Pesach Break

Dear parents,
During the Pesach break, I encourage you to take advantage of ixl.com math online activities. Please keep a record of the skills being practiced in the communication book. Students should also continue to read and write (journaling and creating stories and fables to share with class) when not observing the religious holy days. There is also the option of completing Lesson 15 of the Spelling book, which students seem to enjoy.
Students return on Monday, April 12.
Thank you and happy holy days.

Ms. Luckett
Grade 2 Teacher

Tuesday's Homework

Homework for Tuesday, March 23, 2010
1. Read 10 minutes or more (Keep reading regularly throughout the Pesach break.)
2. Journal entry (Continue journaling throughout the Pesach break.)
3. Spelling pre-test corrections: copy each misspelled word 5 times each.
4. Spelling sentences: Choose 5 words. Write 5 sentences, using each of the words. Underline the spelling word in each sentence. Please use lined paper.
Example: 1. maybe
2. bake
3. whale
4. ate
5. baby
1. Maybe I will visit my old friend today.
2. Today we will bake a delicious birthday cake.
3. There was a baby whale playing in the sea.
4. Late last night I ate my dinner quickly.
5. Our happy baby screamed and laughed loudly.

5. MATH: Many students completed chapter 7 in Math, Counting Money. A few others have taken the packets home because there a few more corrections that need to be made. Please correct them and return the packet tomorrow.
6. Please finish and turn in late work, including tree booklets and fables
7. Also, students may get started on Lesson 15 in the Spelling book.

Dear parents,
Grade Two should have up to 20 minutes of homework each night. Please do what works for your family. The priority assignments for tonight are #5, 3, and then 4.

Shalom

Happy Monday

Welcome to spring everyone!
There are three more days until the Pesach holiday break.

For homework tonight, Grade 2 must:
1. Read and Record (please bring homework tomorrow) RWI students may use the reading of their reading packet as their reading time to be logged.
2. Journal entry
3. Study the 20 vocabulary words (spelling test on Wednesday)
4. Practice "We Are The World" video-taping will happen on Wednesday!!
5. Finish and turn in all late work (tree booklets, homework from last week [check older blogs for information])
6. Come prepared for Sports Day! Bring water bottles filled with cool water.

R.W.I. students in Ms. Luckett's class:
-Read the story (on your own OR read to someone)
-Answer the Quick check questions
-Answer the questions to write about (Use complete sentences. Show what you know how to do.)
-Vocabulary Catch
Return tomorrow. I will collect it at the Aberdeen Sports Ground.

I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning at Aberdeen Sports Ground.

Shalom
Ms. Luckett

Happy Friday

Good day parents,

Ronnie and Mia practiced math on ixl.com last night.

More students are turning in their homework. The vocabulary sentences are looking fantastic. Students are practicing the use of conventions (capitalizing the beginning of a sentence, end punctuation, proper grammar).

1. For homework over the weekend, students will continue to write a fable. In the Language Arts notebook, your child started writing a fable by telling the moral of the story first. Knowing the lesson to be learned in the story gives the writer direction. The fable can be as long as is necessary. However, I suggest parents provide some guidance so that this fun activity will not end up in frustration. FABLES may be word processed and saved. Documents may be forwarded to me under the child's name and "fable" (Oz fable). I require a hard copy be brought in to school on the due date. DUE MONDAY

2. Practice the 20 vocabulary words! Some words that are a challenge to the students are: different, sour, delicious, violet, and special. Many of the words that have silent letters in them or are not spelled exactly the way they are pronounced. Therefore parents, you can assist by ensuring your child can spell these words with ease. DUE MONDAY

3. Read and record. DUE TUESDAY

4. One journal entry per day. DUE TUESDAY

5. Students have random homework assignments this weekend. They are mainly assignments that need to be re-done or have not been attempted already. Most of those assignments are in spelling. DUE MONDAY

6. Clarification on the math sheet that everyone thought was too easy. It is simply a helpful tool for parents or others to say to the Grade Two student. The G2 student should practice giving the answers as fast as possible and also to memorize this basic arithmetic. Many papers were returned to me with answers on them done by the student. This was not what the sheet was intended for. However, now the person drilling the G2 student has an effective answer key! The papers were returned to students. Please use them for practice.

Announcement:

Tuesday is Field Day at the Aberdeen Sports Ground. Please read the information provided by the school. Please heed all of the admonishments suggested by the school as well. We all want this day to be packed with fun for everyone.

