Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math homework sheet

Study spelling words

Spelling/Phonics

This week we are learning that the letter “c” can make two different sounds.  Hard “c” makes a “k” sound and a Soft “c” makes an “s” sound.  These are our words for this week:

1. carry
2. cent
3. city
4. place
5. circle
6. cute
7. nice
8. cooking
9. face
10. cold
11. year*
12. down*
13. become*

*High frequency/Word Wall Words

Reading

Since we have not been here the last two Mondays and I have been out sick we are reviewing and catching up on reading concepts that we have done or are currently working on.

Math

We are continuing our lesson on double digit addition with regrouping and we will also be working on triple digit addition with regrouping.

Reminders

January 27th: Early Release at 11:30 for teacher training

Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math homework sheet

Study spelling words

Spelling/Phonics

We do not have a phonics skill this week.  Our words are only high frequency/word wall words:

1. close
2. how
3. should
4. around
5. about 
6. something
7. across
8. world
9. almost
10. anything

Reading

This week during reading we will compare different versions of the same story in traditional and contemporary folktales with respect to their characters, settings and plot.  We will also learn the elements of a fable such as:

1. Fables are fictional stories
2. These stories are normally short
3. They were written a long time ago
4. The characters in a fable are usually animals that act like humans
5. The setting is typically outside
6. The story teaches a moral lesson.

Math

We are continuing to learn double digit addition with regrouping.

Reminders

January 27th: Early Release at 11:30 for teacher training

Homework

Reading 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math homework sheet

Study for spelling test

Spelling/Phonics

**SPELLING NOTE: As we work on contractions this week, please be mindful that the apostrophes should be in a certain spot and on the “skyline” (topline). Also, any contraction that has the word “I” should be capitalized. Both of these points have been discussed with your student and will be worked on heavily throughout the week. Please be sure you are studying both of these point at home when practicing spelling this week as well. Improper apostrophe placement will result in the word being counted wrong on Friday’s test. Thank you for helping your student be successful with contractions, as this is an important life-long skill.

Best,

2^nd Grade Teachers 

1. you’ll
2. didn’t
3. I’m
4. we’re
5. they’re
6. can’t
7. you’re
8. he’ll
9. they’ll
10. it’s
11. able*
12. give*
13. today*

*High Frequency/Word Wall Words

Reading/Writing

We are continuing our unit on Fairy Tales. This week we are reading several different versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as well as The Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs.

Math

We are reviewing double digit addition without regrouping and then we will be starting double digit addition with regrouping.  We will be learning several different strategies to help each student be successful.  We will also be learning a rhyme to help us remember if we need to regroup or not.

Reminders

January 18th: Holiday-MLK Day, No School

January 21st: 100th Day of School

January 27th: Early Release at 11:30 for Teacher Training

Homework

Reading 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math sheet by Friday

Study Spelling words

Spelling/Phonics

Our focus this week is Digraphs and Trigraphs.  A digraph is when two consonants together make one sound (ex. wh, ph, ck) and a trigraph is when 3 consonants together make one sound (ex. -tch).  Here are our words for this week:

1. graph
2. phone
3. trophy
4. chick
5. thick
6. kitchen
7. patch
8. when
9. wheel
10. white
11. with*
12. that*
13. what*

*High frequency/Word Wall Words

Reading/Writing

This week we are learning about the attributes of a fairy tale or what makes a story a fairy tale.  We are reading two different versions of Cinderella and then comparing their similarities and differences. The first one is the Disney version and then we will read The Rough Faced Girl, a Native American Version.  Today we read the story Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution and discussed that a resolution is a promise we make to ourselves to be better at something or to help others. After we read the story we made our own resolutions.

Math

We are finishing up our unit on graphs this week.  We are learning about pictographs and how they use pictures to show the data collected.  The key on the pictograph shows what picture is being used throughout the graph. We will also review how to read and answer questions about Tally Charts and Bar graphs.

Reminders

January 18th:  No School- MLK Day

January 21st: 100th Day of School

January 27th:  Early Release at 11:30 for Teacher Training