Sorry for the Delay!! I finally got the homework up for the week...

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 3, Week 1 (Pearl and Wagner:  Two Good Friends)

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days.  (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.)  You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Creative Ideas:  What does it mean to be creative?	When does support from others help with a creative idea?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Long e:  e, ee, ea, y	Long e:  e, ee, ea, y deep   easy   feet   leave   party   read   seat   sleep   team   teeth   wheel   windy
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
guess   pretty   science   shoe   village   watch   won	electricity   robot   trash   wad
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
construct   contraption   daydream   foolproof   project   scrap   sidekick   unique	Zz, Xx and Word Spacing

A Delightful Group of Students!

I am enjoying this darling class so much! They are just delightful students. This week we will re-take a math test (money) for those who did not do as well as expected. If your child got below 50 (out of 65) I will give them a chance to try again on Wednesday. We have been exploring numbers and doing some double-digit addition and will soon move on to double-digit subtraction. The new math packet went home on Friday.
   This week we will be reviewing Unit 2 in Reading. Our spelling test will be a review list.
  **Don't forget Tanner Dance Program at 2:15 on Thursday (December 6th) in the gym

Unit 2 Review Words

part

more

born

can’t

it’s

I’m

skirt

turn

person

notes

lunches

babies

away

brain

paint

Back from the holidays!

We are busy getting ready for our Tanner Dance performance on December 6th! It will probably be in the afternoon-I will let you know as soon as I do.  Here is our Reading Street information...Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 5 (One Good Turn Deserves Another)

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days.  (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.)  You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Working Together:  How can we work together?	How can we work together to solve problems?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Long a:  a, ai, ay	Long a:  a, ai, ay away   brain   main   paint   play   raise   say   stay   tail   today   tray   wait
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
behind   brought   door   everybody   minute   promise   sorry	armadillo   creature   grateful   groaned   snorted
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
coax   conflict   deserve   mope   pursue   ramp   resolve   startle	Qq, Vv Letter Spacing

Happy Thanksgiving!!

       A quiet moment during centers or writer's workshop makes me realize how grateful I am for the sweet children in my class. Thank you for sharing your little ones with me.
    Because of the (very) short week we will be doing review activities this week. No spelling test!
                         * Math Topic Test 5 on money will be given on Tuesday.

Great to Celebrate!

      It was so enjoyable to see you all and celebrate the many accomplishments of your children! I think we have a darling class.
      In math we are working on money-counting it by adding on and knowing the value of each coin. This is critical information, even though we rarely use cash these days. It still is the foundation for our monetary system!
     Here is the background for our new reading unit...

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 4 (The Bremen Town Musicians)

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days.  (*Please note: our literacy lessons are based on 5-day plans that may or may not align with a M-F schedule. In an effort to teach the entire grade level core, we will send home the “weekly study skills” on the day that we begin a new 5-day instructional sequence.)  You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Working Together:  How can we work together?	Why is it a good idea to work together?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Plurals  -s, -es, -ies	Plurals  -s, -es, -ies babies   baby   lunch   lunches   note   notes   stories   story   switch   switches   tune   tunes
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
bought   people    pleasant   probably   scared   shall   sign	excitement   mill   monsters   musicians   robbers
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
depend   familiar   insist   miserable   partnership   solution  struggle   survival	Ww, Yy Letter Slant