This has been another busy and fun-filled week for the Grade Two class. Please find our section in the previous issue and also in the upcoming issue of the Carmelink 2010.

Thank you, parents, for joining me in parent conferences these past two weeks, Meeting with you has been a great value for all of us, especially your children.

Enjoy the beautiful spring weather this weekend everyone.

Shabat shalom

Ms. Luckett

Thursday's homework

Ronnie and Isabel used ixl.com math. Continue practicing math in a fun way!

1. Read and record
2. Journal entry
3. Students need to complete the Spelling assignments from the book. Today we practiced writing proper headings for the Write to the Point and Challenge Yourself activities. Homework is on pages 80, 81, 86, and 87 for most students.
4. One math page - NOT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT. Please read the note at the top of the paper and use the math for quick review.
MATH: Some students have corrections to make. Jake finished his math chapter today! Now he has a fun story to read while practicing some math, too. Please complete the work and return it tomorrow.
5. Sentences from this week's vocabulary list are due TOMORROW.

Shalom

Parent Conferences tomorrow

The Color Spectrum posters are neatly done. Good work, Grade Two! Please get your color spectrum poster turned in if you have not already.

Yali, Eitan, Ronnie, Asher, Leeor, and Rafaela read 50 minutes or more last week and recorded the information in their Reading Logs along with a parent signature. (Yali, just use the communication book for recording. Your Reading log was left in the classroom.)

Ronnie, Mia, Yali, and Jake practiced on ixl.com math last night.

Homework

1. Continue reading daily and recording in the reading log (10 minutes each day at least)

2. Continue keeping a daily journal. Write at least one sentence about your day. Bella is very consistent at keeping a daily journal. The dates are already printed her journal pages. That helps a lot!

3. Please review yesterday's blog (below) for other homework assignments like spelling. Arya, Yali, Mia, Leeor, and Rachamim have chapter 7 Math homework. Other students will not be taking Math home from the book.

If a student does not have the L.A. notebook for the spelling homework, simply write the sentences on a piece of lined paper. Sentences may also be word processed BY THE STUDENT. Please have name, date, and assignment title on the paper.

4. RWI class
Please return the "Talking About Teeth" packets. Parents can bring them to conferences, or students can return them on Thursday.

All of the following assignments are due on Monday. (They may be turned in earlier than Monday.)

1. "Plants are Important" comprehension worksheet (double-sided)
2. Vocabulary crossword puzzle
3. Vocabulary word search
4. Spelling and Root words review

G2 overdue assignments:
-Tree booklet
-spelling worksheets (lessons 13 and 14)

Parent conferences tomorrow:
Leeor's parents
Romi's parents
Yali's parents
Isaac's parents
Rafaela's parents
Jake's parents
Bella's parents
Oz's parents

Homework

Dear parents and students,

Parent conferences are being held on Wednesday. I look forward to meeting with you again.

This week's line leader is Rafaela.

This week's caboose is Arya.

This week's door holder is Bella.

Romi, Yali, and Ronnie used ixl.com for math and turned in their record sheet this morning which is inside of the communication book. It is a fun learning activity that all Grade Two should practice.

Language Arts:

Grade Two took a spelling pre-test and also practiced editing. They corrected their writing pieces by checking spelling and conventions. They were exposed to interjections and adverbs.

Science: Grade Two learned 3 major aspects of FORCE today:

1. A force is a push.

2. A force is a pull.

3. A force can change the direction of an object.

HoMEWoRK

1. Reading needs to be done each day (and recorded). Reading Logs are due tomorrow.
2. Daily journal entries should be written with the date at the top of each entry. Journals are due tomorrow. Journals and Reading logs will not be accepted if turned in on Thursday. The due date each week is Tuesday.

Thank you.

3. Color Spectrum papers - on a piece of A4 paper, create the color spectrum. Write your name on the front of the paper and the title: Color Spectrum (students who did not pick up this paper can make their own on A4 paper.

4. Spelling: "Need to Know" words for Grade Two

A. Write each word 3 times each. Please make sure your child writes one word at a time and not 3 r's, 3e's, then 3 d's for the word red. Neatness counts! due Thursday

B. Use each word in a complete sentence. Show that you know the word and also that you are able to write a complete sentence. Write the sentences in the Language Arts notebook. Students will be evaluated on (1)the proper use of the vocabulary word, (2)use of conventions: capitals, end punctuation, proper sentence formation (subject and predicate), (3)neatness, and (4)meeting the due date. due Friday (may be turned in before Friday)

VOCABULARY:

1. red 6. blue 11. sour 16. sugary

2. orange 7. indigo 12. delicious 17. colors

3. apples 8. violet 13. different 18. many

4. yellow 9. purple 14. chocolate 19. which

5. green 10. juicy 15. special 20. motion

Spelling test will be taken before the break.

