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Mrs. Doonan's Class
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Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update May21st-May 25th
Upcoming Dates -May 24th Go the Distance -May 28th No school -June 6th Open House -June 7th and 8th Life cycle Plays 2:15pm -June 12th Class Party
-June 13th Last Day of School (Minimum Day)
Weekly Highlights Monday: Spanish, PE, Computers Tuesday: Spanish, Music, Play practice
Wednesday: Spanish, PE, Play practice
Thursday: Go the Distance, Spanish, Library, Friday: Go the Distance, Play Practice
Language Arts Spelling: No Spelling-Assessments Writing: Students will finish recording and adding pictures to their life cycle podcasts. They will begin the early writing stages for creating their very own madeup insect.
Life cycle Play We will be performing our 2nd grade Life Cycle Play in June. We will have a Parent show on Friday June 8th at 2:15pm. We will also have a practice play for other classes on June 7th at 2:15. Parents are welcome to join that one as well. If you are interested in helping out with the choreography or costumes, please let Mrs. Grannes or me know. Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update May14th-May 18th “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.“ Voltaire
Weekly Highlights Monday: Spelling pretest, Spanish, PE, Computers Tuesday: Podcasts, Spanish, Music, Play practice
Wednesday: Podcasts, Spanish, PE, Play practice
Thursday: Podcasts, Spanish, Library, Play practice Friday: Play Practice, Build a bug
Thank you Thank you for all of the wonderful cards, notes, and goodies! I feel very appreciated and extremely lucky to have the opportunity to teach your children. I am going to miss them all very much!
Language Arts Spelling: Long o sounds: oo, ew, ue, u_e Writing: Students will finish recording and adding pictures to their life cycle podcasts. They will begin the early writing stages for creating their very own madeup insect. Reading: We are currently reading Magic School Bus Butterfly Battle.
Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update May4thth-May 11th
“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” Unknown Writing: Students will continue to research insect/animal’s life cycles. Most of this will be done in class. Your child may request help on research. We will be turning their research papers into really great podcasts! We will also begin our insect creations! Reading: We are currently reading Magic School Bus Butterfly Battle.
Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update April 23rd-27th
Spelling: this weeks pattern: ou ow Writing: Students will begin choosing an insect/animal’s life cycle to research. Most of this will be done in class. Your child may request help on research. We will be turning their research papers into really great podcasts! Reading: We are currently reading Magic School Bus Insect Invaders. Mrs. Doonan’ Weekly Update April 9th-13th
Language Arts Spelling: this week adding ed and ing. Prefix study: mis-“mistaken” or “wrong” and dis-“apart” or “reverse
Homework Monday: L. 132, read 15 min. Tuesday: read 15 min. Wednesday L. 133, read 15 min. Thursday: Lesson 134, read 15 min. Friday: Lesson 135 (if not completed in class), read 15 min. Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update March 26th- 30
“Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.” William Arthur War
Language Arts Spelling: this week is a review week. We will be review (wr, kn, gh, ph, -ar, -or, ir, soft and hard g and c, and adding –es to words ending in s, x, ch or sh)
Summer Tutoring I will be tutoring this summer on Tuesdays from 8:00-3:30pm. I will add Thursdays to my schedule if there is interest. I was planning on starting June 26th and going until August 14th. Let me know if you are interested. March 19th- 23rd “May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart with gladness, that stays forever after.” Irish proverb
Language Arts Spelling: adding s and es to make words plural. We will also be focusing on the following homophones: there, their they’re, too, to and two Writing: Students will be finishing up their rock/mineral informational reports. They will begin writing a story of their own choice.
IB Planner Next week we will be wrapping up our rocks and mineral unit and transitioning into our unit on life cycles. Students will; - Observe the similarities and differences of the life cycles that different types of living things exhibit.
- Understand the major phases of life cycles of different living things including butterflies, mealworms, silkworms, and plants.
- Describe the changes in the body parts throughout the life cycle.
- Compare and Contrast different life cycles of all living things (plants, animals, & insects).
- Research and create a podcast explaining the life cycle of a plant, animal, or insect.
Life Cycles Play
At the very end of the year, 2nd grade will be putting on the play, “Life Cycles.” In "Life Cycles," students reinforce their study of the reproduction, developmental stages, inherited characteristics, and variations of plants and animals with catchy songs and funny dialogue. Butterflies, frogs, and mice never sounded so good! "Life Cycles" covers the following basic aspects of the biological sciences: metamorphosis; the food chain; shared characteristics; the plant cycle; nourishment (water, food, light); adaptation to the environment. Students will begin practicing the many fun and catchy songs and practicing possible lines. We will spend the month of April learning the play and songs as a class. At the beginning of May, interested students can try out for the main speaking/singing roles. It is a lot of fun but also a great deal of work. If you are interested in helping out with the production, please let us know.
Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update March 12th- 16th
Report cards-are coming home today! Make sure you look them over with your child. Please sign and return envelopes.
Language Arts Spelling: Digraphs: n (kn) w (wr) f (gh, ph) Writing: Students will be working on writing an informative paper about a rock or mineral of their choice. Reading:
Homework Monday: L. 117, read 15 min. Tuesday: L. 118, read 15 min. Wednesday L. 119, read 15 min. Thursday: Lesson 120, read 15 min. Friday: Lesson 121 (if not completed in class), read 15 min. Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update March 5th-March 9th
“Make each day your masterpiece.”
John Wooden
Weekly Highlights
Monday: Spelling pre-test, Jog-a-thon, PE Tuesday: Spanish, Music
Wednesday: Spanish, PE
Thursday: Science Docent, Spanish, Clay artist Friday: Spelling test, Report cards go home! Language Arts Spelling: soft and hard g and c sounds The “g” rule http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_c_1.html The “c” rule http://rbeaudoin333.homestead.com/files/hardSoft_c_g/hard_soft_g_1.html
Writing: Students will be working on writing an informative paper about a rock or mineral of their choice.
Math Weekly Concepts Lesson 113: Creating and Reading a Bar Graph With a Scale of 2 Lesson 114: Identifying Right Angles Lesson 115: Multiplying by 2 Facts Lesson 116: Acting Out and Drawing Pictures for “Equal Groups” Stories Lesson 117: Writing Number Sentences for “Equal Groups” Story Problems
Homework Monday: L. 113, read 15 min. Tuesday: L. 114, read 15 min. Wednesday L. 115, read 15 min. Thursday: Lesson 116, read 15 min. Friday: Lesson 117 (if not completed in class), read 15 min. *Math concepts are getting more difficult. If you child cannot do their homework independently, please let me know. Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update February 27th-March 2nd "There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." — Walt Disney
Language Arts Spelling: R-Controlled vowels-AR words Writing: Writing their version of the story of sand
Math Weekly Concepts Lesson 108: Identifying Parallel Lines and Line Segments Lesson 109: Adding Three-Digit Numbers and Money Amounts, Estimating Sums Lesson 110: Multiplying by 5 Facts Lesson 111: Representing and Writing Mixed Numbers (Part 1) Lesson 112: Representing and Writing Mixed Numbers (Part 2)
Homework Monday: L. 108, read 15 min. Tuesday: L. 109, read 15 min. Wednesday L. 110, read 15 min. Thursday: Lesson 111, read 15 min. Friday: Lesson 112 (if not completed in class), read 15 min. Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update February 13th-17th
“It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.”
Roald Dahl, The Witches
Language Arts Spelling: Long vowel review Writing: Finish rewriting The Magic Pebble
Math Weekly Concepts Lesson 103: Multiplying by 1, Multiplying by 100 Lesson 104: Finding Perimeter Lesson 105 Subtracting 9 Facts Lesson 106 Identifying Activities That Take One Hour, One Minute, and One Second, Telling and Showing Time to the Minute Lesson 107: Counting Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies Showing Money Amounts Using Quarters, Dimes, Nickels, and Pennies
Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update February 6th-10th Language Arts Spelling: Long U Reading: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Writing: Rewriting The Magic Pebble *Spelling word lists and practice sheets/websites can be found on our teacher website. http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/JVonSpreckelsen/spelling.cfm
How We Organize Ourselves: Rocks, Sand and Silt
This week will be starting our brand-new inquiry into Pebbles, Sand and Silt. This includes studying the different properties of rocks, their many uses in our communities and societies around world. The central idea is, “Rocks and minerals influence societies.” Our investigations will provide experiences that heighten students’ curiosity of rocks as earth materials, natural resources, and their uses. They will come to know rocks by many names and in a variety of sizes. Pebbles, Sand and Silt are the same material-just different in size.
Unit highlights -Speaker Geologist Michael Morgan -Guest Clay Artist Eric Peach -Possible Field trip to Nichelson Blown Glass in Auburn -Claymation -Rock/Mineral research report -Amazing rock books, stories and LOT’S AND LOT’S OF HANDS ON ROCK ACTIVITIES!
Math Weekly Concepts Lesson 99: Measuring and Using Feet Lesson 100: Subtracting 8 Facts Lesson 101: Identifying, Describing, and Comparing Geometric Solids (Cone, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder, Rectangular Prism, and Pyramid) Lesson 102: measurement Lesson 103: Multiplying by 1, Multiplying by 100
Mrs. Doonan’s Weekly Update January 30th-February 3rd "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence." -- Helen Keller
2nd Grade
Loomis Basin Charter School
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