| Ms. Chantal Binginot, Grade 2 Morristown Elementary School Classroom Newsletter |
November 30, 2007
Shalom families and friends! Here is the latest news from our classroom. Literacy Our Open Court story this week was Corduroy , by Don Freeman. The children truly enjoyed this classic tale of the bear who wanted to be loved and to have a home. We reviewed the sound of “long i” spelled -igh and practiced reading and writing compound words during our phonics lessons. We learned about the use of quotation marks in writing and the rules for where these punctuation marks belong, Finally, our vocabulary work focused on homographs. Homographs are words that are spelled the same way, but are pronounced differently and have different meanings. For example: bow (a pretty knot), bow (to bend forward); dove (past tense of dive), dove (a bird). Math We studied the different ways to form equations in a fact family. For example, with the numbers 5, 7, 12, possible true equations include: 7=12-5, 5+7=`12, 12-7=5, 12=7+5, We also practiced telling time.
Theme We continued to learn more about maps this week. We are now learning about the continents and oceans of the world. We focused on North and South America and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Other News Riley has been our Star of the Week ! We welcomed our new classmate Alek this week! We are excited to get to know him and to help him feel comfortable in our room. We enjoyed another interesting Four Winds lesson on Wednesday. Mrs. Belisle, our Four Winds parent volunteer, taught us about the differences between predators and prey. We also enjoyed a fun-filled educational assembly show called Foodplay . We learned a lot about proper nutrition! Here is our Friday riddle: When does decmber come before November? Have a wonderful weekend!
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| Online
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| Directions and Ordered Lists | |
| eHow has ordered directions and list that students could see as examples of how to create their own set of directions. . Check out the screen tutorials below, showing how to create numbered and bulleted lists in Microsoft Word. |
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| Animal Habitats | |
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Animal Habitat (Kidspiration-Inspiration) Animals & Nature (National Geographic) |
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| Math | |
Math Facts, Time, & Money Links Just in Time (Learning to Tell Time) |
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| Writing | |
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