Week 14

Dear Parents,

    This week in math we finished up our unit on measurement, area, perimeter and time. We will continue to practice these TEKS at school and I will still be sending homework home to reinforce these skills as well. We took our assessment on Thursday.

     In writing we had several smart lessons to learn some parts of speech. We learned about adjectives and worked with partners to describe ice cream. Some of our excellent adjectives were: icy, melted, sweet, yummy, delicious, minty plus many more. We learned how apostrophes are used to make contractions and to show possession. I can’tbelieve how touching our second grader’sthankful writing prompts turned out to be! We learned that pronouns take the place of nouns. We will be watching for all these parts of speech in our writing. We also finished up our how to bake a turkey writing. We actually watched a how to video, then used our transition words to write the steps. We then used our handprint to make a turkey. I hope you love this keepsake. Don’t forget to ask them for their what they are thankful for cornucopia papers they were very sweet.

    We also read several Thanksgiving related stories and practiced our reading skills by writing the story elements, answering comprehension questions, and writing text- to- self  connections. One of their favorite activities was the directed drawing of The Rough Faced Girl.  

    In science we started our unit on force and motion. We dipped a top in paint, then watched the track it left across the paper. We realized that the more force used the longer the paint track was and the longer the top kept spinning. We actually used string to measure the tracks. We also saw that some objects slide easily because of their physical properties and others do not. Physical properties can cause objects to slide, roll, or spin. On Friday Mr. Salas was in our classroom as our watchdog dad. He helped a group synergize and create a roller coaster that allowed a marble to go through the track because of the momentum the marble built up as it raced down the first big hill. Thank you Mr. Salas for being with our class off and on today!  

    Wishing you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving together!