​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (April 16-20)

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 reviewing alphabetical order and will learn how to use alphabetical order to find words in a dictionary.

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.)

Writing: 

We will be learning and writing about ways to help protect our earth in recognition of Earth Day (April 22).

Math: 

We are using the make ten strategy to help solve addition when a double digit number is involved.  Students need to confidently know the partners of 10 (numbers that add 10). For example….37+8…..think….37+ what gets me to 40? Take that 3 from the 8, the 8 is now 5…..40+5 is the same as 37+8…so it is 45!

Continue to 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 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).

May 1-Jump Rope for Heart pledges are due.

May 4 – Council Day (Professional Learning) for teachers.  No school for students.

May 14 – NBTA Branch Day – No School for students

May 21 – Victoria Day – No school

May 29 - 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​