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Webpage Updated 01-05-09

Welcome to Mrs. O'Halloran's
2nd Grade Webpage

Schedule for Spelling, Vocab/Sight words and Reading Test

Story "From Seed to Plant"

Test Friday 1/09/09

Spelling Words

1. sprout

2. stream

3. through

4. strong

5. strap

6. springtime

7. spray

8. throat

9. three

10. ostrich

11. pioneers

12. clearing

13. air

14. different

15. light

Sight Words

1. air

2. different

3. food

4. light

5. water

Vocabulary Words

 HOMEWORK 

**Don't forget: 

Book-It slips are due on the first day of every month!

Music homework due on Monday!

spelling- Each week I will introduce the spelling words on Monday and a spelling list will be sent home to be studied each evening.  On Wednesday I will dictate the spelling sentences to them.  Each student will be expected to write each the sentences a second time for homework.  We will also practice the words in the classroom.  A spelling test will be given every Friday.  Practicing these words at home throughout the week will prepare them for the test on Friday. If there are any changes to the weekly schedule, a note will be sent home with each student ahead of time.  

Math - We are continuing with our addition facts.  Math homework will be given 3-4 times each week.  Please look over your child's completed work each evening and initial the top of the page.  Flashcards will be sent home with  each child from time to time.  Please practice the math facts with your child as often as possible.  Please continue to work with your child each night on his/her math facts.  Each week there will be a timed fact test and a written math concept test.                      

Reading - There will be a new story each week.  There will be a vocabulary  Once a week each child will bring the reader home to practice reading the story out loud.  Included will also be a coupon that will need to be signed and returned the next day for homework.  There will be worksheets and activities completed in class to give the everyone a more in depth look at the story. There will be a reading and vocabulary test every Friday, unless otherwise stated through a note from myself.  This usually happens when we have a Monday or Friday with no school.

Social Studies -    We are currently learning about landforms and the world around us.  This will take into learning about the different kinds of homes that people live in based on where they live in the world.  We will be doing projects in class.

  Geography - Worksheets will be handed out each Friday.  The first two questions will be done together in class.  Each student is responsible for finishing the worksheet by the following Friday.  It can either be done at school or at home.

Science - We are reviewing the ways the body grows and changes.  We will then move on to learn about different habitats that animals live in around the world.  This will include a project to complete at home.  Information will be sent home regarding this project.

Handwriting –  In December we will begin cursive handwriting.  The students are excited to practice their cursive, but they should NOT write in cursive until they have learned all the cursive letters.  Cursive homework will begin to come home a couple times a week.  Please make sure your child is using a sharpened pencil, sitting up straight and tracing all their sample letters on the page.

• Monday, January 5th, School Resumes

• Monday, January 19th, MLK Birthday, NO School

• Wednesday, January 21st, 11:30 dismissal

• Monday, February 16th Presidents' Day, NO School

• Wednesday, February 18th, 11:30 Dismissal

• Friday, February 27th, Teachers' institute, NO School