Ms. Earner's Blog

It is our last full week of school! Can you believe it? We are busy finishing things up. Today, we start our last spelling unit. The 15 words this week are sail, cloth, horn, chore, crush, doorstep, thing, pancake, shack, sale, already, buy, nothing, piece, and used. Also, we'll be testing in phonics tomorrow and Wednesday. We will take the test in two parts. Part one is on base words, suffixes, & prefixes. Wednesday, we'll test on symomyms, antonyms & homonyms. For reading, we'll read our last 2 stories of the year. "Wicker School Takes Action" & "City Green." Also, just a quick reminder that this will be the last week for May Accelerated Reading stickers. Most of the children have them done already, but there are some students who have not taken any tests yet. In math, we will look at fractions. Finally, we'll have the unit 6 social studies test tomorrow, vocab quiz on Wednesday. Study guides were sent home over the weekend. Enjoy the holiday weekend! If you have any questions, please let me know.

Ms. Earner

We will be having our final test in social studies on Tuesday, vocab quiz on Wednesday. Things to study: vocab. on p. 246 & 247, American landmarks p. 264-267, holidays on p. 256 & 257, how to read a diagram p. 276 & 277, finally know how to read a calendar p. 262 & 263. The book will be going home with the students over the weekend along with a study guide. GOOD LUCK!

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Earner

We are almost done with second grade! I can't believe it. A couple more weeks left to tie up loose ends. Even though school is almost out, it is still important for the kids to do their best everyday. We're almost there...

In phonics, we will discuss homonyms, have a short quiz tomorrow on symomyms, antonyms & homonyms, and review high frequency words. We will finish up the unit and test sometime next week. The test will be on base words, adding on a suffix, use prefixes to make new words, what is the meaning of the word, synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. We will take the test in two parts on two different days. This is our last unit in phonics!!! The 15 spelling words are inside, myself, bedroom, football, birthday, downtown, baseball, cannot, outside, into, also, group, soon, though, and tried. The two reading stories are "A Good Idea" and "Annie's Gifts." In social studies, we will finish up our last chapter "People and Places in History." The test will be sometime next week. More details to follow. I'm thinking test Tuesday, vocab. quiz Wednesday. We'll see how the week goes. Just a quick reminder that the students will be at the zoo on Wednesday. Please remember students are to wear their gym uniform, and bring a brown bag lunch. Friday is Falcon Idol. That's all for right now, I think. If you have any questions, please let me know. Enjoy the week!!!

Ms. Earner

We will be having our final english test on unit 11 Tuesday May 11th & Thursday May 13th. A study guide will be going home this weekend, along with the book. The test will include: pick out the adverb in a sentence, does the adverb tell when, where or how, find the book title that is written correctly, choose the meaning of the underlined word (suffixes), write the meaning of the underlined word and rewrite a sentence with a book title. We should finish up at the end of this week, and we'll be going over the material in class Monday. Just a quick reminder that Friday is May Crowning @ 11:00, children dismiss at 11:45. Also, I just wanted to say how proud I am of your children. They did an amazing job Saturday during Communion. Thanks for all you do everyday for them!

Ms. Earner

It is already the last week of April. Summer will be here before you know it. We continue on with our busy schedule leading up to Communion! We will not be having any major tests this week. Just the spelling test & reading quiz. Our 15 spelling words are shine, rush, shoe, cash, short, dash, bush, shore, wash, shout, above, few, kept, number, sound. The homework story this Wednesday is "Lemonade for Sale." Also, please remember this is the last week for April Accelerated stickers. We are really doing a great job getting ready for Communion. Their singing is getting better each day. I'm very proud of each and every child. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday. Please make sure your child is here no later than 10:30. Have a great week!!!

Ms. Earner

Happy Monday! First of all, I'd like to thank you for all the wonderful cards, gifts and birthday wishes. It was much appreciated! These last weeks of the school year are going to be busy! We have so much going on in the classroom along with Communion practices. Our schedules are becoming a little more crazy as each day goes on. So, please be patient. In spelling, we only have 10 words because of the reading unit test. The words are for, more, corn, or, door, fork, horse, torn store, and born. In phonics, we will finish unit 7, have a quiz Thursday, and test Friday. The test will cover contractions, plural endings (s & es), changing y to i, inflectional endings (s, es, ing, & ed) and base words. We'll also have a dol quiz on Friday. As mentioned earlier, we are taking the unit skills test in reading all week. We continue along with math & social studies, but are slowing it down a bit. We'll have one final test in each subject...possibly 2 more tests in math. Finally, we have been putting in a lot of time focusing on our Communion. We are moving along in "JOY, JOY" and practicing almost everyday! Also, during class we have listened to our cd many times. Please keep practicing the songs at home. The big day will be here before you know it. We are very excited!!! A couple quick notes about this week:

*** Tuesday is the band concert
*** Thursday we will browse Kane Hall & see all the inventions Jr. High has done
*** Friday is the Bake Sale
*** Also, if you have not turned in the May field trip money & permission slip, please do so by April 26th. (Some have turned in one portion and not the other...)

