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Week of: February 17-20, 20152nd Grade

Word StudyOur word study focus for the next two weeks will be spelling and adding apostrophes correctly to CONTRACTIONS. A new packet will be sent home on Tuesday. Students should be practicing their word study words each night. They will be tested over these words next Friday 2/27.

Sample words: didn’t, you’ve, I’m

READING/ELAThis week we will continue our study of penguins. We will continue reading the chapter book, “Eve of the Emperor Penguin”. This is a fiction story in the Magic Tree House series. We are going to spend several weeks on this story. We will be focusing on vocabulary and summarizing. They will have an Expedition Log that will come home at the end.

In ELA, we will continue learning about adding apostrophes to possessive nouns and contractions. There will be a test on Friday.

Please take time to read with your child at home! March 11th is the last day to meet

your AR goal for the 3rd 9 weeks!

MATHWe will continue working in Unit 4: Applying Base Ten Understanding. This week we will begin 3-digit subtraction with regrouping.

Important Dates February 27th-PTO Concession Stand ($1)March 13th-Spring Pictures (dress down day)March 17th-Student HolidayMarch 20th-2nd Grade Field Trip (Oatland Island)

Extra Information:

Please take the time to go to the Effingham County School’s website and take the school climate survey for parents. The results from this survey help to determine the CCRPI score for our school. The survey can also be found at: http://apps.gadoe.org/schoolclimate/parents.nsf/Survey . xsp

Science This week we will begin learning about force. We will visit the playground and decide whether or not the equipment needs a push or a pull in order to be set in motion. We will also learn about friction.

Field TripIf you have not returned your child’s

permission form and the $8.00 to cover the cost of the field trip, please

do so as soon as possible.