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!