Week of December 17th

Important Happenings this Week-
*2nd Grade leads Advent Prayer Service Monday
*Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah Assessment Tuesday
*Reconciliation Assessment Wednesday
*Grinch Day Thursday

Week of December 10th

RELIGION

*Mini-unit on the liturgical seasons of the church

*Recognize meaning and symbols of each season

*Draw favorite liturgical season

*Assessment

*Making sins disappear magic

*Practice the Act of Contrition

MATH

*Double digit addition using partial sums

*Double digit addition using paper-pencil strategy

*Unit 4 Review

*Unit 4 Assessment

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

~Pre-test Monday; Post-test Friday (unless 98-100 on pretest)

~Goal is three seconds per problem

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Adverbs and Adjectives Review

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah Assessment

*Identify who celebrates each holiday and what is celebrated

*Recognize key symbols of each holiday

WRITING

*Elf Application activity

*Let's Get a Pup! (tradebook)

*Write about a pet or favorite animal

*Sheila Rae the Brave (tradebok)

*Discuss the importance of character development

*Turn into a story about a Christmas chracter

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Week of December 3rd

RELIGION

*Advent begins!

*Identify key symbols of Advent

*Mini-unit on the liturgical seasons of the church

*Recognize meaning and symbols of each season

*Feast of the Immaculate Conception

*Practice the Act of Contrition

MATH

*Double digit addition using partial sums

*Double digit addition using paper-pencil strategy

*Explorations

*Time Tests continue ~ weekly practice

~Pre-test Monday; Post-test Friday (unless 98-100 on pretest)

~Goal is three seconds per problem

DAILY 5

*Mini-Lesson: Adverbs

*Daily 5 routines

*Guided Reading groups

SOCIAL STUDIES

*Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah

*Identify who celebrates each holiday and what is celebrated

*Recognize key symbols of each holiday

*Play games, art projects and written summaries will be completed for each holiday

WRITING

*Elf Application activity

*I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato (tradebook)

*Generate a likes and dislikes list

*Turn into a story

*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation

Advent begins December 2nd...