Mrs. Pam Malone: 1-26-12

Mrs. Malone's Thursday Times

Dowell Elementary School
January 26, 2012

Monday – PE

Tuesday – SCIENCE

Wednesday – PE

Thursday – MUSIC

Friday -PE

Homophones for the week: to, too, two

Homework

Check the agenda daily.
Study spelling list 18 words for tomorrow's assessment.
Review vocabulary words & homophones in today's blog.
Read AR daily.
3 digit addition with regrouping (237 +576)
Continue practicing the following:
identifying & comparing fractions
Giving back change from $2o
Telling time to 5 minutes
Plural nouns & possessive nouns (ex. singular possessive: the boy's coat/plural possessive: several boys' coats)- It is very easy for students to get these concepts mixed-up. Thanks!

Spelling Assessment

There will be an assessment this Friday (tomorrow) on list 18 words located in the back of the 2nd Grade Handbooks. Start studying list 19 after tomorrow's assessment.

Reading Vocabulary – non-fiction, informational, exactly, pair, absorbed, unique

Words with Multiple Meanings - ramp, arm, limb, press

Language Arts Skills & Vocabulary

subject, predicate, noun, verb, pronoun
writing a paragraph with a main idea, supporting, supporting details, and correct capitalization/punctuation
writing a "how to" paragraph using words like: first, next, then, after that, finally, at last, etc.

Language Arts Skills to Reve for CRCT:

using possessive nouns correctly (ex. a boy's coat -all the boys' coats)
using possessive pronouns (his, mine, etc.)
antonyms
synomyns
homonyms (I wind my watch. The wind is blowing.)
singular & plural nouns

Math Vocabulary - measurement, tool, unit of measurement, inch, foot, yard,

Math Skills to Review for CRCT:

identifying & comparing fractions ( ex. Which is larger?/2 or 1/4 ...2/3 or 1/3, etc.)
giving back change from $20 (new skill)

counting money using bills & coins

telling time to 5 minutes
place value to 999
2 digit subtraction with & without regrouping (borrowing)
subtraction using estimating
checking subtraction with addition
Venn diagrams
plane figures (geometric shapes 2-D)
using plane shapes to make new figures
solid figures (geometric shapes 3-D)
vertex, vertices
edges, sides
angles-acute angle, right angle (square corner), obtuse angle

Science Vocabulary – day, night, solar system, star, sun, moon, rotation, orbit

Social Studies Vocabulary – Martin Luther King, Jr.

6 should be read by tomorrow with a score of 80% or higher for the 3rd grading period.

Thanks!

For all the supplies you have furnished this year. The students & I appreciate all that you do for our classroom & students.

ETC.

Our next field trip is Feb. 8th. Any student who doesn't turn in the permission form will stay at school in another classroom and not go on the trip. I need all permission forms and lunch forms (whether your child is bringing a lunch from home or from the lunchroom) ASAP.

Report Cards- Please return signed signature cards & envelopes. Thanks!
Many students are out of dry erase markers. We use them everyday, so please check to make sure your child has at least 1. Thanks so much!

Wish List

dry erase markers
healthy cereal for students without snacks

Cosmic Bowling

Cosmic bowling will be on Thursday, February 2nd! Bring your family for a night of fun, food, and bowling! The cost is only $1.00 per person! If you would like to guarantee yourself a lane at your preferred time, return the form and the money before Tuesday, January 31. When you aren't bowling, there will be concessions in the cafeteria. Tickets may be purchased for 50 cents to buy pizza (3 tickets), sno cones, cotton candy, popcorn, and drinks (all 1 ticket each). See you there!

There will be 4 sessions of bowling:

Session A: 5:30-6:00

Session B: 6:00-6:30

PTA Meeting: 6:30-7:00

Dates to Remember

Jan. 27 - Feb. 3 - Book Fair

Feb. 2 - Cosmic Bowling

Feb. 8 - Fernbank Field Trip

Feb. 9 - All Pro Dads

Feb. 20 - Holiday - NO SCHOOL

Feb. 23 - I Moms

Web Sites-Interactive Computer Games for Home