Sunday, January 27, 2013

It's Still Winter!! But We Are Warm Inside..


Yes, it continues to snow, but we are really keeping busy in Second Grade! We are working so hard to understand double-digit subtraction with regrouping. Seriously, a challenge for everyone. Here is a little rhyme we use to help us...
    "More on the floor? Go next door and get ten more!" If the number on the bottom is larger than the top-you need to get a 10 from the number next to it...silly, but effective. Thanks for all you do!

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills
Unit 3, Week 5 (A Weed Is a Flower)

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?


Where do creative ideas come from?
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.)

Comparative Endings


Comparative Endings
busier   busiest   fatter   fattest   happier   happiest   hotter   hottest   smaller   smallest   sooner   soonest
High Frequency Words
(These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)
Story Words
(These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)

clothes   hours   money   neighbor   only   question   taught
agriculture   college   greenhouse   laboratory
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.)
accomplish   excel   opportunity   original   process   research   scientist   unusual

Letters o, w, b, v, z, s, r, and f
Letter Formation

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