APRIL 11, 2011 MRS. MARTIN & MRS. MILLER 2ND GRADE NEWS & LEARNING FOCUS JANE ADDAMS ELEMENTARY 217.525.3192 Reading : *I Can read fluently. *I Can Summarize to better understand what I read. *I Can read independently for twenty+ minutes daily. This week we will read books about weather and spring time. Also we will read more Patricia Polacco books. Word Work: *I can use Word Wall words correctly: ate, eight, knew, new, their, there, they’re, to, too, two *I Can recognize and define Vocabulary Words: we are working on homophones this week such as : tail, tale, plane, plain, sail, sale, whole, hole, there, they’re, their *I Can spell words with one or more silent consonants: flight, naughty, kneel, knew, crumb, thumb Math: *I Can tell how to add three- digit number. *I Can tell how to find the missing part of a number sentence with three-digit numbers. *I Can tell howto subtract with three-digit numbers. Writing : *I Can use correct punctuation and capital letters in my writing. *I Can write an opening and closing. *I Can tell the beginning, middle, and end of a narrative story. *I Can add interesting details to my writing. *I Can write three paragraphs. Social Studies/ Science/Health: *I can tell what income and trading are. *I Can tell about different kinds of weather. *I Can collect data and make a graph. *I Can tell the temperature and make predictions about the weather.