Second Grade Success November 24

Reminders
No Spelling Test this week

No School November 26, 27, and 28

Please remember to sign and return mid terms as well as the music performance papers from Mrs. Fultz.

We will be progress monitoring all students every week. We are trying to earn a pizza party. If the class reaches 85% benchmark (68 words a minute), Mrs. Whitaker, will give us a pizza party. Please encourage your child to read at least 20 minutes each night.

We will be giving the GRADE assessment next week. Please make sure that students are at school on time. Also, make sure students have eaten breakfast and had a good night’s sleep.

Visit the school web site and go to “Students”. Students can now read e books from this site.


Math- Our focus this week is to continue with subtraction strategies. We will be taking a math test tomorrow to assess our subtraction skills.
Reading- We are focusing on Thanksgiving stories and discussing topic, main idea, and supporting details.
Writing- Our goal is to finish all short stories this week. We will begin friendly letters after Thanksgiving Break.


Phonics:
Vowel Pairs ai, ay; Compound Words
Comprehension:
Topic, Main Idea, and supporting Details
Vocabulary:
High-Frequency Words,
Vocabulary words, Beginning, Middle, and End of the Dictionary
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Second Grade Success November 17

Spelling Words for this week:
train, sail, tray, hay, mail, nail, play, rain, trail, pay, snail, subway

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Reminders
No School November 26, 27, and 28
We will be progress monitoring all students every week. We are trying to earn a pizza party. If the class reaches 85% benchmark (68 words a minute), Mrs. Whitaker, will give us a pizza party. Please encourage your child to read at least 20 minutes each night.

Math- Students will have math homework each night this week in addition to the spelling homework. Our focus this week is to continue with addition strategies. We will be working on regrouping in addition and will begin subtraction. Students will be working on the following I Can statements this week.
I can use a number line to subtract.
I can subtract all or zero to find the difference.
I can use doubles facts to subtract.
I can use addition facts to subtract.
I can use subraction facts to help find the missing addend.


Reading- We have started our third theme Around Town: Neighborhood and Community. We will be reading a story about firefighters. The following are I can statements that Students will be working on this week.
I can: read words with vowel pairs ai, ay; read compound words.
I can: Identify the topic, main idea and supporting details in a story.
I can: read and identify and read this week’s high frequency words;
I can read and know the meaning of this week’s vocabulary words
I can identify three parts of a dictionary: beginning, middle, and end and can use these to find words quickly.


Writing- Students are beginning to organize their thoughts. Some students have started writing their short stories.


Phonics:
Vowel Pairs ai, ay; Compound Words
Comprehension:
Topic, Main Idea, and supporting Details
Vocabulary:
High-Frequency Words,
Vocabulary words, Beginning, Middle, and End of the Dictionary
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Week of November 11

Spelling Words for this week:
when, dish, both, then, wash, teach, sheep, which, than, chase, teeth, catch, lunch, whistle

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words


Phonics:
Consonant Diagraphs, Base Words, Endings – er, est
Comprehension:
Making judgments
Vocabulary:
High-Frequency Words, ABC order, Dictionary
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Math- Our focus this week is to continue with addition strategies. We will be working on regrouping in addition and will begin subtraction.

Reading- We have started our third theme Around Town: Neighborhood and Community

Writing- Students are beginning to organize their thoughts. Some students have started writing their short stories.

Reminders
No School November 26, 27, and 28

Second Grade Success November 5

Reminders
No School November 10, 26, 27, and 28
Picture Retakes November 6
Pastries for Parents November 7, please remember to RSVP.

Phonics:
Hard and soft g, hard and soft c, double consonants
Comprehension:
Questioning, Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words, vocabulary words
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Math- Our focus this week is to continue with addition strategies. We will be working with making a ten, adding three numbers, and problem solving.
Reading- We will be reviewing compare and contrast, fact and opinion, and compound words.
Writing- We will continue working on class and individual short stories. Students will be choosing a topic and working on the problem and solution for their short stories


We will have NO SPELLING Homework this week because of the short week. Enjoy the nice weather!

