James B. Edwards Elementary School The School of Global Leadership Mrs. Duffey’s 2 nd Grade October 2nd, 2017 Important Dates and Upcoming Events: Spelling & Vocab. Test - Friday Oct. 6th World Smiles Day – Friday Oct. 6th Picture Day – (wear your uniform) Wed. Oct. 11 th In class this week: Literacy : I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll Genre: Children’s Literature Vocabulary Strategy : Vocab Dice! Comprehension : Making connections; Drama/Readers Theater Grammar: common and proper nouns Math: addition fluency and addition strategies Vocabulary : addend, add, sum, plus, equation Science: Animals – Caterpillar and mealworms Word Study: blend words with /ng/ spelled ■ng, /nk/ spelled ■nk, and the inflectional ending -ing. From Mrs. Duffey: BOO! Happy almost Halloween! To get us in the “spirit”, we have undergone another room transformation. All our literature this month is connected to a Halloween theme! We will start this month by reading the story “I Need My Monster” by Amanda Noll. This week, we will test out our acting chops as we attempt our first readers theater. We will also learn about common and proper nouns. In Science, we will continue to observe and start to use claim, evidence and reasoning to Vocabulary familiar appear substitute complain quivered inspection Spelling Words yank wing skiddi ng blink swung honkin drizzl e tunnel marvel capita l skepti