Posts: Grade 2 Week at a Glance (April 8-12)

4/4/2019 5:52 PM by cathy.denovan

Grade 2 Week
at a Glance (April 8-12)

Tuesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Wednesday.

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 points, 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 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:

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:

Thursday, April 11- Easter Dinner- Tickets will be on sale from March 25th to
April 8th in the cafeteria and on the Chartwells website. Please send a
lunch with your child if you are not purchasing a ticket next week as there
will not be anything else available in the cafeteria on April 11th.

Tuesday, April 16-coloured t shirt activity

Thursday, April 18 – Jump Rope for Heart pledges due

Friday, April 19 – Good Friday – No School

Monday, April 22 – Easter Monday – No School

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