Second Grade Success

Fall Festival: Gas Raffle Update
The Gas Raffle was a great success. Thank you to everyone who helped sell tickets. The winner of the gas card was Dewayne Abney. The student who sold the winning ticket was Alyssa Hoots. Carson Kash sold the most tickets selling 156.
We would like to send a special thank you to John Cates for donating $50 of our $100 gas card. He is the owner of the Marathon gas station in Russellville.

Spelling Words for this week:
neck, pack, sick, ask, kick, lake, woke, lock, lick, poke, package, wreck

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Reminders
Ident a kid Wednesday, October 29
Red Ribbon Week
Tuesday Crazy sock Day
Wednesday Red White Blue Day
Thursday 70’s Day (Also BMX bike show from Fundraiser)
Friday Camouflage Day
No School November 3, 4, 10, 26, 27, and 28
Picture Retakes November 6
Pastries for Parents November 7, please remember to RSVP.


Math- Our focus this week is addition strategies. Today we discussed the commutative property and zero property.
Reading- We will be reading fables and discussing morals from the fables.
Writing- We will continue working on class and individual short stories.


Phonics:
Words with Final k and ck, VCV Pattern
Comprehension:
Understanding Fables
Vocabulary:
High Frequency words , Exact Words (Verbs)
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Vocabulary
balanced, crumbs, commotion, cross, dairy, diet, delivered, feathers, herds, imitation, mammal, moisture, noise, nostrils, observed, released, relatives, shopping, shopper, spread, slurped, tire, thoroughly, unmoved, vegetables, wearing, wicked, describe, imagine, rhyme, rhythm, stanza, backpack, campfire, camping, lanterns, hike, tent, exploring, tours, ranger, urban,
habitat, protect, bank, edge, path, crater, moss, shallow, clearing, outlined, curved, active, echo, blend, pumped, shadow, swoop, meadow, fable, lesson, moral


High Frequency
bought, brought, different, front, floor, hungry, kitchen, letter, move, poor, roll, special, surprise, until, word, climb, fly, know, long, morning, right, some, thought, wall, want, beautiful, even, quiet straight, year, busy, later, important, touch, young, across, brother, great, stand, hear, people, little, water, idea, enough, more

Week of October 20

Needed: A Volunteer

If a parent would like to come and decorate the classroom door for a circus theme, please let me know.

Fall Festival Fun

Wednesday will be hat day

Thursday is Tacky day

Friday is Purple and White Day

Reminders

Fall Festival October 24: Please remember to send in items for the “Capture the Moment” Basket and sell raffle tickets.

All the money made from the raffle tickets will be divided between the two second grade classrooms.

Please remember to sign and return report cards.

Spelling Words for this week: (Review)
these, use, cute, next, hope, brave, add, egg, off, hill, drove, storm

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Math- We are also reviewing in math. We are also spending time on basic addition and subtraction and focusing on strategies.
Reading- We will be reading Owl Moon and an article about Owls.
Writing- We will be writing a class short story this week in order to prepare for writing our own short stories next week.


Phonics:
Long Vowels CVCe: o, u, e ; Two sounds for g; consonant clusters;
two sounds for c; double consonants, VCV pattern ( Review) Consonant Blends(Review)
Comprehension:
Monitor & Clarify, Connect & Compare, Compare & Contrast,
Fact & Opinion, Categorize and Classify
Vocabulary:
High Frequency words , Compound Words,
Antonyms, Multiple Meaning Words ( Review)
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Welcome Back from Fall Break Weekly and Fall Festival Information

Spelling Words for this week:

bell, off, all, mess, add, hill, well, egg, will, grass, across, skill

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words
Phonics:
Double Consonants; VCV Pattern
Comprehension:
Categorize and Classify
Vocabulary:
High Frequency words; Multiple-Meaning Words
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Math- We will be reviewing patterns. We will also be working on other algebraic thinking skills.
Reading- We will be reading, Around the Pond: Who’s Been Here?
Writing- We are looking at the beginning, middle, and endings of stories and beginning to prewrite for our own short story.

