Second Grade Newsletter

October 21 - 25

This week

Monday: No School - PD Day

Tuesday: Hormel Nature Center Field Trip

Friday: Reading test

Friday: Spelling test

Hormel Nature Center Field Trip

We will be back in time for lunch. Please dress students appropriately for the weather and all students need tennis shoes!

This weeks story: The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

Skills: Identifying rhyme in text, lines and stanzas

Vocabulary: parlor, curious, weary, cunning, fierce

Listen to the story here!

SPELLING WORDS

1. box

2. fox

3. dog

4. lock

5. pot

6. cone

7. home

8. nose

9. poke

10. rope

11. side

12. line

13. have

14. off

15. took

Grammar/Phonics

- verb tenses: past tense

- Blends: gr, tr, pr

Math

- subtraction

- geoboards

- equal addends

Other

- Map Skills

- Mystery Science: What is the biggest spider in the world?

- Spider exploration

- Halloween activities

Looking Ahead...

October 21 Teacher Staff Development

October 22 Field Trip to Hormel Nature Center

October 31 Halloween Party

November 1 End of Quarter 1

November 4 Teacher Work Day - No School

November 7 Conferences 4-8

November 11 Conferences 4-8

November 27-29 Thanksgiving Break

December 9 Christmas Concert @ 7pm

December 13 Gingerbread House Day!

December 19 Christmas Party

December 20 Jingle Bell Jog

December 23-1 Christmas Break

Contact Mrs. Kailey Oehlke

koehlke@gm.k12.mn.us