Grade 2 Week
at a Glance (April 9-13)
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.
Literacy:
We will be learning about compound words - two words that
go together to make one word. (ie; butterfly, sandbox, etc.) Have your
child try to find compound words in the books he/she reads to you at home.
Reading:
Comprehension, Expression and Fluency
· Please continue to
check for comprehension by having your child answer questions about the stories
he/she reads, as well as retelling the most important events.
· Make sure your
child is using punctuation to make their reading more fluent and expressive
(ie; stopping for periods, pausing for commas, using enthusiasm in their voice
for exclamation marks, etc.)
Please
review ALL strategies for decoding unknown words:
1.
Eagle eye – use picture clues
2.
Lips the Fish – say the first few sounds of the
word
3.
Stretchy snake – stretch the word slowly and then
put the sounds back together
4.
Chunky monkey – look for a chunk you know
5.
Flippy Dolphin – if the short vowel sound doesn’t
work, try the long vowel sound, and vice versa
6.
Skippy Frog – skip the word and read to the end of
the sentence, then hop back
7.
Tryin’ Lion – try a word that makes sense
Writing: We will finish up
our How to writing. Students have learned how to write procedural texts. This week students will finish up their How
to book and we will share our work with other writers during an Author’s
Celebration.
Math: Practice
adding and subtracting at home by counting money (pennies, nickels and
dimes). Make two piles of coins (adding
to $1.00 or less) and have your child add them up. Write the number sentence that goes with the
question. For example, if you have a
pile with 23 cents and you added 2 dimes how much money would you have now? (23
cents + 20 cents = 43 cents).
Reminders/Important Dates:
April 9 – Report Cards go
home
April 11 – Vesey Seed Orders Due
April 12 – Parent Teacher
interviews 3:30-7:00
April 13 – Parent Teacher
interviews 8:30-11:45/Professional
Learning (PM) – No school for
students
April 23 – Grade 2 students perform at Music Festival
(FHS). Stage time is 9:50. Please return permission slip if you have not
already done so.
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