did in class:

Spelling Poem #12: Water Cycle

In Science, we are now moving onto our next unit, which is on Air and Water!  We talked about the importance of each and will begin this unit by learning about the water cycle!  This week, I have a poem about just that.  Ask the students to tell you the water cycle, along with the actions that I've taught them :)

Spelling Words:
1) form
2) time
3) work
4) all
5) this
6) that
7) goes
8) come
9) into
10) water

Additional Questions:

1)  Draw out the water cycle, making sure to label the different stages.

2)  Make a sentence with the following words:

this: _____________________________________________________

that: _____________________________________________________

3) What do you use water for at home?

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4) Why is it called the 'water cycle'?

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Recount Writing

We have been working hard on our writing and lately, we have been doing some recount writing.  We have learned how to do small moment writing, but now we are tacking on more since we are in Grade 2!  After our small moment introduction, we add on words such as 'First, Next, Then, Last/Finally," to give more detail to our readers.  You can practice your writing at home...here are the Learning Goals and Success Criteria so that we know what to include to get a Level 3 or 4!

Results from our Science Experiments!

This weekend we were all scientists at home.  We had to mix a solid with water and a liquid with water and record the results.  Today, we shared our results and found out some solids that dissolved in water and some liquids that mixes well with water.  Here is our summary and a few of our experiments!

 

Spelling Poem #11: November Skies

This week's poem is about November again.  There are many changes that happen in this month and it's great to describe it all in another poem!  Please remember to make your Spelling corrections and get your Spelling Bees signed.  Here are our words for this week and the Additional Questions!

Spelling Words:

1) very
2) let
3) their
4) get
5) got
6) know
7) summer
8) spring
9) winter
10) fall

Additional Questions:

1)  Make a sentence with the following words:

let: _____________________________________________

get: ____________________________________________


2)  What is the past tense of get?  ________


3)  Using the poem, describe November.

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