​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (Jan. 13-Jan. 17)

Tuesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Wednesday.  (We still do not have a librarian.)

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:  hurt, saw, sister, first, girl, after, bug    Please highlight on the sight word sheet sent home at the start of the year.

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

Sound Teams: er, ir, ur all have the same sound. Have your child practice reading: her, dirt, fur, faster, shirt, curl

Reading strategies: Capital Letters for Emphasis

We will discuss how authors sometimes use all uppercase letters to emphasize certain words. They are encouraged to use this strategy in their own writing.

Writing: Connecting words

We will be continuing to learn how to make our writing more fluent by using connecting or linking words. Students often write short/choppy sentences, however, connecting words like and, so, with, but, because can be used to connect two short sentences, or to add more detail to a sentence. For example, rather than writing I like sliding. It is fun. Students can use a connecting word to make a longer more fluent sentence I like sliding because it is fun.

Math:   We will continue to apply mental math strategies to determine basic addition facts to 18 and related subtraction facts.  Our focus this week will be showing the relationship between addition and subtraction facts.  For example, if your child knows 7+3=10 (making ten) they should be able to use that knowledge to solve 10-3 = 7 or

10-7=3.    If your child knows 6+6=12 (double) then they should be able to solve 12-6 = 6 quickly.

Also refer to last week’s homework for outcomes to review.

Reminders/Important Dates:

Skating:  Wednesday, Jan. 15 from 9:00-10:00 and Wednesday, Jan.  22 from 9:00-10:00     Mark your calendars!  We will be going skating these two days.  It would be so wonderful if you could join us to tie skates and help get your child on the ice. Your child needs skates and a skating helmet. We are at York Arena this year.    Please refer to the note sent home as well as on the school’s website.

Monday, Jan. 13-Wear your coloured team t-shirt

Monday, Jan.27-Professional Learning Day-no school for students.

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