Pride goeth before the fall.....

I was so proud of myself for posting last week's homework on the Friday before. Little did I know there was a glich somewhere and the listing never posted. My apologies! The kids did remarkably well considering no homework was posted. I didn't even know there was a problem until today (Thursday!) I guess they're more independent than I thought!

Anyway, here, I promise is the homework for May 4- 8.

Monday - Please write the following vocabulary words in descriptive sentences.

• surface – the outside part of something – noun
• spacecraft – a vehicle for traveling into space – noun
• lunar – relating to the moon – adjective
• visible – able to be seen - adjective
• footprint – a mark made by a foot – noun
• discovered – found or learned for the first time - verb

Tuesday - Please read the Weekly Reader called, The Buzz about Honey, and complete the activity on the back page.

Wednesday - Please practice reading from a book you'd like to share with the class. Remember, we'd like to hear you read from a book you can read fluently.

Thursday - Please write the following spelling words three times each.

regular: camp, wagon, cave, gift, cent, gym, face, gem, girl, germ
review: knot, wrist frequency: against, true, half

Friday - Please read the rubric (description of requirements) for our recycling project.

Thank you to those of you who complimented us on our recent publication, All about the Earth. That project was a very big deal for us and we're proud of the result!

Wow, What a Weekend!

I'm sorry the original posting didn't go through. It's 7:00 on Thursday night, but if your child is still trying to find a spelling list (even though they should have one in their home folder from Monday's pretest) here it is!

Spelling words for the May 1st posttest:
regular: knee, knife, knot, gnaw, sign, wrist, wren, thumb, lamb, debt
review: alone, idea frequency: certain, field, hundred

Again, I apologize for the confusion.

Lanie Groff

April Showers

We were so lucky to have such nice weather over vacation. Now I guess we're in for a little rain, but we sure need it! The kids all told entertaining tales about their vacations today, Mr. Rey from the Department of Conservation talked to us about the importance of trees, and perhaps best of all we welcomed Mrs. Sperry back!

Here are the homework assignments for April 20-24.

Monday - Please write the following vocabulary words in descriptive sentences.

• vast - very large in size or amount - adjective
• oceans - very large bodies of salt water - noun
• areas - certain spaces, regions, or sections - noun
• voyage - a long trip by water, over land, or through space - noun
• planet - a huge object that travels around the sun - noun

Tuesday - Please read the Weekly Reader Objects in Space and complete the activity on the back cover page.

Wednesday - Please practice reading from a book of your choice to share in class.

Thursday - Please write the following spelling words three times each. Explain the schwa sound to your parents!

Regular words: alone, agree, ago, above, again, awake, away, idea, alike, comma

Review words: noise, broil

Frequency words: finally, notice, morning

Friday - Start planning your science fair project. See information below.

The NCS Math, Science, Technology Fair will be Wednesday, May 13. All second graders will be entering as part of a mandatory science grade. Each second grade student may choose to do one of the following:

• Design a usable item out of materials that would normally have been thrown away. Examples include banks and birdhouses made out of soda or detergent bottles, but try to be more imaginative!
• Enter your own project idea independently. You'll need to complete the online MST Fair form on the homepage of the school web site. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Report cards will come home Thursday!

Homework for April 6 - 9

Monday - Please write the following vocabulary in descriptive sentences.

• gathered – brought together, collected, verb
• agreed – to have shared the same opinion with someone else –verb
• randomly – without a plan or purpose, adverb
• jabbing – poking with something pointed, verb
• signal – a sign that gives a command, noun

Tuesday - Please read Weekly Reader, "Kids Dig In" and complete the activity on the back cover.

Wednesday - Please write the following spelling words three times each.

regular: soil, broil, moist, point, boil, oil, toy, joy, soy, royal
review: down, house frequency: pulled, voice, travel

Thursday - Have a wonderful Spring Break! Happy Easter!

I'll see you April 20th!