Second Grade Weekly Newsletter March 7-11, 2016
How Groundhog’s Garden Grew
Spelling Words Vocabulary
tall paw 1.underneath-the part of something that is below or under something else
saw ball 2.sprouting- beginning to grow
dog yawn 3. crops- a plant that is grown by farmers for food
draw log 4.promised-told someone you would definitely do something
call small 5.fortunate– feeling that something good has happened to you
fall all 6. harmful-causing damage to something
soft walk 7. blossomed- formed flowers
8. drooping–hanging or bending down
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Story of the Week – “How Groundhog’s Garden Grew” Read every night and daily in class
Reading Skills: Sequence of Events; Monitor/Clarify
*sequence of events- the order in which things happen
*infer-to figure out something that the author does not say
Events in a selection happen in a certain order called the sequence of events.
Sometimes readers need to use clues from the selection to infer, or figure out, events that
the author does not state.
Use a Flow Chart to identify the sequence of events in a text.
Vocabulary Strategies: Using Context
*context- the words and sentences around a word that give readers clues to the meaning.
1. I play with my neighbor Johnny after school. He walks from his house next door.
2. Mom scolded the dog in an angry voice. He had chewed up her favorite shoe!
3. The mouse nibbled at the piece of cheese. The piece of cheese slowly got smaller.
4. Jen put the potatoes in a sack so they would be easy to carry.
5. The farmer put fertilizer in the soil to help the plants grow.
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Grammar: Say, Said and Eat, Ate
*The verbs say and eat are irregular verbs. You do not add an –ed ending to these verbs.
* Say tells about an action happening now. Said tells about an action in the past.
* Eat tells about an action happening now.Ate tells about an action in the past.
Ex.- The groundhogs say they are hungry now. Then the groundhogs said they were hungry.
Today, the groundhogs eat lunch. The groundhogs ate lunch yesterday.
Give, Gave and Take, Took
*The verbs giveand take are irregular verbs. Do not add –ed to these verbs.
*Give tells about an action happening now.
Gave tells about an action in the past.
*Taketells about an action happening now.
Took tells about an action in the past.
Ex. –They give the gardener seeds now. Last fall they gave the gardener seeds.
They take the vegetables home now. They took the vegetables home yesterday.
Math: : Chapter 8 Length in Customary Units
Students will be expected to measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate
tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
Ruler Tape Measure
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Social Studies: Casey Jones
1. Famed American folk hero Casey Jones was born John Luther Jones on March 14, 1864, in a rural part of southeastern Missouri.
2. The Jones family moved to Cacey, Kentucky—a town that was the source of Jones' nickname: "Casey."
3. While growing up in Cacey, Jones became extremely interested in the railroad and aspired to become an engineer.
4. At the age of 15, Casey Jones moved to Columbus, Kentucky, and began working as a telegrapher for the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
5. In 1884, he moved to Jackson, Mississippi, where he was promoted at M&O to the position of flagman.
6. While living in a boarding house in Jackson, Jones met and fell in love with Joanne "Janie" Brady, the daughter of a proprietor.
7. The couple married on November 26, 1886, and moved into a place of their own in Jackson.
8. In 1891, he was offered a job at Illinois Central Railroad as an engineer.
9. Casey Jones was a railroad engineer known for his speed who died in 1900, when he collided with another train.
10. He was immortalized as an American folk hero with the release of Wallace Saunders's song "The Ballad of Casey Jones."
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Science: Magnets-Attract or Repel
1.All magnets have two poles.
2. These poles are called the North pole (N) and the South pole (S).
3. If the poles that are alike (North to North or South to South) are put together, they repel or push away.
4. If the poles that are different (North or South or South to North) are put together, they attract or stick
together.
5. Some magnets, for example ring magnets, do not have the (N) or the (S) marked on them.
6. They do have two poles that are either located on the top or bottom of the magnet.
7. The poles can be determined by placing the magnets together.
8. If the poles stay together, then the poles are opposite.
9. If the poles push away from each other, the poles are alike.
10. The closer an object is to the magnet, the stronger the field.
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