I think that's it for right now. Have a nice week!
Ms. Earner

Welcome back from Easter break! I hope everyone had a nice holiday, and enjoyed some of the great weather we had. We will be getting back into school mode here. We will be testing in english on pronouns Thursday & Friday. There will be a study guide sent home, along with the book. In phonics, we'll work on inflected endings ing & ed, syllables and high frequency words. We will test sometime next week. Details to follow. The 15 spelling words are bark, rich, gown, mew, jar, chat, whip, howl, card, wheels, along, front, probably, right, and someday. Our 2 reading stories are "Tex and the Big Bad T. Rex" and "Let's Go Dinosaur Tracking." As far as April stickers in accelerated, I've already given the students one, so they will be responsible for passing 3 tests this month. Looking ahead to next week, we will not have any stories in reading, we will take the Unit Skills Test. In math, we'll finish & test on chapter 10 (3 digit addition & subtraction). Chapter 11 is measurement. In social studies, we will begin our last unit which is "People & Places in History." We will discuss vocabulary, recall & retell information and our family history. Finally in religion, we are moving along in our preparations for Communion!!! Please note that the banner is due on April 19th, $30 Communion fee is due April 23rd, and the DVD fee is due on April 30th (this is optional). The big day is May 1st! We are very excited and working hard getting ready. Other reminders:

~ Wednesday is special lunch

~ Friday is Swing into Spring

Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Ms. Earner

Good morning. Hope everyone had a nice weekend, and had a chance to get outside! We are moving right along in 2nd grade. This week, we'll have a d.o.l. quiz on Friday. We will start unit 7 in phonics. We will work on contractions all week, and have a short quiz at the end of the week. The 15 spelling words are how, new, cow, clown, blew, town, flew, now, grew, down, began, Earth, ever, remember and try. We finished our unit skills test in reading on Friday. Those will be going home tonight. If you could please take a look at them, and sign and return them tomorrow, that would be great. We will start up with the reader again, and the two stories are "Space Dreams" and "Man on the Moon." The homework story on Wednesday is "Man on the Moon." Please sign your child's planner after they have read the story aloud to an adult. Thanks! In math, we finished up our chapter on regrouping, and we're moving on to numbers up to 1,000. This week, we will identify hundreds, write three digit numbers, discuss before, after and between, and compare numbers. In social studies we will discuss Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, and the Oregon Trail. We continue discussing Lent in religion class. That is all for now! Hope everyone has a lovely week!!!

Ms. Earner

Happy March :) I hope Spring will be here soon! This week, we are busy! In english, we'll have our chapter 7 test on adjectives Wednesday and Thursday. A study guide will go home tonight, along with the book. Also, the students will take a practice test Tuesday. In spelling, the 10 words this week are put, want, many, out, saw, who, off, any, from and her. This week is our unit 4 reading skills test. We will take that all week. So, there will be no reading stories, or quiz on Friday. In math, we continue working on subtraction. The students will use addition to check subtraction, subtract money, & problem solve with too much information. The test will be on Thursday. A homework paper will go home Wednesday night to help them prepare. During social studies we will discuss weather patterns, natural resources, national celebrations, read a history map, the 13 colonies, and Paul Revere. Finally, we will continue talking about Lent in Religion. Have a fantastic week!!!

Ms. Earner

We will be having our chapter 7 (adjectives) test on Wednesday & Thursday March 3rd, March 4th. For the test, the students will find the adjective in each sentence (p. 176,177) words with -er & -est (p. 180,181) identify synonyms & antonyms (p. 182,183) using commas in the correct place (p. 186,187) prefixes (p. 186,187) a/an (p. 179) and finally using more exact adjectives (p. 188, 189). We will make a study guide in class, and also, the children will take a practice test. I'll start sending the book home on Monday night. Have a good day!

Ms. Earner