Mrs. Maruri-Cox 2nd Grade

Remember to do your 7 lessons in Dreambox each week! 
Food Pantry for February: Powdered Milk/Parmalat
Food Pantry for March:  Peanut Butter

1. Reading-  test Tuesday on Head, Body, Legs (return books on TUESDAY)
2. Math - LB pg. 120
3. Spelling - worksheet, test tomorrow
4. Grammar -  worksheet pg. 37 ONLY
5. Scholastic. - due tom.
6. Religion- pgs. 242 and 312 due Mon., Lent and Easter test Mon.
7. Social St. - States project due Tues. April 18th

 

       Wednesday, March 29th

1. Reading-  test Tuesday on Head, Body, Legs (return books on TUESDAY)
2. Math - LB pg. 118
3. Spelling - sentences for #11-20, test Friday
4. Soc. St. -  worksheet pg. 41
5. Scholastic. - due Friday

Tuesday, March 28

1. Phonics-  pg. 186
2. Math - LB pg. 117
3. Spelling - sentences for #1-10
4. Soc. St. -  worksheet pg. 40
5. Religion- worksheet due tom, Ch. 15 test tom. (return book tom.)
6. Scholastic. -  due Friday
 

Monday,  March 27th

1. Reading-  wksheet pg. 179 ONLY
2. Math - LB pg. 116
3. Spelling - 3x
4. Soc. St. -  worksheet pg. 39 ONLY
5. Religion- worksheet due Wed, Ch. 15 test Wed. (return book on Wed.)


PLEASE RETURN MASS CARD--whether you went to Mass or not!


  

**Metal water bottles will not be allowed in class**

          ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN COMPLETE SCHOOL UNIFORM STARTING OCTOBER 17th
            (vest/sweater, NO shorts)          

  Spelling: Lesson 28

1. cupcake                6. sometime           11. butterfly             16. grandfather
2. into                        7. maybe               12. anything            17. together
3. bulldog                  8. herself               13. airplane             18. hard
4. bedroom               9. football               14. seafood            19. more
5. without               10. sidewalk             15. raincoat             20. start

Reading Vocab: Head, Body, Legs: A Story From Liberia  

1. attached- fastened, stuck to something  
2. delicious- pleasing or delightful to taste or smell
3. dreamed- a series of thoughts, pictures or feelings happening while you are sleeping
4. frantically- done in a way that is excited by worry or fear   
5. gasped- said while breathing in suddenly or with effort
6. swung- moved back and forth 
7. tongue- a body part that in your mouth used for tasting, licking and eating  

On this page, I will add links to articles that I think parents would find interesting.  If you come across an article that you think others would find helpful, please email it to me :)

Back to School Apps to Help Parents Help their Kids
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/back-school-apps-parents-kids/story?id=33905575
 
Why Writing By Hand Could Make You Smarter
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201303/why-writing-hand-could-make-you-smarter
 
Benefits of Cursive
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children-to-learn-cursive/the-benefits-of-cursive-go-beyond-writing
 
M is for Monkeybars: Getting Ready for Writing
http://movingsmartblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/m-is-for-monkeybars-getting-ready-for.html
 
How Much Sleep Do Children Need?
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/sleep-children
 
Avoiding Homework Wars
http://www.greatschools.org/students/homework-help/745-avoiding-homework-wars.gs
 
How Parents Can Help Their Children With Homework
http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_homework.html
 
Parents Guide to the Common Core
https://www.engageny.org/parent-guides-to-the-common-core-standards
 
How to Help Your Child in School
http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/articles/44-proven-ideas-parents-can-use-to-help-their-children-do-better-in-school.htm
 
Raising Readers
http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/articles/raising-readers.htm
 
High Expectations Encourage Achievement
http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_expectations.html
 
Tips to Encourage All Readers
http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_readtips.html
 
Improving Your Child's Performance in the Second Half of the Year
http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_improvingperf.html
 
Organizational Skills
http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_organize.html
 
The United Front Between Parents & Teachers
http://www.sylviarimm.com/article_united-parent-teacher.html