Week of 3/1- 3/5

Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math homework sheet

Study spelling words each night

 

Spelling/Phonics

Our spelling pattern this week will be words with “ow” & “ou” that make the “ow” sound as in “cow”.   Here are our words:

  1. down
  2. owl
  3. count
  4. town
  5. found
  6. brown
  7. cloud
  8. loud
  9. couch
  10. wow
  11. under*
  12. fast*
  13. use*

*Word Wall/High Frequency Words

 

Reading

We are continuing our study on poems.

 

Math

This week we will begin learning how to tell time on an analog clock.  We will review time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour. Next week we will begin telling time in 5 minute increments and then to the minute.

 

Reminders

March 1st- 5th: Read Across America Week in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday

Tuesday- Wear dress code appropriate pajamas and bring a small stuffed animal

Wednesday- Wear silly or mismatched socks

Thursday- Wear green

Friday- Wear your favorite college or White Oak shirt and also a hat

March 8th: Student Led Parent/Teacher Conferences via Zoom.  (I will send out a separate Seesaw message with the Sign Up Genius link.)

March 15th- 19th: Spring Break

Week of 2/22- 2/26

Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math homework sheet

Study spelling words every night

 

Spelling/Phonics

Our focus will be words with -oi and -oy, which make the same sound. Here are our words for this week are:

  1. enjoy
  2. boy
  3. spoil
  4. loyal
  5. join
  6. point
  7. choice
  8. annoy
  9. coin
  10. boys
  11. help*
  12. know*
  13. write*

*High frequency/Word Wall words

 

Reading

Our focus this week will be learning about different types of poetry. 

  1. Cinquain
  2. Five Senses
  3. Acrostic
  4. Haiku

We will also be learning about the elements of poetry=

  1. Verse= one line of a poem, also called a line
  2.  Stanza= a group of verses or lines
  3. Rhyme= words at the end of verses that have the same sound
  4. Rhythm= a pattern of weak and strong sounds in a poem; which words are emphasized as you read the poem?
  5. Meter= a verse’s number of syllables plus its rhythm

 

Math

We will continue reviewing double digit subtraction with regrouping as well as triple digit subtraction with regrouping.

 

Reminder

February 24th: Early Release at 11:30 for teacher training

March 15th- 19th: Spring Break

Week of 2/1-2/5

Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and fill in reading log

Complete math homework sheet

Study spelling words 

 

Phonics/Spelling

We are learning this week that the letter “g” can make two different sounds.  It can make a hard “g” sound as in gate or get and it can also make a soft “g” sound as in gym or giant.  Here are our words for this week:

  1. gate
  2. gel
  3. goose
  4. gym
  5. giant
  6. get
  7. grow
  8. germ
  9. goat
  10. gentle
  11. behind*
  12. why*
  13. good*

*High frequency/Word Wall Words

 

Reading

This week we are learning and reading about Tall Tales and the elements of a Tall Tale.  

 

Math

We are learning different strategies to solve double digit subtraction with regrouping. There are several different rhymes to help us remember when we need to regroup.

 

Reminders

February 12th: Valentine Party

February 15: President’s Day (holiday)- No School

February 17th: Spring Picture Day

February 24th: Early Release at 11:30 for teacher training.

Week of 1/25- 1/29

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

Week of 1/18- 1/22

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

 

Week of 1/11- 1/15

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,

2nd 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

 

Week of 1/4- 1/8

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

Week of 12/14- 12/18

Homework

There is no reading homework or reading assessment this week, however, I will be sending home a reading activity for over the break on Friday. This is optional and not something they have to do. I just like to have them continue reading because 2 weeks is a long time without reading groups or reading logs. There is no spelling test this week, so they do not have any spelling words written in their planners. There is also no math homework or math assessment this week.

Spelling, Reading & Math

We will be doing various activities this week. During the next two days we will be learning about Christmas Around the World- researching how different countries celebrate the holidays.

Reminders

Dec. 17th: Early Release at 11:30 (If you have any transportation changes please write a note in your child’s planner.)

Dec. 18th: Early Release at 11:30

Dec. 21st- Jan. 4th: Christmas Break

Week of 12/7-12/11

Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and sign reading log

Complete Math homework sheet

Study spelling words

 

Spelling/Phonics

This week we will demonstrate and apply digraphs using ch, sh, & th.  Digraphs are a set a consonants that form one sound. 

  1. dish
  2. push
  3. brush
  4. wish
  5. porch
  6. tooth
  7. church
  8. chip
  9. shop
  10. think
  11. want*
  12. than*
  13. think*

High Frequency/Word Wall Words*

 

Reading

We are reading the story “How to Catch an Elf” and creating a Lap Book based on the story. 

 

Math

We will organize a collection of data using tally charts and bar graphs.  We will then draw conclusions and make predictions from information in the graphs.

 

Reminders

December 14th:  Start Bringing Penny Christmas Items

December 17th & 18th: Early Release Days at 11:30

December 21st- Jan. 4th: Christmas Break

Week of 11/30- 12/4

Homework

Read 20 minutes each night and sign reading log

Complete math homework sheet-due Friday

Study Spelling words for test on Friday

 

Spelling/Phonics

We are continuing our previous lesson about Bossy “R”.  Last time we learned how “r” can change the way a vowel sounds.  We have already learned and practiced words with “ar” and “or”.  This week our words will have “ir”, “ur” and “er”.

  1. her
  2. paper
  3. chirp
  4. birthday
  5. purple
  6. turn
  7. fern
  8. verb
  9. girl
  10. stir
  11. over*
  12. their*
  13. here*

*Word Wall/High Frequency Words

 

Reading

We are continuing our lesson on Author’s Purpose or “P.I.E”.  Our focus will be on how an author tries to Persuade or Entertain a reader.

 

Math

We are reviewing how to count a collection of coins.

 

Reminders

December 17th: Early Release at 11:30

December 18th: Early Release at 11:30

December 21st- January 4th: Christmas Break