Grade 2 Week
at a Glance (March 26 -29)
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, sound teams
and no excuse spelling words.
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 Excuses” Spelling
Words (they are the grade 1 word wall words).
This list was sent home last week
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.
Homophones: We will learn
about homophones this week. These are
words that sound the same, but may be spelled differently and have different
meanings. For example: they’re, their, there, to, too, two, wood, would.
Reading strategies: We will be looking at text
features to see how authors use them:
italics, fonts, bold, underline, and capital letters.
Writing: We will continue
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: Another
strategy to help with addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers is being able
to quickly skip count by tens starting at any number. For example, ask your child to start at 46
and count on 32. This is the same as
46+32. Your child should be able to
solve by saying 56, 66, 76, 77, 78. This
is a very helpful strategy for solving 2 digit addition and subtraction
questions without the use of models. Practice counting back for
subtraction…85-32…75, 65, 55, 54, 53.
Reminders/Important Dates:
March 27 – Full Day Professional Learning – No School
for students that day
March 29 - Easter dinner(for students only). The cost is $5.50 and will include ham,
potatoes, veggie, milk and cookie. No other meals will be served
on that day.
March 30 – Good Friday –
No School
April 2 – Easter Monday – No School
April 9 – Report Cards go
home
April 12 – Parent Teacher interviews
(late afternoon/evening - more info to follow)
April 13 – Parent Teacher
interviews (morning)/Professional Learning (PM) – No school for students
April 24 – Half Day
professional learning. Students will be
dismissed at 11:30 (please note the
change of time).
Thank you for your support! Grade 2 team