​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (Nov. 18-22)

 Tuesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Wednesday.  (They did not get library books last week as there was a computer glitch)

Nightly – read good fit book, practice sight words, practice sound teams introduced up to this point.  Students now have the option of reading books online on Raz-kids

Literacy:

Words of the Week:  junk, friends, again, where     

Please have your child practice reading the words of the week each night.

·       If he/she reads them with ease, try spelling them. You can also have him/her write a sentence using one of the words of the week. Check that he/she is using uppercase letters only when necessary (first word in sentence/someone’s name/word I), leaving finger spaces between words, and using end punctuation.

·       You can create a tic-tac-toe board on a sheet of paper (with one of the words of the week printed in each square and/or any other words your child may have struggled with in past weeks). In order to put an “x” or “o” in a square, he/she must read the word correctly first!

Word Family:  -unk.  How many words can you think of that end with the –unk sound?

Sound Teams:  ea for the short e sound.  (You will have to add this to the original list.)

Have students read the following words:  thread, head, bread, instead and point out how these words do not follow the 2 vowels go walking rule. (bead, heat, meat etc)

Reading strategies: Expand Vocabulary

This week we will be tuning in to interesting words in the books that we read.  How many interesting words can your child find while reading at home?

Writing:

This week we will be working on word choice and using more interesting/descriptive words in our writing.  We will also continue to focus on conventions.

Math: 

We will be applying mental math strategies to determine basic addition facts to 18 and related subtraction facts.  Please practice the following at home:

·       Using doubles to 18 (6+6=12 so 6+7 is 13 – just one more than the double).

·       Making 10 (1+9, 7+3)

·       1 more/1 less than a given number

·       2 more/2 less than a given

If necessary, please continue to practice the previous number sense skills. 

Reminders/Important Dates:

·       Nov.18 – Report Cards go home.      Wear colour team shirt.

·       Nov. 21 – Parent teacher conferences (evening)

·       Nov 22 –  Parent teacher conferences (morning), Professional learning in   

                 the afternoon.  No school for students.

·       Dec. 12 – Christmas Concert – times to be determined (Storm Date – Dec. 13). 

·       Dec. 20 – last day of classes

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