January 14thth, 2013 ( Group 21) January 21st (Group 22)

This week in grade two.....

Meet Flat StanleyJ	Home reading. Read chapter 2 of Flat Stanley. Please do not leave the book at home .  We will be reading other chapters at school Study Spelling words Qu and Rr. Read Canadian Anthem in English and French.   http://www.flatstanleybooks.com/
Monday-Friday	Language Arts:  Write a summary of   chapter one and two of Flat Stanley. Write five sentences using your spelling words.
	Math: Complete math sheet on graphs.
	Math drill do one each night. Don’t forget to time yourselfJ
Have fun learning about Stanley on lineJ Please see blog.	All homework is due on Friday. Chapter two reading should be done by Tuesday.
Friday	Spelling Test and Math drill.   Have a great week! Grade Two teachersJ

Money and graphs

           Graph websites:  http://www.allentownsd.org/Page/3366
follow the links on the right hand side of the page
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
http://www.bobsedulinks.com/math/math2_34.htm



Money websites:
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi?A1=s&A14=medium&country%5Bcan%5D.x=43&country%5Bcan%5D.y=20

http://www.quia.com/mc/4918.html
http://www.aaamath.com/B/g1_coinv.htm#section2
http://www.aaamath.com/B/g110_cx1.htm#section2
http://www.aaamath.com/B/mny313x6.htm#section2
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/online/money.php


Have a great week:)
Mrs. Tsimiklis

 

This week in grade two....

Homework for Week of December 17th and

Homework for Week of January 7th

 
Christmas Link: http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/online_christmas_games.htm

Language Arts

Read Animals in Winter and vowels poem
Write a summary of your favourite book.
Study spelling words letter Oo and Pp.
Write five sentences using the new spelling words.

Mathematics

Links on graphs
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/mathdata.html
http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/math-games/graph-and-tally.html
Complete math sheet on graphs.
No math drill this week.

Dear Parents,

Have fun reading together , playing board games, educational games and enjoy all the wonderful things the holidays have to offer.

The more the children read…...the more they learn….the more they grow….the more they discover…and oh the confidence they acquire!

 I would like to thank you for your continuous support and encouragement. Your children are very important to me and I am proud of all their accomplishments.

May the holiday season fill your home with joy, your heart with love and your life with laughter.

Wishing you all the best for the New Year.
 

Warm Regards,

Mrs. Irene Tsimiklis

This week in Grade two.....

Homework for December 3rd.... Group 21

Homework for December 10th..... Group 22

 Christmas games:    http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/online_christmas_games.htm

Language Arts

Read the story World Holidays

Read the holiday words.

Study spelling words Ll, Mm and Nn

Write 5 sentences using your new words.

Write Summary for the story World Holidays or The Perfect Little Christmas Tree from Abra in Students' stories section.

Mathematics

Complete Fact Families sheets

Complete representing numbers 4 different ways sheet.

No Math drill this week:)

Math Outline for test:

Students have been working on the following concepts:

Fact families

Place Value:  Representing numbers in tens and ones.

Odd and even numbers

Ordering numbers from smallest to largest and largest to smallest

Ordinal numbers 1st, 5th etc...

Test will be on Friday.

Math websites for practice:)

http://www.funbrain.com/ofm/index.html

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-2/place-value-models-tens-and-ones
http://mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates2/
http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/CatchTen.html
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/FactFamily1.html

Ordering numbers:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=ChristmasYr1 
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers

 

This week in Grade two....

Language Arts

Home Reading. Reader's theatre: Where the wild thing are

No spelling words this week due to short week.

Read the story The Little Red Hen on Abra.  Write a summary of the story.

Mathematics

Use the websites provided to practice fact families and Place value.

Complete one math drill each night.

Complete math sheet on tens and ones.

http://www.funbrain.com/ofm/index.html

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-2/place-value-models-tens-and-ones
http://mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates2/
http://www.learningbox.com/Base10/CatchTen.html

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/FactFamily1.html

 

Have a great weekJ

Homework Nov. 5th-16th,2012

This week in grade two....

Language Arts

Read Where The Wild Things Are.
Write a book report on this story.
Study Spelling words, I, J and K (knot, knew, know, knee)
Write five sentences using your spelling words.

Mathematics

Drill sheet-one each night.
Complete math sheet on fact families.

On line Math
Fact Families
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/subtraction/03-number-families-subtraction-lesson-01.html

Base blocks
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_3_t_2.html

Have a great week.
Mrs. Tsimiklis

This week in grade two....

 

 

 

Homework Oct. 22nd-Nov. 2nd, 2012

Halloween Fun website:

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/Holidays/Halloween.html

The students are learning about estimation.

Here are a few things they will try to figure out this week:

Can you try to guess how many smarties are in jar #1 and #3?
Can you estimate how many jelly beans are in jar #2 and jar #4?
Students will have a chance to make some estimations this week. 
The winners will get to take the candy home:)) Good Luck to all:)

 

Language Arts

Read Halloween poems and Halloween words.
Study spelling words Gg and Hh.
Write five sentences using the new spelling words.

Mathematics

Complete one drill sheet each night.
Study math facts up to plus 4.
Complete math problem sheet.

Please sign up for Classdojo  
www.classdojo.com

This week in grade two....

I can move like........

Oct 9th- 19th , 2012

Every Night	Language Arts Home reading. Read new story I can move like on abracadabra. The username is the child’s name and the password is your address. (or 123).   If you do not have internet access please advise me so I can give you a hard copy of the assignment. Study power word letter Ee and Ff. Write five sentences using your new spelling words.
Tuesday-Friday	Mathematics Review math concepts taught this month.  Please refer to math outline. Complete one math drill sheet per night. Make sure to time yourself. Please do not do the Friday column as it will always be used as a quiz.
	Math Test this week ( please note that all the concepts were covered in class..just look overJ) Please note fact families concept will not be in the test!
	Read Math vocabulary words for problems solving.
Friday Hope you had a great ThanksgivingJ	Spelling test on Friday. Have a great weekend.

 

                            

 

Homework information on:  http://mrstsimiklis.blogspot.com

Math outline is on blog, too. 

 

Math Outline

This month we covered:

-Patterns. Creating a pattern

-Growing and shrinking pattern. (Increasing or decreasing)

Example:  complete the following patterns

                  2, 4, 6, 8 ___

                  10, 13, 16, 19, ___

                  20, 25, 30, ____

-Attributes in a pattern.

 (How the pattern is changing size, shape, colour etc…)

-Pattern core:  which part of the pattern repeats?

-counting by 10’s, 2’s, 3’s and 5’s

Digits:  0, 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

-Recognizing one digit and two digit numbers.

 

 5= one digit

25= two digit

 

 

Addition and Subtraction:

Doubles

Plus one

Plus 2

Example:  7 +7 =

                  8+2 =

                  50+1=

 

Problem Solving:

-Using T-charts to solve complex problems

Example:

If I am making 7 toy tricycles, how many wheels will I need?

 

Tricycles                                     Wheels

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