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2B's Week - at- a - Glance
Mrs. Humphries
January 5-9, 2009
Religion:
Chapter 7: We Are Called to Reconciliation The vocabulary words are: reconciliation (p. 83) and grace (p.87). We will be practicing the receiving of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. St. Joseph Parish First Penance is scheduled for Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.
Math:
Chapter 4: Money. We will solve problems by using data from a picture, and begin to explore how to make change. We will review what we've learned about money in Chapter 4. The Chapter 4 TEST is scheduled for Thursday, January 8, 2009.
SKIP COUNTING: All year the students will be learning to skip count or reviewing what they've learned. Skip counting helps when doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fast facts. Students will learn to think and visualize in groups. They will learn to use and recognize valuable number patterns. We will learn how to skip count by 9s: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 80, 99, 108.
S. Studies & Science
Social Studies: Unit on Landforms and Water on earth.
Health Class will take the place of Science Class for the second marking period.
Phonics
Long E made with ey or y: Chimney, monkey, donkey, ninety, twenty. All of our spelling words this week have the ey or y at the end of them.
Grammar
Unit 2: NOUNS and Descriptive Writing. A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. We will learn how to form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant and Y. We will also learn that some nouns change their spelling to name more than one: man/men, woman/women, child/children, mouse/mice, foot/feet, tooth/teeth. We will cover singular and plural possessive nouns. These nouns show who or what owns something: Examples-The bird's song is beautiful (singular possessive) The mice's feet are tiny! (plural possessive). We'll review the proper punctuation in writing a friendly letter (comma after the greeting and closing . We will have our Noun Unit TEST on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.
Reading
Nine-In-One, GRR! Grr!
Author This is a folk tale from Laos. It's been adapted by Cathy Spagnoli
Skills Using a Dictionary, Cause and Effect, Synonyms
Vocabulary earth forget
lonely
memory mountain
wonderful
Spelling Test on Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
baby
every
happy
key
lady
many
money
party

penny
tiny

NOTES:
January 2009 Calendars will be coming home Monday, January 5, 2009.
Gym is Tuesday: Please remember to have your child wear his/her P.E. uniform on Tuesday.
Reading Dogs will be here on Tuesday, January 6, 2009.
Library is on WEDNESDAY. All the children returned their books before the Christmas break. Good job!!
Sub Day is Wednesday, January 7, 2009 (if you ordered).
Hot Lunch resumes Thursday, January 8, 2009 for all those who ordered.
Friday, January 9, 2009 is a D.D.D. Please remember your .50 cents.
If you have any questions you may contact me at: bhumphries@sjsmch.org, or call the school office at 766-2564 and leave me a voice mail at Extension 417. You may also write a note and send it in with your child.

Religion:	Chapter 7: We Are Called to Reconciliation The vocabulary words are: reconciliation (p. 83) and grace (p.87). We will be practicing the receiving of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. St. Joseph Parish First Penance is scheduled for Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.
Math:	Chapter 4: Money. We will solve problems by using data from a picture, and begin to explore how to make change. We will review what we've learned about money in Chapter 4. The Chapter 4 TEST is scheduled for Thursday, January 8, 2009. SKIP COUNTING: All year the students will be learning to skip count or reviewing what they've learned. Skip counting helps when doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fast facts. Students will learn to think and visualize in groups. They will learn to use and recognize valuable number patterns. We will learn how to skip count by 9s: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 80, 99, 108.
S. Studies & Science	Social Studies: Unit on Landforms and Water on earth. Health Class will take the place of Science Class for the second marking period.
Phonics	Long E made with ey or y: Chimney, monkey, donkey, ninety, twenty. All of our spelling words this week have the ey or y at the end of them.
Grammar	Unit 2: NOUNS and Descriptive Writing. A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. We will learn how to form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant and Y. We will also learn that some nouns change their spelling to name more than one: man/men, woman/women, child/children, mouse/mice, foot/feet, tooth/teeth. We will cover singular and plural possessive nouns. These nouns show who or what owns something: Examples-The bird's song is beautiful (singular possessive) The mice's feet are tiny! (plural possessive). We'll review the proper punctuation in writing a friendly letter (comma after the greeting and closing . We will have our Noun Unit TEST on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.
Reading	Nine-In-One, GRR! Grr!
Author	This is a folk tale from Laos. It's been adapted by Cathy Spagnoli
Skills	Using a Dictionary, Cause and Effect, Synonyms
Vocabulary	earth	forget	lonely	memory	mountain	wonderful
Spelling Test on Friday, Jan. 9, 2009	baby every	happy key	lady many	money party	penny tiny
NOTES:
	January 2009 Calendars will be coming home Monday, January 5, 2009. Gym is Tuesday: Please remember to have your child wear his/her P.E. uniform on Tuesday. Reading Dogs will be here on Tuesday, January 6, 2009. Library is on WEDNESDAY. All the children returned their books before the Christmas break. Good job!! Sub Day is Wednesday, January 7, 2009 (if you ordered). Hot Lunch resumes Thursday, January 8, 2009 for all those who ordered. Friday, January 9, 2009 is a D.D.D. Please remember your .50 cents. If you have any questions you may contact me at: bhumphries@sjsmch.org, or call the school office at 766-2564 and leave me a voice mail at Extension 417. You may also write a note and send it in with your child.