This week we will begin learning about responsibility in Unit 5-pronouns, suffixes and realistic fiction in literature.We will review and take our fractions test, then jump right in to measurement (a quick look!) We'll have a lot to do this week!
Second Grade Weekly Study Skills
Unit 5, Week 1 (Firefighter!)
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.)
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Question
of the Week
(This is the theme/question
for this week’s instruction in class.)
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Responsibility: What does it mean to be responsible?
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Why should we be responsible
for doing a good job?
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Phonics
Skills
(These are the letters and
sounds we are learning in class.)
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Spelling
Patterns and associated Words
(These patterns connect to
our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
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Suffixes: -ly,
-ful, -er, -or, -ish
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Suffixes:
cheerful fighter
graceful hardly helper
quickly sailor slowly
teacher visitor weekly
yearly
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High-Frequency
Words
(These reading words should
be practiced and memorized.)
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Story
Words
(These reading words are
words from this week’s main selection.)
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break family
heard listen once
pull
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building burning
masks quickly roar
station tightly
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Oral
Vocabulary
(Try using these words in
your conversations at home.)
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Handwriting
Practice
(Students can practice the
writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
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caretaker community
instrument lug operation
responsible supplies teamwork
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Cursive Letters g, y, q
Letter Smoothness
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