Second Grade Success April 27

What Is Going On This Week?

We completed the GRADE assessment last week. As a class, our average was 75%.

Monday, April 27, DIBELS Benchmark assessment
Tuesday, April 28- April 30 GMADE math assessment
Thursday, April 30, Family Fun Night Doors will open at 5:00

Spelling Words for this week:

zoo, took, tooth, good, hook, room, moon, foot, book, soon, hoof, school

Weekly Spelling Homework:
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:
Vowel pairs oo, ew, ue, ou
Comprehension:
Author’s viewpoint
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words; Word Families
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Monday, April 20 GRADE Testing Begins

What Is Going On?

We started the GRADE testing today. It will continue through the rest of the week. The GRADE test is broken into listening comprehension, word reading, sentence comprehension, word meaning, and passage comprehension. In order to better prepare for the tests, we will not be having spelling words this week.
The best way to prepare would be to get a good night’s sleep and have a healthy breakfast. Other ways to prepare: Ask questions about what your child has read (who, what, when, where, why, and how questions). Have your child read for at least 20 minutes nightly. This will increase your child’s fluency. It will also help your child with the GRADE assessment in that it requires independent reading.

Upcoming Events
Monday, April 20, 2009 Fox’s Pizza Night
Author visit Wednesday, April 22
Monday, April 27, DIBELS Benchmark assessment

A Week of Preparation!!!!!

What Is Going On?
Since we are beginning our GRADE assessment next week, we will not be having spelling words this week. We are reviewing this week. We are hoping that students will have more time to read without having to study for spelling tests. The GRADE test is broken into listening comprehension, word reading, sentence comprehension, word meaning, and passage comprehension. The best way to prepare would be to get a good night’s sleep and have a healthy breakfast.
Other ways to prepare:
Ask questions about what your child has read (who, what, when, where, why, and how questions).
Have your child read for at least 20 minutes nightly. This will increase your child’s fluency. It will also help your child with the GRADE assessment in that it requires independent reading.

Phonics:
Homophones, multi-syllable words, -ing Endings,
The –er ending in two-syllable words Contractions -le ending in
two-syllable words Sound of y at the end of longer words; the prefix un,
--ed, -ing Endings, silent Consonants, gh, k(n), b
Comprehension:
Summarize, Understanding Chapter Books, Visualizing Making Generalizations
Following Directions Making Judgments, Sequence of events;
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words; Puns ;word families, Dictionary Word Meanings
Dictionary Guide Words with Endings
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Second Grade Success April 6 WELCOME BACK!

SCHOOL PICTURES Wednesday, April 8
Remember to read at least 20 minutes each night.

Spelling Words for this week:

tail, tale, plain, plane, sail, sale, to too, two, whole, hole, threw, through

Weekly Spelling Homework:

Monday Practice Reading Words to an adult
Tuesday Write each word 3 times
Wednesday Study for test
Thursday You will write the words in a 7 up sentence. You may use more than one word in a sentence.
Friday Test will be given using twenty words and five bonus words

Phonics:
Homophones, multi-syllable words, -ing Endings,
Comprehension:
Summarize, Understanding Chapter Books, Visualizing
Vocabulary:
High Frequency Words; Puns
Fluency:
Decodable Text; Leveled Readers

Math- We are beginning to discuss measurement. We will be focusing this week on length. We will explore measuring with nonstandard and standard measurements.
Reading- Encourage students to read at least 20 minutes each night. Ask questions about the books that your child has read to increase comprehension. We are focusing on chapter books this week.
Writing- We are also going to begin writing our personal narratives. We will be creating a web using kidspiration to help us develop ideas.