Second Grade Weekly Newsletter February 29-March 4,2016
Half-Chicken
Spelling Words Vocabulary
unhappy remake 1. peacefully- calmly, not fighting
retell unpack 2. blazed- burned or shined brightly
untangle reread 3. empty- not full
unkind unlock 4.stream- flowing water, like a small river
repaint replay 5. flung – threw hard
refill read 6. swift- fast
unlike happy 7. tumbling- falling and rolling suddenly
8. tangled– twisted and mixed-up
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Story of the Week – “Half-Chicken” Read every night and daily in class
Reading Skills: Cause and Effect; Visualize
*cause- an event that makes something else happen
*effect- something that happens because of an earlier action or event
*visualize- picture in your mind what is happening while you read
Causes and effects show how events are linked. For example, if you run fast and win a race,
running fast is the cause and winning is the effect.
Words such as since, so, and because signal causes and effects.
Ex.- Cause- Clem is too little to do things himself.
Effect- Lulu takes care of Clem.
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Vocabulary Strategies: Antonyms
* Antonyms- words that have opposite, or very different meanings.
Ex.- The sun was too hot, so we sat in the cool shade..
Up-down stop-go run-walk
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Grammar: Run, Ran and Come, Came
*Run and come are irregular action verbs. You do not add –ed ending to these verbs.
* Run tells about an action happening now. Ran tells about an action in the past.
* Come tell about an action happening now. Came tells about past action.
Now Past
The chickens run now. The chickens ran yesterday.
Now the dogs come. The dogs came yesterday.
See, Saw and Go, Went
*The verbs see and go are irregular verbs.
You do not add and –ed ending to these verbs.
*See tells about an action happening now.
Saw tells about an action in the past.
*Go tells about an action happening now.
Went tells about an action in the past.
Now Past
I see chicks now. I saw chicks yesterday
Now we go outside. Last Saturday we went outside.
Math: Chap. 7
Money and Time
Lesson 7.8 Time to the Hour and Half Hour Ex. 11:00 eleven o’clock 1:30 half past
one
Lesson 7.9 Time to Five Minutes Ex. 5:05 4:20
Lesson 7.10 Practice Time to Five Minutes
Lesson 7.11 A.M. and P.M. Ex. Eating breakfast A.M. bedtime story P.M.
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Science: Magnets
1. A magnet is solid matter that attracts iron or products that contain iron like steel.
2. Iron and objects with iron in them are metals that a magnet can attract.
3. A magnet can pull objects if the object contains iron.
4. The magnet pulls the object using its magnetic force.
5. Different magnets have different pushing and pulling strengths.
6. The magnetic force cannot be seen but it can be observed when the magnet moves the object without touching it.
7. Some magnets are strong enough to pull objects through water or another solid.
8. Magnets do not pull objects made out of plastic, wood, rubber, copper, or brass.
9. Magnets can push or pull other magnets because their force can pass through air, water, and some solids.
10. A magnet can make an object move without touching it.
11. Some metals, such as aluminum, do not contain iron and are not attracted to magnets.
Social Studies: Indian Contributions to American Culture
1. When the white man first landed on the North American Continent, the Indian supplied him with food.
2. The Indian people taught whites how to fish, hunt, and plant foods native to the continent.
3. The natives helped the newcomers travel over Indian trails and build watercraft.
4. American Indian inventions commonly used today include canoes, snowshoes,
moccasins, hammocks, kayaks, ponchos, rubber syringes, dog sleds, toboggans, and parkas.
5. Some original Indian words include wigwam, succotash, tobacco, chipmunk, skunk, opossum, tomahawk, moose, hickory, pecan, raccoon, cougar, woodchuck, hominy, and hundreds more.
6. Common expressions coming from the Indian include war paint, Indian file, bury the hatchet, Indian summer, paleface, warpath, and big chief.
7. Thousands of names for cities, states, lakes, mountains, rivers, and other geographical sights are Indian names.
8. Indian mythology and folklore have contributed much to literature, music, art, drama, dance, movies, and television programs.
9. The whole conservation and ecology movement stems from Indian ideas about nature.
10. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout movements had their beginnings in Indian life.
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