Reminders
Parent Teacher Conferences October 16
Fall Festival October 24

Fall Festival Basket!!!!!!!!!!!
Second grade will be doing a theme basket to be auctioned off at the festival. The theme of our basket is “Capture the Moment.” We are asking that you send in anything related to taking pictures such as disposable cameras, photo albums, and photo frames or anything else you can think of to go along with the theme.

Ideas for reinforcement at home

-Math Whizz
-Check out a copy of Math Facts in a Flash from Ms. Penny in the office.
-Addition and Subtraction flash cards for speed and accuracy
-Make flashcards using the vocabulary and high frequency words listed on blog and newsletter
-Read each night at least twenty minutes have your child share what he/she read
-Encourage your child to practice writing numbers, letters of the alphabet, sentences (to improve handwriting)
-Encourage your child to write the grocery list (real world application to writing)
-Look through a newspaper, encourage your child to highlight or circle specific skills (for example looking for vowels, look for CVCe words, look for VCCV pattern, consonant clusters)

Second Grade Success

Reminders
School Pictures Wednesday, September 24
Fall Break September 29- October 13
Parent Teacher Conferences October 16
Fall Festival October 24

Spelling Words for this week:
trip, swim, step, nest, club, stone, next, brave, glad, lost, space, storm

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days

Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult

Tuesday Write each word 3 times

Wednesday Study for test

Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.

Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Phonics:
Consonant Clusters (r, l , s); two sounds for “C”
Comprehension:
Fact and Opinion
Vocabulary:
High Frequency words; antonyms
Fluency:
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Math- We will focus on greater than, less than, and equal this week. We will also be discussing rounding and even and odd numbers. On Friday, we will have an assessment over what we have covered with place value.
Reading- Last week, we read a story called Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night. This week we will be reading Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett.
Writing- We are finishing the classroom student books. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation. We will begin publishing some of our poetry to be hung in the hallway.


Vocabulary
balanced, crumbs, commotion, cross, dairy, diet, delivered, feathers, herds, imitation, mammal, moisture, noise, nostrils, observed, released, relatives, shopping, shopper, spread, slurped, tire, thoroughly, unmoved, vegetables, wearing, wicked, describe, imagine, rhyme, rhythm, stanza, backpack, campfire, camping, lanterns, hike, tent, exploring, tours, ranger, urban,
habitat, protect


High Frequency
bought, brought, different, front, floor, hungry, kitchen, letter, move, poor, roll, special, surprise, until, word, climb, fly, know, long, morning, right, some, thought, wall, want, beautiful, even, quiet straight, year, busy, later, important, touch, young

Second Grade Success September 15

Spelling Words for this week:
note, rude, poke, nose, home, hike, ride, game, bike, take, September, October

Weekly Spelling Homework:
Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Phonics:
Long Vowels, CVCe, o, u, e
Comprehension:
Compare and Contrast
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words, Compound Words
Fluency:
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Math- We are now working on place value and base ten. In the next few weeks, we will be exploring even/odd numbers, greater than, less than, and skip counting (counting by 2s, 5s, 10s).

Reading- We have finishied up our first theme Silly Stories. We are starting our second theme Nature Walk. The stories in this theme are about being outside and nature.

Writing- We are finishing the classroom student books. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation. We will continue exploring acrostic poems and rhyming couplets this week.

Reminders
PTSO meeting tonight at 5:30
School Pictures Wednesday, September 24



Vocabulary
balanced, crumbs, commotion, cross, dairy, diet, delivered, feathers, herds, imitation, mammal, moisture, noise, nostrils, observed, released, relatives, shopping, shopper, spread, slurped, tire, thoroughly, unmoved, vegetables, wearing, wicked, describe, imagine, rhyme, rhythm, stanza, backpack, campfire, camping, lanterns, hike, tent


High Frequency
bought, brought, different, front, floor, hungry, kitchen, letter, move, poor, roll, special, surprise, until, word, climb, fly, know, long, morning, right, some, thought, wall, want, beautiful, even, quiet straight, year

Second Grade Success September 8

Spelling Words for this week:
pal, skip, yet, just, bump, dime, tape, wipe, wide, pile, huge, whisk

Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Reading Skills For This Week:
Phonics:
Short vowel sounds, VCCV pattern
Comprehension:
Understanding Poetry
Vocabulary:
High-Frequency Words, Sound Words
Fluency:
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Math- We have finished graphs. We are now working on place value and base ten. In the next few weeks, we will be exploring even/odd numbers, greater than, less than, and skip counting (counting by 2s, 5s, 10s).
Reading- We are finishing up our first unit. This week the genre focus is on poetry.
Writing- We are finishing the classroom student books. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation. We will also be exploring acrostic poems and rhyming couplets this week.


