​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (May 20-May 24)

Tuesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Wednesday. 

Nightly Read good-fit books.   Reading out loud to a family member helps with fluency and expression.   Practice word wall words, sound teams and no excuse spelling words. 

Literacy:  Please continue to practice/review all sight words and Sound Teams. If your child can read all of the sight words, have him/her try spelling them or writing them in a sentence.  Practice spelling the grade 2 no excuse spelling words (please focus on the words your child spelled incorrectly on the assessment that went home last week).

Writing: Students will be exploring non-fiction writing.  The students will be researching information about an animal and writing a report.  We have many books at school, however if your child has a book at home they would like to use they are more than welcome to bring it in.  The book should be about an animal, and have information in it about what the animal looks like, what it eats, where it lives and other interesting facts.  It is also important that your child is able to read the text.  Please be sure to label your child’s book to ensure that it makes it back home.

Math: 

Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts (both single digit and double digit), both orally and with paper and pencil.

Practice Facts with answers to 20 and make sure your child is using strategies:

• Counting-on and counting-back in their head (17+3, 20-2, etc.)

·        “Making 10” – For example, for 13+9, take 1 from 13 to make the 9 a 10, and13 is now 12. Now it is easy to solve because12+10 is 22! Students can think about those patterns we noticed on the 100 chart.

• Doubles (7+7, 8+8, etc.)

• Near Doubles (doubles plus/minus 1 and 2). For example, for 7+8, students know 7+7 =14, so 7 + 8 is just 1 more! (doubles plus one).  

Reminders/Important Dates:

·        Monday, May 20 – Victoria Day – No school

·        June 6 – Family Picnic (more information to follow).​