Grades One/Two November 17-21, 2014
The song, “Over the river and through the woods” has been running through my mind all during this very cold week. We no longer rely on a horse to carry us through the “ice and drifted snow,” and I thank God for vehicles that start and bring us warmly to our destinations. J
This week we will celebrate Native American Appreciation Month as we read an American Indian legend, How Chipmunk Got His Stripes. Joseph Bruchac and his son retell this charming story of a little guy outsmarting a big guy, but not without learning a lesson about using kind words. Our skills will be thinking about syllables and letter writing. For spelling, we will revisit long i with magic e words.
We are moving well in math, just a bit ahead of where I like to be this time of year. This week we will consider numbers 11-19 as 10 and some more, which then segues into 10 as an addend. We spend part of each math time reviewing already learned concepts to keep skills sharp.
In religion we will talk more about the 7 sacraments of the church and introduce the 10 Commandments.
Science is exciting! Our unit on the Sun continues to be wonderful! This week we’ll learn about sunspots and build a very safe sunspot viewer. We’ll talk about the Sun in relation to day and night and seasons. We have a virtual field trip with NASA scheduled for next Monday afternoon. This year’s event is with a woman at the Kennedy Space Center; she’ll be talking with us about “Our Magnificent Sun.” This is a very exciting event for the children and we are working hard to prepare.
Homework
Monday: spelling sort
Tuesday: math
Wednesday: Think about the first three commandments and the happy ways God is most important in your family.
Thursday: spelling
Spelling words
like hike stripe wipe pipe ripe
bite kite
Additional second grade words
strike spike white
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