Week of 11/20/17

Happy Thanksgiving!

I was so proud of all of 2A at the concert on Thursday. It was a joy to hear all of their beautiful voices. Thank you all for the wonderful year thus far. I could not have done it without all of the support you lend to our class. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

-Ms. Castillo

A glance at our coming two full days: 

R&R WEEKEND ahead!  
(If your child will be missing learning time in class please email me) 

Math: 

• Practice multiplication facts for 3
• Solve word problems for x3 or x2 

ELA: 

• Tuesday will be our Cricket in Times Square / Ancient China celebration! 
• NO Spelling Words these 2 days

• Writing- Steps in the writing process.  

•  Reading Comprehension
• NO Fluency or Reading Comprehension Packets these 2 days

• Idiom and Proverbs Review from Q1 and Q2

• POEM:

Title: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas    

Author: Clement C. Moore 

Recite: Friday, December 1^st

Each child was assign a single stanza to recite. 

Vocabulary TO REVIEW AT HOME and IN-CLASS:  ‘Twas (It was); stirring (moving or walking); nestled (settled in snugly); sugar-plums (small balls of candy); coursers (swift horses); dash(move quickly); twinkling (as used: as short amount of time); bound(leap); tarnished (discolored); pedlar (British version of peddler; someone who travels around selling things); droll (comical); clatter (loud noise); flash (sudden display of light); mid-day (noon); dread(fear); ‘ere (before)

Science:

• The 5 steps in the Digestion Process (Step 2: The Esophagus)  

• Please note: The Simple machine assignment part 3 went home Wednesday 11/17  and is due December 6th. This is considered a rough draft for the written portion that will be turned in with the final project. 

History: 

• Students will define democracy 

• Students will identify Athens as the birthplace of democracy 

• Students will understand some aspects of Athenian democracy

Scholastic Book Orders:

November book orders and a special holiday book order catalog have gone out. I have received orders from a few of your. All book orders are due on November 30th to ensure that they arrive before winter break. If you would like to order books for your child as a present, I can wrap your books in a brown bag to ensure that they do not see them ahead of time. Please just send me an email after you place your order saying you would like the books to remain a secret. To order, go to the following website and enter our class code to order:

http://clubs.scholastic.com

 Class access code: R7VTX