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