Amy Monheiser

Week of: May 20th-23rd

Hello!  Welcome to second grade! I hope that you had a fantastic summer!  Are you just as excited to start the new school year as I am?  Our classroom will be a place where we will discover many interesting things, do amazing projects, and build our confidence as we grow as readers, writers, mathematicians and so much more. I am so grateful to be starting this journey with you and your student. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• ART is our rotation for STEAM this week! Friday specials this week: None
• Please send your student with a labeled water bottle, and a nut free snack daily.
• To avoid lost or broken student items please leave toys and personal items at home.
• Please label all student items with your students name & grade level.
• Dress for the weather!  Don't forget labeled coats, hats and gloves when necessary.

• Here is the link to order books for your child: https://orders.scholastic.com/R2QKP
• Our class code is: R2QKP

Upcoming:

• Field Day Pre-K- 2nd: Monday, May 20th from 8:20-9:45
• Last Day of School Half Day: Thursday, May 23rd dimissal at 11:30
• End of Year Party: Thursday, May 23rd 10:00-11:15

HOMEWORK THIS WEEK: 

• Mrs. Monheiser's Math Skill Group Homework: No homework! 
• Mrs. Monheiser's Reading Skill Group: No homework!

WEEKLY CURRICULUM:

Math: Saxon Lesson 

Wonders: 

We will be reading:

Grammar:

Shurley Grammar 

• Chapter 1: Five Parts of the Complete Sentence
• Chapter 2 : Nouns & Verbs
• Chapter 3: Adverbs
• Chapter 4: Adjectives
• Chapter 5: Article Adjectives
• Chapter 6: Declarative & Subject/ Predicate
• Chapter 7: Preposition/ Object of the Preposition
• Chapter 8: Modification of Object of the Preposition
• Chapter 9: Multiple Prepostions in a Sentence
• Chapter 10: Subject Pronoun
• Chapter 11: Possessive Pronoun
• Chapter 12: Helping Verbs
• Chapter 13: Possesive Nouns
• Chapter 14: Object Pronoun
• Chapter 15: Exclamatory Sentence

Writing:

Current Writing Topic: Informational Writing

History:

Science: 

•  The life cycle: birth, growth, reproduction, death
• Reproduction in plants and animals
• From seed to seed with a plant
• From egg to egg with a chicken
• From egg to frog
• From butterfly to butterfly: metamorphosis 

Daily Schedule Room 224

SPECIALS & STEAM Schedule:

Steam schedule will rotate weekly. 

STEAM:

SPECIALS: 

Parent Resources:

Please be sure your student is reading twenty minutes each night.  I know this seems like a lot of work but it will pay off in the long run!

DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored through out.  You will be receiving the results in Thursday folders after each benchmark.

• Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels