spelling words for the week of November 27th

basketball

 someone

 weekend

 something

 birthday

riverbank

 bathtub

 backyard

 driveway

 bedtime

 raindrop

 mailbox

Quick Reminders:

*  Pen pals will be visiting next Wednesday!!!
*  Report cards come out tomorrow.
*  Be looking for our creative Thanksgiving writings coming home.
*  2nd grade is responsible for bringing in toothpaste or any toiletry items to fill baskets to go to the elderly              for Christmas.  The class with the most items brought in gets an ice-cream party!

Happy Thanksgiving

Just a reminder that it is a short week this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday.  There are only two full days of school - Monday and Tuesday.  Wednesday is a two hour abbreviated day.  We will not start a new story or any new content this week.  We will take this time to review and enjoy Thanksgiving activities.  We hope that each one of you enjoy this time with your family and enjoy every moment.  Take this time to make memories.

{Spelling reminders}

Please make sure your child is doing 3 things with the spelling words each week. They are spelling sentences, 5 times each, and ABC order.  They are due on every Friday of each week.  Please make sure each assignment is on its own paper.

Week of November 7th

Here are the spelling words for the week of November 7th.  They all have a long e that is spelled -ee or --ea.  Please make sure you help your child with this pattern.  A link is below to help your child study for their words by playing battleship.  Happy studying!

1.  read
2.  feel
3.  easy
4.  deep
5.  seat
6.  party
7.  wheel
8.  leave
9.  windy
10. sleep
11. teeth
12. team

bonus:
13. wreath
14. season
15. eagle



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Bats!

We made a KWL chart this week on bats.  The kids done great with this and I think we all learned something.  The thing that the kids found most interesting was the fact that a bat is a mammal.  We had a great discussion on mammals and I loved seeing all of the information the kids brought in on mammals.  We are definitely going to spend some more time on it next week.

Pumpkin Estimation

 Thursday was tons of fun outside estimating and counting pumpkin seeds.  How many seeds would you think a pumpkin of this size would have?

                                        

The kids were quick to give their estimate and one student got pretty close.

 We took the seeds out and grouped them in tens so that we could count them more easily.  I was surprised at the number of kids who didn't like touching the inside of the pumpkin.

 Some, didn't mind touching it at all :)

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pumpkin seeds

Caden made the best estimation...way to go Caden!!!

After counting, we cast votes as to how we would carve our pumpkin.

Here is what the class voted on...