Vocabulary Words
balanced, crumbs, commotion, cross, dairy, diet, delivered, feathers, herds, imitation, mammal, moisture, noise, nostrils, observed, released, relatives, shopping, shopper, spread, slurped, tire, thoroughly, unmoved, vegetables, wearing, wicked, describe, imagine, rhyme, rhythm, stanza
High Frequency Words
bought, brought, different, front, floor, hungry, kitchen, letter, move, poor, roll, special, surprise, until, word, climb, fly, know, long, morning, right, some, thought, wall, want

From the newsletter

Phonics:
Short Vowels a, i, o, u, e, VCCV, CVCe, Long Vowels a, I (Cumulative Review)
Comprehension:
Predict/Infer, Fantasy/Realism, Predicting Outcomes (Review)
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words: Multiple meaning words, Homophones, Synonyms
(Review)
Fluency:
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Math- We have finished discussing graphs. Students will be covering place value, number patterns, and base 10 over the next few weeks. We will also refine our skip counting skills (counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.

Reading- We will be reviewing this week.

Writing- We have been working on “All About Me” Posters. The posters will be used to write a book about each person in our class. The books will be on display in our classroom library. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation.

Spelling Words for this week:
was, if, of, they, are, any, every, why, how, want, favorite, because, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Elms
(the teacher you have)
Weekly Spelling Homework: Please Notice Change in Days
Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday Write words in a sentence (7up sentences). You may use more than one spelling word in one sentence. Don’t forget to underline your words.
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Reminders
Please remember to sign midterms and return to school.

Remember to wear tennis shoes on gym days Monday/Wednesday and also Friday for Mrs. Campbell’s class.

Discipline Plan Addition

Our discipline plan is working. Students are pulling fewer and fewer rule strips each day. Students are getting used to the routine, rules, and expected behavior. When students pull one rule strip that is a warning. To make the students more accountable for their behavior, students will be writing letters home to parents at the end of each day if a rule strip was pulled during the day. I ask that parents or guardians read the letter, sign, and return it to school the following day.

Information from Second Grade Success

Spelling Words for this week:
Bone, robe, use, these, rope, note, cute, close, hope, those, one, goes, drove, mule

Weekly Spelling Homework:
Monday Practice Reading Words
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Write words in a sentence
Thursday Study for test
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words


Phonics:
Short Vowels a, i, o, u, e, VCCV, CVCe, Long Vowels a, I (Cumulative Review)
Comprehension:
Predict/Infer, Fantasy/Realism, Predicting Outcomes (Review)
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words: Multiple meaning words, Homophones, Synonyms
(Review)
Fluency:
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Kentucky Author Catherine Clark Payne will be coming to our school on Tuesday, September 2, 2008.

Reading- We will be reviewing this week.
Writing- We have been working on “All About Me” Posters. The posters will be used to write a book about each person in our class. The books will be on display in our classroom library. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation.

Reminders
No School Monday, September 1

Remember to wear tennis shoes on gym days Monday/Wednesday and also Friday for Mrs. Campbell’s class.

Math Whizz

On Friday, we were able to get every one's Math Whizz assessment completed. We will be going to the computer lab twice a week to work on this program. The advantage to Math Whizz is that your child will also be able to work on this program at home. Your child will have his/her username and password written on the newsletter today. The web site to login and play Math Whizz is http://www.whizz.com/. Your child will then need to click on the red login icon at the top of the screen. If you have any questions, please email or call.