5. Math: Students who are on track in Money chapter (Chapter 7) needed to take their last pages home to complete and be ready for the test tomorrow. Those pages were 105, 106, 107, and 108. Only students who have finished up to p. 104 needed to take the Math homework home.

6. R.W.I. All students in Ms. Luckett's RWI class need to turn in their posters and packets on "All About Teeth" tomorrow. Most students turned their work in on time. Thank you for being on time students.

We love our Grade Two class!!!

How We Are Expressing Ourselves

Teeth Posters

Grade Two
Accountants, Doctors, Singers, Composers, Artists, Financial Analysts, Teachers, Publishers, Athletes, and Lawyers
Does this sound like the Grade Two class you know? It is! They have been expressing themselves in many different ways, showing their special talents, and learning and appreciating those qualities in each of their classmates that make them special. Here are a couple of activities your child has done this week:
-Created a poster that told everyone about how teeth are and how to take good care of them
-Mastered some spelling words from 2 lessons
-Write about yummy foods like apples, oranges, and birthday cakes
-Revealed some of their favorite things and shared their wish and who they love
-Identified, discussed, demonstrated, and wrote about Newton's Laws of Motion
-Mastered the months of the year in Mandarin
-Practiced virtues like courtesy, kindness, helpfulness, perseverance, and diligence
-Counted American currency
-Composed their version of "We Are The World"
-Practiced the art of appreciation when sampling different genres of music and learning what other classmates enjoy listening to
-Became a bit more autonomous when practicing 2-digit subtraction by checking their answers for accuracy by themselves

Science: How Sound Travels

Hasn't this been an awesome week, parents! So, if your little ones seem a little tired (and sometimes cranky), please remember that each day in Grade Two is a big day for each student. They expend large amounts of physical and mental energy learning both academically and socially. Your child needs plenty of rest, lots of nutritious food to eat, and plenty of water to drink every day.
Parents, temperature checks also need to be made and recorded and placed in the communication book for daily readings.

1. Your child may have work to catch up on over the weekend. Oops! We had no time to pass out the homework. We will pass it out on Monday. Or, your child can simply follow the instructions and use a piece of A4 paper for the assignment.
2. Color Spectrum papers - on a piece of A4 paper, create the color spectrum. Write your name on the front of the paper and the title: Color Spectrum (students who did not pick up this paper can make their own on A4 paper.
3. Reading needs to be done each day (and recorded).
4. Daily journal entries should be written with the date at the top of each entry.
Have a pleasant weekend.

Shabat Shalom
Ms. Luckett
Miss Lital

Music Appreciation

A twist in the Homework tonight

Math: Reteach p. 73
Problem Solving
-Estimating Differences
DUE: TOMORROW

Dear Parents,
No Reading or Journal tonight.

This writing may take time. Some students will finish.
Others will only finish part of it. Please bring back
what has been completed tomorrow (Friday, March 12).

1. Homework: BIRTHDAY CAKES
Use the sentences and write them in paragraph form.
Remember to indent, use capitals at the beginning
and punctuation at the end.

2. ORANGES: On the organized charts, write the phrases
about oranges. Then STETCH the phrases to make
sentences.

3. APPLES: On the organized charts, write the phrases
about apples. Then STETCH the phrases to make
sentences.

Shalom

Today in the Grade Two classroom

1. Read and record. Six Reading Logs were turned in today. The responsible students were Asher, Bella, Leeor, Rachamim, Ronnie, and Yali. Keep up the good work!

2. Journal - Bella, Leeor, Oz, Rachamim, Romi, and Yali turned in their journals and had fabulous experiences to share. Remember to write at least 5 entries before turning it in next Tuesday. Write one entry per day.

3. Spelling - p. 82 - 87 due Thursday. Do Write to the Point and Challenge Yourself on the same piece of paper. Remember to write the student's name, the date, and page numbers on the paper. Most students did not take their speloing book home earlier this week. It is still possible for students to finish the assignment and turn in the book by Thursday.

