Second Grade Weekly Newsletter January 30 - February 3, 2017
My Name is Gabriela
Spelling Words Vocabulary
happy lucky 1.wonder- to think about something you are not sure of
pretty only 2.taught- to have helped someone learn something
baby sunny 3. accepted-to have agreed with something
very penny 4.fluttering– waving or moving rapidly
puppy city 5. express-to show or describe something
funny tiny 6.prize- an award
carry many 7. pretend–not real
8. grand- big or expensive
*test on Friday
Story of the Week – “My Name is Gabriela” Read every night and daily in class
Reading Skills: Understanding Characters; Analyze/Evaluate
analyze- to look at or study something carefully
evaluate- to form an opinion about something
trait- ways of speaking and acting that show what someone is like
*Authors tell what characters do and say and how they solve problems.
*Readers can use information to determine characters’ traits.
*The words and actions of a character tells what kind of person he or she is.
infer- to figure out something that the author does not say
*Readers can use facts about people from their own lives to infer, or figure out, the traits of
story characters.
Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes –y and –ful
Base word-a word to which prefixes and/or suffixes are added
Ex.- base word of unwholesome is whole.
Suffix-an ending that, when attached to the end of a base word, changes the meaning
of the word.
*-y and –ful are suffixes that attach to the end of a base word, changing the meaning
of the word by forming a new word.
* -y and –ful both mean “full of”
Ex. – delightful, playful
sunny, spicy
Words with long eSound fory ; ex.-Spelling Words
*test on Friday
Grammar: The Verb Be
Using am, is, And are
*The verb be takes different forms.
*Is, are, and am are different forms of the verb be. They tell about something that is happening now.
* Make sure the form of be agrees with the subject.
Use is with one. Ex.- The snow is falling.
Use are with more than one. Ex.- The girlsarehappy.
Use am with I. Ex.- I am warm in my coat.
*The verb be takes different forms.
*Was and were tell about something that happened in the past.
*Make sure the form be agrees with the subject.
Use was with one. Ex.- The party was fun.
Use were with more than one. Ex.- The villagers were dancing.
Math: Chap.6 3-Digit Subtraction
With Regrouping
Without Regrouping 5 11 15
452625
- 311 - 446
141179
Steps to Subtracting:
1. Look at the numbers in the ones place and ask yourself if you can subtract the bottom number from the top.
2. If you can, then subtract.
3. If you can’t, then go to the tens place and borrow a ten to add to your number in the ones place. If not, then subtract.
4. Subtract the ones.
5. Look at the numbers in the tens place and ask yourself if the number on the bottom is greater than the number on top.
6. If so, then go to the hundreds place and borrow a hundred to add to your number in the tens place.
6. Subtract the tens.
7. Subtract the hundreds.
*Learn multiplication facts 0s, 1s, 2s, and 5s.
*test on Friday
Social Studies:Rosa Parks.
1. Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
2. When Rosa Parks was young, black and white people were segregated.
3. Rosa Parks was a seamstress.
4. "Segregated" means blacks and whites are separated.
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked on the boycott.
6. The bus boycott meant that African Americans would not ride on public buses.
7. On Nov. 13, 1956 the U.S. Supreme court rules that segregation on public buses was against the law.
8. The Civil Rights movement in the U.S. - the fight for rights of all people to be treated as equals - began with the arrest of Rosa Parks.
9. Rosa Parks was honored in 1996 by President Bill Clinton, who gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor a citizen can receive.
10. Rosa Parks is called the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement".
*test on Friday
Science: Chap. 6 Lesson 1 – What Is Matter? *test on Friday
1.All things are made of matter. solid
2. Matter has three forms.
3. The three forms of matter are solids, liquids, and gases.
4. A liquid is a form of matter that does not have its own shape.
5. A liquid takes the shape of the container it is in.
6. A liquid can flow, be poured, or spilled.
7. A liquid can change to a solid by freezing, for example, water to ice cubes.
8. Chairs, rocks, or tables are solids.
9. A solid is the only form of matter that has its own shape. gasliquid
10. Some properties of solids are color, shape, size, weight, texture, buoyancy (sink or float), hardness, and magnetism.
*test on Friday