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Week of 11/12-11/16
Phonics
This week our focus is continuing our long i vowel sounds.
Reading
We are finishing up our unit on Main Idea and Supporting Detail.
Math
We are finishing up our unit on Place Value up to the thousands place.
Reminders
November 15th: Fall Picture Retakes
November 19th- 23rd: Thanksgiving Break
Scholastic Book Orders
Just a reminder if you plan to place an order from Scholastic Book Club that orders are due by Monday, November 12.
Week of 11/5-11/9
Spelling
We have a spelling test this week. Our words are:
1. came
2. come
3. three
4. work
5. what
6. there
7. then
8. many
9. time
10. first
11. little
12. new
13. around
14. another
Reading
This week our focus is finding the Main Idea and the 3 Supporting Details in a story or reading passage.
Math
Our focus this week is learning Place Value. In second grade we go up to 1,200 so we only go as far as the thousands place.
Reminders
November 15th: Fall Picture Retakes
November 19th- 23rd: Thanksgiving Break
Week of 10/29-11/2
Phonics
This week our focus will be the long i sounds. Our spelling rules will be: -ight (light, flight) -ie (pie, tie) -y (fly, sly) and -i_e (dime, slime)
Reading
Our focus this week will be Main Ideas and Supporting Details. We will be reading various books looking for the main idea and 3 supporting details about the story.
Math
We will continue working on graphs, looking at how the key on a graph can mean more than one.
Reminders
October 31st- Book Character Dress Up Day and Early Release at 11:30
November 1st- Parent, Student-Led Conferences
Week of 10/15-10/19
Spelling
There is no spelling test this week.
Phonics
We are focusing on the Long E sound: -ea (eat, meat) -ee (see, meet) -e_e (these, theme) -y (happy, pretty)
Reading
We are comparing fiction vs nonfiction by reading certain text. This week we are reading a fictional story called Stellaluna which is a story about a bat named Stellaluna and reading nonfiction books about bats.
Math
We are still focusing on missing addends and the different strategies we can use to help us solve our problems.
Reminders
October 19th- No school, teacher work day
October 22nd- 26th- Red Ribbon Week
October 31st- Book Character Dress Up Day and Early Release at 11:30
Week of 10/8- 10/12
Spelling
We have a spelling test this week.
Here are our words:
man
know
then
there
have
to
too (also)
called
could
same
write
day
any
that
Reading
Our focus is still on nonfiction text. This week we will be learning and researching about bats. We will also write a nonfiction passage about bats.
Math
Our focus this week will be trying to find the missing addend.
Ex. 5+_=11
6-_=3
Reminders
October 19th- Student Holiday, Teacher work day
October 22nd-26th- Red Ribbon Week (a note will go home later with dress up days)
Week of 10/1- 10/5
Spelling
No Spelling Test this week
Phonics
This week in phonics our focus will be the Long a vowel sound. I always tell my students that long vowel sounds are when a vowel says its name. These are the long a spelling rules we will be focusing on this week.
CVCE words ex. late, bake, shake; eigh words ex. eight, sleigh, weigh
ay words ex. play, way, stay; ai words ex. air, mail, rain
Reading
Our focus this week is Non Fiction and the attributes of a non fiction text. We will also compare Fiction vs. Non Fiction.
Attributes of a Non Fiction Text:
Real & Factual Information
Photographs
Charts & Graphs
Labels & Captions
Table of Contents
Index & Glossary
Math
Our focus this week is Odd and Even Numbers. We will learn what numbers are odd: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and what numbers are even: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8
Reminders & Upcoming Events
Buckets for Belle– Just a reminder that all this week students are encouraged to donate money for Belle’s family to help with medical expenses. A note was sent home last week explaining what all the donations will be used for and to introduce Belle. Please consider making a donation and would also be a great lesson in showing compassion for others.
Homecoming Week- A friendly reminder that this is homecoming week. There are a lot of things going on this week. Students will be allowed to wear mums and garters to school on Friday. They will need to take them off when they are going to lunch, recess and peripheral classes.
Friday is early release at 1:15 so that students can go with family to the pep rally at the stadium. NO Boys & Girls Club
Saturday is the 5K and Fun Run as well as Roughneck Day activities.
Week of 9/24-9/28
Spelling
We have a spelling test this week. Here are our words:
1. as
2. they
3. when
4. their
5. two
6. like
7. people
8. use
9. words
10. good
11. new
12. write
13. our
14. me
Reading
Our focus this week is telling and writing a story in sequential order: First, Next, Then, and Finally
Math
Our focus this week is Number Strings- adding 3 or more numbers together to get the sum. We have been asking ourselves this question before answering the problem. Do we see double number fact or a way to make ten?
Ex. 6+3+6=
2+6+8=
5+8+5=
First add the double numbers or the ways to make ten numbers and then add the third number.
Reminders
September 26th (Wednesday) is a half day. We will be dismissed at 11:30. Remember, there will be NO Boys and Girls Club so if your child goes to B & G Club then you will need to make other arrangements.
Week of 9/17-9/21
Spelling
We do not have a spelling test this week. Graded spelling tests from last week went home today. If you have any questions about their test, please let me know. All spelling words are posted on the Word Wall in the classroom, however I try to encourage them to learn how to spell the words and not rely on the Word Wall. It is there as a reference if they really need help spelling a word but after 2nd grade they will not have Word Walls posted in the classroom to refer back to and so I strongly encourage them to practice and memorize their words. The only part of their test that is not on the Word Wall is the Skill Test section.
Phonics
Our focus this week in Phonics are blends. Today we talked about “L” blends such as “bl”, “gl”, “pl”, “fl” and “sl”. Other blends we will be learning about this week are “R” blends “gr”, “fr”, “tr”, “pr”, “br” and “cr”. As well as “sp”, “st”, “sk” and “sw”.
Reading
Our focus this week is retelling a story in sequential order using only important details from beginning to end. The formula we will be using is SWBST– Somebody…Wanted…But…So…Then. Tomorrow we will be reading the story Cosmo Zooms and retelling the story using SWBST.
Math
We are continuing our counting a collection of coins up to $1.00. This week we are focusing on quarters and how to skip count starting with quarters, then dimes, nickels and pennies. If your child doesn’t know how to skip count by 5’s or 10’s please practice with them at home. They really need to learn how to go from a quarter to dimes or go from a quarter to nickels. This is where some really struggle when counting coins, it is tough sometimes to start with 25 and then start counting by 10’s (dimes) so I just encourage you to practice as much as you are able to. One thing I do tell my students is if they have one quarter and a nickel it is always 30 and then it is much easier to go to dimes because it is an even number.
Reminders
September 20- Picture Day
September 21- Scholastic Book Orders and Money are due if your child plans to order
September 26- Half Day-Early Release, due to teacher training