Grade 2 Newsletter

Week 4: Date: 25 – 29 Sep. 2016

Message from the Teacher:
A homework package will be sent home every Thursday by grades 2B,2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H. The students have 1 whole week to finish it. The Thursday after they have to bring it back completed. The homework grading will be 2 if the bring it complete and on time, 1.5 if they bring it late and complete, 1 if they bring it late and incomplete and 0 if it never shows up. Daily homework is given out by grades 2A,2D. Please note parents are not allowed to go upstairs to talk to the teacher. For any inquiries, please take an appointment or use the arrival or dismissal time for brief discussions. Elementary orientation will take place Sunday, September 29th at 1:30.
English Language Arts
Skills Developing:
Unit/Lesson: / To use letter-sound knowledge to read anchor text
Continue Lesson 1
Reading: Henry and Mudge
Spelling Words: Sad, dig, jam, glad, list, win, flat, if, fix, rip, kit, mask.
High Frequency Words: Around, be, five, help, next, or, pull, take, until, walked.
Writing: / Sentences that tell a true story
Phonics: short vowel a and i.
Math
Unit/Chapter: Chapter 11 Geometry and fraction concepts : lesson 1.3-1.4
Skills Developing Understand geometry and fraction concept.
Math Vocabulary: Angle, cone, cube, cylinder, edge, face, fourth of, fourths.
Science
Unit: Unit 1: Work like a scientist
Lesson: Lesson 2: How do we use science tools?
Skills development: Know how to use science tools.
Science vocabulary: Science tools, thermometer.
Reminder of tests and star students
2A / 2B / 2C / 2D / 2E / 2F / 2G / 2H
Sun:
Reading test
Tues.:
Full stop and question mark test / Tues.:
Science test
Thurs.:
Math test / Tues. :
HFW and reading test
Wed.:
Grammar test
Thurs.:
Spelling test / Mon.:
Reading comprehension
Wed. : Complete sentences test / Wed.:
Spelling test / Mon.:
Vocab. Test
Tues.:
Science Unit 1 lesson 1 quiz
Thurs.:
Spelling test / Sun.:
Spelling test
Mon.:
Science unit 1 lesson 1
Tues.:
Math Ch. 11 lesson 11.1, 11.2
Wed.:
Grammar test unit 1 lesson 1
Thurs.:
Comp. test Henry and Mudge. / Mon.:
Reading test and target vocab.
Wed.:
Grammar test
Thurs.:
Spelling test
2A / 2B / 2C / 2D / 2E / 2F / 2G / 2H
Abdulmohsen Hayef / Bader Abdullah / Dhari Khaled / Abdulrahman Mohammed / Hakeem Hanafi / Awrad Al Shami / Rimas Ali Abdullah / Maria Amer