Homework this week will just be Spelling words three times each and sentences for General Studies. The administration has asked us to lighten the load this week with the intense choir schedule (almost all 2nd graders are in choir!) I can't wait to see them perform next Sunday at the Scholarship Dinner - it's always the highlight of the evening.
That being said, our Spelling unit is a review unit...the words are spin, swim, plant, left, full, mess, while, catch, camp, drink, long, milk, rock, desk, block, climb, friend, pocket, across and whisper and the WOW is again.
We just finished "Teacher's Pets" in our Journeys series. We've been talking about different types of literature, the varying kinds of fiction and story structure (characters, setting, plot.) We've also discussed nouns and singular and plural. Surprisingly, the class said they wouldn't mind if there was more than one Mrs. Buster, when I mentioned it would be easier if there were more of me to get everything done. Not sure my teenage son would agree!
The theme of animals is stretching across to our nonfiction as well, as we are studying animals in Science too. This week we will focus on life cycles of different animal groups, especially the life cycle of a frog. Social Studies has us wrapping up the topic of citizenship and moving into government. I love hearing their take on why certain laws are helpful. Such insight!
Thanks to the Almasanu, Binksy and Garvin families for their donations of books to our class library and to everyone's support of the book fair this year.
Thank you to everyone who came for conferences - I love meeting everyone.If you had further questions after you left our conference, please email me with any questions or concerns.
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