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Mrs. Decker
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Online Dictionaries
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Book Orders!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: HH8RP
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Thought...
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained. James A. Garfield |
Math Assessment Friday!
Math Assessment on Friday:
- Counting Money, Making Change
- Reading Temperature on a Thermometer
- Place Value – ones, tens, hundreds and thousands
- Odd or Even
- Ballpark Estimation – finding the closest zero ending whole number to help with addition
- Two Digit Addition – with and without carrying
- Number Patterns – counting by ones and tens
Please work with your student on these concepts at home. J
Behavior
We are working very hard at school lately on our behavior as a class. We are quite talkative, have trouble listening and following directions. Please talk with your child about what is appropriate school behavior versus inappropriate behavior. Also, the issue of respect and kindness are ideas we struggle with as a whole group. I want my dinosaurs to get along and treat one another fairly. Thank you so much dino-parents for your continued support.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Spelling Concern
I am worried about our spelling scores from last week. They were not as good as usual. I realize we had Halloween last weekend and then Election Day on Tuesday, but let's make sure we are expecting and encouraging our students to study their new words each day. :)
Word Wall Words Nov. 8
About
Found
House
Outside
How
Our
Spelling Words Nov. 8
List A | List B | List C |
Ouch | Mouse | Mountain |
Cloud | Proud | Thousand |
Count | South | Empower |
Cow | Grouch | Allowance |
Owl | Flower | Chowder |
Town | Towel | Throughout |
Crown | trowel |
New Vocabulary Words Nov.8
| Grade 2, Theme 3, From Seed to Plant Vocabulary Words | |
| beautiful | very pretty |
| nutrition | food part that is needed for life and growth |
| protects | keeps safe from harm |
| ripens | matures and becomes ready to eat |
| streams | small rivers; brooks |
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
New Vocabulary Words
| Vocabulary Words | |
| frontier | the part of the country at the edge of a settled area |
| nearby | not far away |
| orchards | areas of land where fruit trees are grown |
| survive | stay alive |
| tame | to bring under control or make more gentle |
| wild | in a natural state; not controlled by humans |
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Decker's Dinos Learning Academy
Dear Dino Parents,
In an attempt to reach my students (your children) with greater effect, I am starting an afterschool learning program in our classroom. Basically, twice a week I would like to keep as many students as possible for an hour to practice our reading, writing and math skills. Since the students will have been in school all day already, our afterschool activities will be as fun and exciting as possible. I want to ensure that all of my little dinosaurs succeed in 2nd grade. I am willing to do everything within my power to aid them in their growth and development. In order for your child to participate you must be able to pick them up after the program finishes each day. We will begin our program on November 1st, 2010.
Details:
Mondays – 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Wednesdays – 2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
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