Second Grade Weekly Newsletter March 5-9, 2018
Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend
Spelling Words Vocabulary
meet tale 1.heavily-with a lot of power
meat be 2.guessed- made a prediction about the answer of a question
week bee 3. copy- to do what someone else is doing
weak too 4.planning-thinking about or deciding on something
mane two 5.seriously– in a way that is not joking
main sea 6.answered-said something to someone as a reply
tail see 7. knot- the place where two pieces of string have been tied together
8. lonely–unhappy because you’re alone
*test onFriday
Story of the Week – “Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend” Read every night and daily in class
Reading Skills: Understanding Characters; Question
*character(s)—the people and animals in the story
*traits-ways of speaking and acting that show what a character is like
*Use a Column Chart to record a character’s actions, thoughts, and words.
Words / Actions / ThoughtsQuiet at school / Sings to herself / Feels nervous
Vocabulary Strategies: Idioms
* Idiom- an expression that cannot be understood from the individual meanings of the
words that make it up or by its literal meaning.
Ex.- Kaya was so nervous that her stomach was tied up in knots.
You can use clues from the sentence to understand the meaning of an idiom.
Homophones ; words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings. ex.-Spelling Words meet/meat rode/road be/bee
*test on Friday
Grammar: Using a, an, and the
*The words a and an are special adjectives. Use a and an before nouns that name one.
* Use a before a noun that begins with a consonant sound. Use anbefore a noun that begins with
a vowel sound.
* The word the is also a special adjective. It points out a special noun or pronoun. You can use it
with one or more than one.
Ex.-Ted worked in the attic. He made a car with an engine.
1. Jo ties (a, an) string.
2. The kite flies like (a, an) eagle.
Adjectives with –er and –est
*Add –er to adjectives to compare two people, animals, places, or things.
*Add –est to compare more than two people, animals, places, or things.
Ex.- My kite is high.
Your kite is higher than my kite.
His kite is highest of all.
1. This string is (longer/longest) than that string.
2. This is the (longer/longest) string of all.
Math: Chap. 7
Money and Time
Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies
dime-10 cents-10 Ȼ nickel- 5 cents- 5 Ȼ penny-1 cent-1 Ȼ
count dimes by tens count nickels by fives count pennies by ones
10Ȼ 20Ȼ 30Ȼ 5Ȼ 10Ȼ 15Ȼ 1Ȼ 2Ȼ 3Ȼ
Quarters
Quarter-25 cents-25Ȼ 25Ȼ 50Ȼ 25Ȼ 50Ȼ 60Ȼ 70Ȼ 75Ȼ 76Ȼ 77Ȼ
Learn Multiplication Facts of 4 Test –Friday
Social Studies:Sacagawea
1. Sacagawea was born sometime around1790.
2. Sacagawea was a Shoshone Indian.
3. When she was young, she was taken by another Native American tribe.
4. A French man named Toussaint Charbonneau won her as a result of a bet and later married her.
5. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark hired Charbonneau and Sacagawea the guide them westward.
6. Sacagawea had family out west.
7. Just before the expedition began, Sacagawea gave birth to a son.
8. She carried the baby on her back during the entire journey--both directions.
9. Her Shoshone relatives provided them with supplies and safe passage through their lands.
10. Sacagawea is thought to have died of fever in 1812.
*test on Friday