Second Grade Success

Targetted Skills for this week.
Phonics:
Long Vowels CVCe : A, I
Comprehension:
Predicting Outcomes
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words: Multiple meaning words
Fluency:
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Math- We will be finishing up graphs this week. We will also be taking a computer assessment from a program called Math Whizz. Please encourage your children to look around them and find graphs in the real world.
Reading- We will be reading the story Mrs. Brown Went to Town this week.
Writing- We have been working on “All About Me” Posters. The posters will be used to write a book about each person in our class. The books will be on display in our classroom library. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation.

Spelling Words for this week:
Bite, fine, late, same, size, hide, made, line, side, give, ate, have, gate, bike, shake, write

Weekly Spelling Homework:
Monday Practice Reading Words
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Write words in a sentence
Thursday Study for test
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Reminders
Please remember to turn in fundraiser packets. Money is due on Thursday.

Remember to wear tennis shoes on gym days Monday/Wednesday

Second Grade Success

This information comes from the weekly newsletter.

Skills that we will be working on this week include:

Phonics
Short Vowels o, u, e; VCCV Pattern
Comprehension
Fantasy and Realism
Vocabulary
High Frequency Words: Synonyms
Fluency
Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Math- We are still covering graphs. We have discussed the vocabulary words pictograph, bar graph, tally, rows, columns, more, fewer, equal, addition, subtraction, Venn diagram, data, chart, table, symbol, and key. This week we will be taking the GMADE. When we get the data back from this test, we will know how to direct instruction better.

Reading- Last week we read, Dragon Gets BY: Shopping. This week we will be reading Julius.

Writing- We have been working on “All About Me” Posters. The posters will be used to write a book about each person in our class. The books will be on display in our classroom library. Writing the books will help us develop our ability to write complete sentences with correct punctuation.

Reminders
Please sign and return weekly behavior reports on Monday.

Please don’t forget about the fundraiser!!!


All student fee money $17 needs to be turned in ASAP.

Remember to wear tennis shoes on gym days: Monday and Wednesday

These are the vocabulary and high frequency words that we have covered.

Shopping
Bought
Balanced
Roll
Dairy
Until
Diet
Front
Shopper
Floor
Vegetables
Hungry
Noise
Kitchen
Spread
Surprise
Slurped
Special
Crumbs
Brought
Imitation

Spelling Words for the Week of August 11, 2008

Spelling Words for this week:
Fox, went, wet, mop, nut, hug, job, from, leg, any, fun, of, red, up, block, every

Weekly Spelling Homework:
Monday Practice Reading Words
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Write words in a sentence
Thursday Study for test
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Weekly Info

On Fridays, I will be sending home a weekly behavior report. Please sign and return to school on the following Monday.

Students will bring home completed work daily as it is finished and looked over.

The reading skills focus this week is as follows:
Phonics: Short vowels a, i
Comprehension: Story Structure (beginning, middle, end)
Vocabulary: High Frequency Words: Homophones
Fluency: Reading Decodable Text, Leveled Readers

Spelling Words for Week of August 4/ Spelling Homework

bag
ran
win
if
is
dig
am
sat
his
was
has
I
big
an
scratch
picnic

Spelling Homework

Monday Practice Reading Words
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Write words in a sentence
Thursday Study for test
Friday Test will be given using ten words and two bonus words

Reading Vocabulary Words Week of August 4

shopping- going to a store to buy things
balanced- even; not too much of one thing
dairy- foods made from milk or cream
diet-the usual food or drink of a person
shopper-a person who buys things
vegetables- roots, stems, leaves, or flowers of plants used as food
hungry- needing food
kitchen- a room in a house to prepare food
roll- to twist to turn
front-first; opposite of back
bought- paid for something
until- to wait; time has to pass

First Day of School

We had a great day today. The day started with music. The class earned a Bravo! card. Eight more and they will earn a party. We will go to music again on Friday.

We discussed classroom rules. Students wrote and illustrated their own rules. We also had a bead ceremony. Each student placed a bead on a string and shared a goal for this year. The string will hang from the board for the entire school year.

Students also began an "All About Me" poster.

Things to Remember

Students fees $17

Welcome Back!!!

It was nice to meet so many parents and students at Open House. I am excited about working with everyone. The first few days we will be getting to know each other and building our classroom community.