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