Welcome to 2-2

for the Week of

November 18, 2019

*The book order envelopes for our class book should be returned ASAP even if you are not ordering a book.

*Field trip to the Bellmore Firehouse has been rescheduled for  Thursday, 11/21; new permission slips will go home on Monday.

*A Study Guide for our Science Test on Animal Habitats will go home this week.  A test is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/27.

*Please donate to both the Food Drive  by November 25th (Grade 2-boxed potatoes) 

*Advent Lessons & Carols - Wed., December 4th

*Please continue to sign and review all homework and the green notebook each day.  Check your child's Take Home Folder each day. Test folders go home on Tuesday.

Weekly News

RELIGION
The children will continue working in their Reconcilation books.  Our focus this week is how we are healed through the forgiveness of our sins.  Please continue to pray the Hail Mary daily in honor of Our Blessed Mother. 

The Reconciliation book will go home for your review on Friday; please return it on Monday.

MATH
This week we will review all place value concepts covered so far; a test will be given on this material on Wed., 11/20. 

READING
This week we will be introduced to fables, as we share our two selections this week titled, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "Wolf, Wolf".  A reading comprehension test on this material will be given on Friday, 11/22.  Remember to record the 15 minutes of daily reading in the reading log and return to school each Friday. 

PHONICS
Please refer to the handout from Phonics Unit 5 sent home last Monday.  This week we will learn introduce the new suffixes -ful, -ment,-ness, -en,-ish,-able and use them to write multisyllabic words. 

SPELLING
There will be a spelling test on this Friday on these new new words: 
1. place, 2. barge, 3. trace, 4. ice, 5. bulge, 6. badge, 7. space, 8. range, 9. mice,
10. cage, 11. only, 12. house, 13. out, 14. wash, 15. saw 

GRAMMAR
The students will learn how to identify and use proper nouns. 

WRITING
The children will work on a writing activity, "Pilgrim Postcard - My Mayflower Journey" based on what they have learned. 

HEALTH
We will discuss how we can prevent fires and how to stay safe and escape if a fire should happen at home or school.  

SCIENCE
We will review land and water habitats for the test on November 27th.