Halloween is Coming!

Yes, this is how our students are feeling right now. We will still be holding school and having a spelling test this week! The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday and we will wind our way around the school into the gym. Our party will be from 10:30-11:30. It will be a lot of fun! (Obviously no centers on Thursday!) Please remember it is a short day. There is no school on Friday, the teachers are scheduled to work that day preparing report cards etc... I'm looking forward to visiting with you at SEP's the first week of November.

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 3 (Scarcity)

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 meet people’s needs?
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.)
r-Controlled er, ir, ur	r-Controlled er, ir, ur birth   curb   curl   dirt   her   nurse   person   purse   serve   skirt   turn   turtle
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
above   ago   enough   toward   whole   word	hurricanes   resources   scarce   scarcity   trade-off
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.)
consumer(s)   decision(s)   extraordinary   fiber   lack   producer(s)   strand   typical	Jj,   Pp Letter Form

Welcome Back from Fall Break!

 We love going to the library and listening to some great Halloween stories!

A big thank you to Mrs. Grennon who sewed these bean bags for us to use in P.E.!

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 2 (Abraham Lincoln)

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 has working together changed history?
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.)
Contractions	Contractions aren’t   can’t   didn’t   hadn’t   haven’t   he’s   I’ll   I’m   isn’t   it’s   she’s   who’s
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
certainly   either   great   laugh   second   worst   you’re	fault   honest   lawyer   noticed
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.)
aloft   architect   ingenious   identify   participate   scour   significant   tinker	Nn, Mm

Wahoo! Great News!

Well, it looks like autumn is really here! I love the changing seasons in our mountains and the chance to learn about new things in school. 

 We had some great news this weekend! Chevron funded a grant I had applied for to add another ipad to our classroom. We have limited funding for technology, so I really appreciate the opportunity to try to keep our class practicing on current technology. Many thanks to the people at Chevron!!

    Every week I put our spelling words on an app called Spelling City. There are several games for your child to play to practice his/her spelling words. You can access the words by choosing the orange tab at the bottom of the home page that says "more lists." Then choose "teacher name" and type in Shelley Garrett, my account at Brookwood will pop up. I will label the words according to the name of our story for the week. In this case, Tara and Tyree. I hope this helps you find fun ways to practice spelling at home.

 

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 1 (Tara and Tiree, Fearless 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.)
Working Together:  How can we work together?	How can we help each other in dangerous situations?
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.)
r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar	r-Controlled ar, or, ore, oar before   born   chore   corn   farm   hard   horse   more   part   porch   score  smart
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
break   family   heard   listen   once   pull	brave   collar   slipped
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.)
avalanche   blustery   courageous   fast-paced   hazard   instinct   rescue   skittish	Ii, Uu, Rr and Letter Size

We are having fun in Tanner Dance!

This week we have been having a great time with Miss Rachel ! Mr. Luke is our accompanist and gives us great ideas for movement.
    We are reviewing all of Unit 1 this week in Reading Street. Our word list is as follows:
tip, tag, run, page, vote, size, ask, state, brave, talked, hugging, smiled, what, chase, shape. Yes, a review of all of our spelling words!