Grade 2 Week
at a Glance (March 19th -23)
Wednesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Thursday.
Nightly – Read good-fit
books/Raz-Kids. Reading out loud to a family member helps with fluency and expression.
Practice word wall words and sound
teams.
In
order to be at benchmark for the April report card, your child must be able to
read and understand texts at level J.
Literacy:
All grade 2 high frequency words (sight words/word wall
words) have been introduced. These are the words your child needs to read
in a snap. Please continue to work on any words your child may struggle with.
The next outcome is spelling. By the end of grade 2 your
child is expected to know how to spell the 103 Grade 2 “No Excuse” Spelling
Words (they are the grade 1 word wall words). Please find this list in your
child’s message bag.
We have been practicing here at school and we will be
assessing them over the following weeks. Please take the time to work with your
child on this outcome.
We will be learning about antonyms (a word or phrase that means the opposite as another word) and synonyms (a word that means exactly
or nearly the same as another word).
Reading strategies: generate &
answer questions
We will continue to generate and answer questions about
fiction and non-fiction texts.
Writing: We
will be studying nonfiction writing. Students will learn to write procedural
texts that we call “how-to” writing. Students will learn the purpose of this
type of writing (to teach others how to do something such as how to make
toast), and how it must enable the reader to do what is being taught (steps
must be clear, organized, and make sense).
Math:
We are continuing our unit on two digit addition and subtraction. We will be spending a couple more weeks on
subtracting numbers to 100. We will be
solving problems with and without regrouping.
An example with no regrouping is:
34-12 = 3 tens subtract 1 ten = 2 tens and 4 ones subtract 2 ones is 2
so the answer is 22. 34 subtract 10 is
24,take the 2 ones away…22.
An example with regrouping
or trading is 41 – 19 = Before we can
solve this problem students need to recognize that we cannot subtract 9 ones
from 1 one.
We have done a lot of work
on breaking numbers up/seeing them in different ways. They need to see the 41
as 30 and 11….. so the question now becomes 30 and 11(picture it as 3 tens and
11 loose ones) I can now take away the 19….3 tens take away 1 ten is 2
tens…..11 loose ones take away 9 loose ones is 2….2 tens and 2 loose ones is
22!
Another way to think of it
is: 41-19….Think of 19 as 10 and 9.I know 41-10 is 31 and if I subtract the 9
it is 22.
Another way to think about
it is…I know 41-20 is 21 but I only
took away 19 so it is 22.
It is wonderful to see the
students using this “math thinking” and applying their skills!
However, we will continue to practice these strategies
throughout the remainder of the year.
Please continue to practice adding and subtracting one and two digit
numbers with your child.
Reminders/Important Dates:
March 27 – Full Day Professional Learning – No School
for students that day
March 30 – Good Friday –
No School
April 2 – Easter Monday –
No School
April 12 – Parent Teacher
interviews (afternoon/evening)
April 13 – Parent Teacher
interviews (morning)/Professional Learning (PM) – No school for students.
Thank you for your support! Grade 2 team