Cowboy Breakfast

The Cowboy Breakfast was an outstanding performance.
Our 2nd graders gave a rousing performance of line dancing on stage.
It was great to see all the "little pards" dressed up in their cowboy duds!!!!

After the performance our class had our own Cowboy Breakfast of Bean and Cheese Tacos...(I didn't ask for donations since I felt I am always asking for this or that...)

Valentine's Day is coming up and we are certainly going to have a card exchange...So keep an eye out for our class list before Valentine's day...

unit 19 Spelling Words

Words with ar

car
dark
arm
star
park
yard
party
hard
farm
start
part
spark

Review(must spell also)
jar
art

Challenge(extra credit)
carpet
apartment

This weeks reading selection: The Signmaker's Assistant
Grammar: Commas in dates and places

Target Vocabulary:Must be able to read words and define in context
assistant
agreed
polite
failed
tearing
wisdom
cleared
trouble

Subtraction with Regrouping

Parents and followers of this blog:

Subtraction is this weeks topic.

Keywords: take-away, subtract, minus, remove, more than, left...

This week our class is going to concentrate on double minus single digit problems...
eg. 57

-8
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Parents please note some changes in terms we used to use(old school)

"borrow" I going to borrow one from the 5 and make 7 a 17.

we now say " regroup" We are going to move 1 ten from 5 and add 10 to 7, to make 17...

As you know the regrouping (borrowing) part is a difficult process to understand but with
practice I know your child will succeed.

Monday and Tuesday we will have practice worksheets on subtraction.
Wednesday we will resume with Unit 9...

Spelling words Unit 18/ Vocabulary

Long e Spelled y

happy
pretty
baby
very
puppy
funny
carry
lucky
only
sunny
penny
city

Review
tiny
many

Challenge
sorry
noisy

Target Vocabulary
Your student must be able to read these words and define
accepted
pretend
express
prize
taught
wonder
grand
fluttering

Spelling Words for January 19

dish
than
chest
such
thin
push
shine(s)
chase
white
while
these
flash

Because of the short week the bonus and extra word are excluded.
Please use Spelling City, it is a wonderful site for your child...

Spellingcity.com

username:Missiona
password: academy

Spelling words for Week of January 10

running
clapped
stopped
hopping
batted
selling
pinned
cutting
sitting
rubbed
missed
grabbed

Note CVC pattern...r u n
when you add ing or ed
you double the last c consonant
run....running
rub....rubbed

Happy New Year -2011

This year our 2nd grade class was asked (by Mrs Garza) to perform for the Mission Academy Cowboy Breakfast. (January 28?) As soon as I get updated on what are performance is going to be I'll let you know.

Math Unit 8: This math unit will deal with carrying. We call carrying 'regrouping'... Iknow, I know, but for some reason regrouping works.Be patient, this is critical time in Math development, but I think we will do alright...

8.1 Finding the closest ten: Rounding to the nearest 10
hint if the one is 5 or larger go with the largest 10
eg 47 is about 50
57 is about 60

smaller than 5, go with the smaller 10
eg 44 is about 40
32 is about 30

I have the students write both tens:
66 (60----------------70)

then figure the closest 10
66 is about 70

Reading:

Same story as last week: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Spelling: Same words, different assignments
Language: Paragraph using at least 5 spelling words to describe their Christmas.
Social Studies: Created a calendar to mark major Holidays and important dates from now till May.
Ellen Ochoa questions.