Week 6
Sept. 29 - Oct. 3

Wow, how time flies. This is the last week of the first grading period. Next week your 2nd graders will be coming home with their first report card with letter grades. What a big kid concept. Please spend a little time celebrating them and their hard work. I am proud of all my hard workers.  This week will taking tests in reading, math, and social studies. 

This year math has been difficult. The state of Texas has updated the TEKS (objectives) the students are learning about. It has been a little jump for us, but we are working hard and will get there. I am so proud of my students for doing and bring in their math homework. If you and your child have a busy evening please don't stress, just work on the math homework the next night. My goal is practice. 

Last week in math we started working on money. Please continue to work on this concept with your child. Try playing trading up, we will start this game this week. 

Trade up  (make it fun)

1. give your child a handful of coins (start with a small amount and more as needed)

2. organize them

3. trade them (example: 2 nickels for a dime)

4. count them

5. write the amount in dollar form and coin form ($.43 and 43¢)

Upcoming Events at Carson

Thank you to all the parents for volunteering to help out with our carnival booth (dunking booth) at Carson's upcoming Carnival. I will be sending home a schedule this week. We are still in need of parents to volunteer for baked items for the Cake walk and money or items for the 2nd grade Tailgating basket. 

This Week

Reading 
prepositions and prepositional words
- check out you-tube Schoolhouse Rock prepositions
Fiction and Nonfiction
What is a biography?

Math
odd and even
odd/even rules with adding and subtracting
even + even=even
odd+odd=even
odd+even=odd
(awesome way to check your work)

What words tell us to add or subtract?

Science
sources of light
sound

Social Studies
reading a map/globe
tools on a map
what are continents and oceans
-check out you-tube "Continents & Oceans" rap

Spelling Words
drunk
chunk
skunks
junk
shrunk
fly
sky
dry
cry
try
lucky
before
picture
why
here

Check out this awesome work! We were comparing two versions of Little Red Riding Hood. Lots of details!