SEC ND TH UGHTS

BismillahhirRahmanirRaheem

MDQ Academy
Brentwood, New York
Dec.9-13
abaig@mdqacademy.org teachtworeach.weebly.com

Sister Amnas Classroom Newsletter

READING/LANGUAGE ARTS
This week students got to practice the skill of inferring. Every day they heard a new story. They had to infer throughout the story by connecting their prior knowledge with evidence from the text to figure something out. Each day they wrote about something they inferred in each story. They learned about possessive nouns. Possessive nouns are nouns that need an apostrophe when they own something, such as, The womans cat was sleeping. They practiced plural nouns by making a plural noun wallet. !t was a construction paper folded and split into three sections to resemble a wallet. The sections were labeled s, "es, "ies. They got index cards and had to write different nouns singular one on side and plural on the other with the correct ending. They put the index card into the correct wallet slot. #e also worked in reading groups and center time. The centers include read to self, word work, work on writing, and independent work. #ord work includes materials to practice spelling and sight words. They can practice in several ways, such as carving the words into playdoh, using magnetic letters on trays, stamping them, rainbow writing, etc. #hile students work during these rotations, ! pull out a few at a time to work on specific skills.

S CIAL STUDIES

&tudents made an ice"cream sundae pro'ect practicing double"digit addition. Each of the three scoops had a two"digit number and they added all three numbers and put the sum on the bowl. They worked in centers around the room during the week to review this concept and practice some of the older concepts they have learned this year. The week ended with the chapter % test.

MATH

#e are practicing understanding the three levels of government and the three branches of each level. ( pro'ect they worked on involved cutting three flaps into a tree that represented the three branches of the )ational *overnment. They wrote the 'ob of each branch under the tree flap. )ext to the tree, they glued a house with three flaps to represent the three levels +local, state, national,.

$hapter % started this week. !t is all about animal habitats and environments. &tudents watched a few videos on the differences between various environments such as deserts, rainforests, oceans, and freshwater areas. They worked in their interactive notebooks to create flip flaps highlighting information they learned through the week.

SCIENCE

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2nd GRADE NEWSLETTER Page 2

Ne't (ee)s Hi#hli#hts

Reading: compare contrast and review of concepts Grammar: review Social Studies: national symbols. Unit 2 Test on Friday. Science: Animal habitats Math: Chapter 5

Remin*ers to St&*ents/+arents
1) Sign and return math test. 2) Gym is only Mondays from now on. 3) Parent signatures are required on the reading log. Fluency reading should be done e ery day it is assigned. Please ma!e the routine homewor! a "riority.

U!"omin# E$ents/Re%&ests/Comments
1 !nternational "ee# is ne$t wee#. The cereal bo$ pro%ect is d&e on "'()'*(A+. !t is mandatory and will co&nt as a lar,e *.*. ,rade. *t&dents m&st be able to present their information. (irections were sent home- b&t if yo& need them- they are on my website &nder the &ploaded files section. *t&dents need to brin, in a dish for Friday. "e are havin, an international feast with some other ,rade levels. Ch&c# '. Cheese f&ndraisin, event is toni,ht at the Commac# location/ Than# yo& so m&ch to all those who donated ,l&e stic#s/ "e c&t and ,l&e almost every sin,le day- so they finish 1&ic#/

#) Social Studies $nit 2 %est on Friday.

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