Week of: October 20 - 24

Curriculum This Week

Focus Story: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin by Ron
Fridell and Patrica Walsh

Phonics: vowels oo, u

Story Element: Fact and Opinion

Grammar: Collective Nouns

Math: Comparing numbers, even & odd

Science: Arctic Habitat

Social Studies: World Map

Important Dates
This is Library Week!!!!
Please return all library books!!!!!

Thursday, Oct. 23 Riverdale Basketballs Blue
and White Game 3:30

Friday, October 24 Box Tops Due

Friday, October 24 2
nd
Grade Honors Game Day
at 2:15 in the cafeteria: All students with an
E in conduct and/or all As, 3 As & 1 B, or
2 As and 2 Bs on the First Nine Weeks
report cards are invited to play games and
have fun in honor of your hard work!!!!! :)

Spelling Words
1. put 9. pull
2. cook 10. brook
3. stood 11. hook
4. full 12. hood
5. wood 13. pudding
6. July 14. cushion
7. shook 15. footprint
8. push

Happy Birthday

Ella 25 (Wade)

Special Reminders
We will be welcoming Alex Eilers as a guest
speaker on Friday, October 24... Alex is the
Education Manager at The Pink Palace and will be
talking to our second graders about her upcoming
expedition to Antarctica to study seals! Thanks to
Ms. Eilers for sharing her time with our
students!!!!
*Please see this weeks study guides.
Special thank you to all the parents that came on
our field trip! We had a blast & learned a lot=)

If you havent already, please return your photo
proofs. (even if you are not ordering)