Ms. Chantal Binginot, Grade 2

Morristown Elementary School

Classroom Newsletter

Chantal.Binginot@morrisville.org

February 8, 2008

Shalom Families and Friends! Welcome to the latest edition of our classroom newsletter. Here is a peek at our week at school.

Literacy
This week's Open Court story was called How The Guinea Fowl Got her Spots by Barbara Knutson. It is an African folktale that tells of a special friendship between a cow and a guinea fowl named Nganga. It also explains why guinea fowls have spots.

We worked on words with the suffixes -ly and -ing (as in the words quietly and shopping). Our phonics lessons focused on contractions with the words not, is and are. Examples are isn't, she's and we're.
         
Math
We continued to practice putting numbers in order and using the greater than (>) and less than (<) signs. We played some games that focused on  place value (100's, 10's and 1's) to help us understand the difference between numbers in order to put them in order.

Theme
Did you know that a polar bear's  skin is actually black? We learned some amazing facts about the animals of the polar regions this week. We made a penguin book that highlights some of the interesting kinds of penguins. Did you know that the smallest penguin is only about 15 inches tall?
   

Other News
Michael has been our Star of the Week!
   
Here is our Friday riddle:
What grows in the winter, dies in the summer, and hangs in the air?

Have a fabulous weekend!
     
  
     
  

The Wild Habitat

Animal Habitat (Kidspiration-Inspiration)

Animal Habitats

Animals & Nature (National Geographic)

Math Facts, Time, & Money Links

Learn to Count Money

Counting Money

Just in Time (Learning to Tell Time)

Time for Time

Handwriting For Kids