4. Lesson 14 spelling test will be on Thursday.

Shalom

Today in the Grade Two classroom

Homework

1. Read and record. Reading Logs are due on Wednesday.
2. Journal - Write about your day. What was good? What was not so good? Write what made you say or think, "WOW!"
3. Spelling - p. 82 - 87 due Thursday Do Write to the Point and Challenge Yourself on the same piece of paper. Remember to write the student's name, the date, and page numbers on the paper.
Shalom

Homework & Announcements

What's going "up" in Grade 2:

Students are practicing writing, using the writing process and writing paragraphs using all of the elements of good writing (grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitals, indentation, etc.)

The class just finished listening to a chapter book I read aloud entitled The Boxcar Children, #1. All Grade 2 students are reading chapter books now. How fantastic! Let's help them keep the momentum going.

We are expressing ourselves in many different ways. Singing is a favorite in the classroom. This week, we sang and listened to our favorite songs as we wrote about why they are our favorites.

Math is progressing well. Students are excited to start counting money, so they are completing double digit subtraction. Tal earned 100% on his math test today, and was ecstatic about counting money. Congratulations Oz! He has successfully started in the Grade 3 Math book.

Science: ENERGY and MOTION Students are learning Newton's Laws of Motion and demonstrating them. They are finding out about gravity and how forces work. Ask your child the difference in the way sound and light travels, and also the wavelengths of the color spectrum, ROYGBIV. You may be enlightened by their knowledge!

HOMEWORK:

Only Reading, Journal, and Spelling p. 76- 81 (all) to do this weekend.

Most students still DO NOT have their Tree booklets turned in. Please bring the on Monday. So far Ronnie, Oz, Yali, Rachamim, Mia, and Rafaela have turned in the Tree Booklet.

Next week, Tuesday, March 9 is conference day. Also, Wednesday, March 17 is the second conference day. No school for students on those days. I look forward to meeting with the parents again.

Shabat Shalom

Homework & Announcements

1. Read and record.

2. Journal entry (One sentence or more, please.)

3. Spelling p. 76-81 due Monday, March 9 (March 11 for Jake) Please use one piece of lined paper for the exercises, Write to the Point and Challenge Yourself. Secure the paper in the book in between pages 80 and 81.

4. We will be writing a narrative and a fable. Students should be thinking of ideas to write about. We will discuss topics tomorrow.

Announcements:

Bella turned in her Reading Log and Journal ON TIME. She was absent Tuesday, so she turned in all homework bright and early Wednesday morning. Way to go Bella!!

Homework

1. Reading Logs: Leeor, Mia, Oz, Rafaela, Romi, Ronnie, Yali, Asher, Isaac, and Arya turned in their Reading log today. Educational standards require second graders to read for at least 10 minutes every day. My requirement is for students to read every day, and for 60 minutes or more of reading time to be accumulated each week.

2. Journal entry: Today Isaac, Leeor, Mia, Rafaela, Jake, Ronnie, and Yali turned in their journal today. That's 7/16 of the class. Help us to increase that fraction towards one whole.

an excellent Grade Two student

3. I.T. Just for fun, students can explore this site for interactive math and literacy practice.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/

Ronnie, Mia, Yali, Isabel shared their favorite songs today.

We Are The World

Rainbow Connection sung by Kermit the Frog

You Belong With Me

Over The Rainbow by Connie Talbot

Students are practicing 2-digit subtraction this week. They are almost at the end of the chapter. They have honed their arithmetic skills, and even practiced their reasoning skills and checking skills. The test will be on Thursday.

environmentally friendly student

Immediately following will be our unit on MONEY. Students will learn to count American currency up to $1.00. This unit will be followed by COUNTING HONG KONG CURRENCY. Students will practice counting Hong Kong currency. We will be working with coins and bills. You can help your child practice by counting money with him or her.

Announcement: Miss Lital is out ill this week. Let's keep her in mind and wish good health for her.

Shalom

Monday's homework

1. Read. Record. Reading logs are due tomorrow.
2. Journal Entry. Topic for today: What I learned in school today. Ask your child, "What really made you think "WOW!" today in the Grade Two class?" Write for 3 to 5 minutes without stopping. Students may use a separate sheet of paper and place it into the journal to be turned in tomorrow.
3. Bring in ONE label of ingredients from a product where one of the first 3 ingredients is either sugar or some type of fat. Please bring only EMPTY wrappers. No food, please. Due Thursday
4. In accordance with our Block 4 theme, How Do We Express Ourselves, students need to bring in a working copy of their favorite song. They should be able to tell why this is their favorite song, what emotions it brings out, and what they do (action) when listening to the musical selection. Students may bring a music CD, write down a URL address to find it on YouTube, or call Grade Two to get the teacher's email address to send the music file via email. Due Wednesday
Thank you.