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.