Sunday, November 1, 2009

CURRICULUM FOCUS

Reading: We will be reading the story Around the Pond: Who's Been There? We are still focusing on Nature and will continue to do so for the next few weeks. Our Comprehension Skill is Categorize and Classify and our Comprehension Strategy is Monitor and Clarify.

Phonics: Our phonics skill is working on words with double consonants like pull, puff, and dress.

Grammar: Our grammar skill is working on exclamations. We will continue to focus on sentence structure and punctuation.

Spelling: across, great, water, because, around, bell, off, all, mess, add, hill, well, egg, will, grass

Sight Words: around, caught, because, water, across, brother, great, stand, been, found, front

Writing: We are still working on Narrative Writing and this will be our focus until Thanksgiving.

Math: We are beginning a new unit in Math where we will sort, describe, and identify shapes by various attributes. Compose and decompose two- and three dimensional shapes. Describe spatial and numerical relationships found among shapes.

Science: We will be learning about Properties of Matter.

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School Supply List

Below you will find the Second Grade Supply List. Please note I have added a few extra items your child will need in my classroom.

2 packages of wide ruled paper
#2 yellow pencils
1 box of tissues
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
1 bottle of liquid soap
1 box of crayons
2 composition notebooks
1 pocket folder
2 glue sticks
colored pencil
zippered pencil pouch
ziploc baggies
pair of scissors

Additional Supplies:
washable markers
1 bottle of white glue
1 red plastic folder with pockets and prongs
1 yellow plastic folder with pockets and prongs
Lysol wipes

Teacher Wish List Items:
Disinfectant Spray
Dry Erase Markers
Highlighters
Pink Erasers
Ream of Copy Paper
Individually wrapped candy treats