NEW month, NEW Unit-GREAT week!

Hi Everyone! Welcome back from a long weekend of thankfulness! I am just so thankful to be up and moving around again. I was sad to miss you all the two days prior to break, I had a fever and was quite ill for several days. Thanks to Mrs. Durling for taking care of things at school.
    We're starting a new unit this week. Here is the information! (Plus the bonus words for spelling for those who want a challenge are: electricity, unique, and contraption.)

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 3, Week 1 (Pearl and Wagner:  Two Good 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.)
Creative Ideas:  What does it mean to be creative?	When does support from others help with a creative idea?
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.)
Long e:  e, ee, ea, y	Long e:  e, ee, ea, y deep   easy   feet   leave   party   read   seat   sleep   team   teeth   wheel   windy
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
guess   pretty   science   shoe   village   watch   won	electricity   robot   trash   wad
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.)
construct   contraption   daydream   foolproof   project   scrap   sidekick   unique	Zz, Xx and Word Spacing

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Review Week!

   I love going out into the hall and seeing all of the beautiful art your children make. It certainly makes me smile. We just had a great day learning about Marc Chagall with Mrs. Fisher and I will post those pictures next week (since I can't get them to download this evening!)
   We have our Tanner Dance program this coming Thursday at 2:30 in the gym. It is just our three classes, so it will not be very long. We are asking the children to wear comfortable dark pants (or leggings) and they will have a bright yellow shirt to put on at school.
    We are reviewing the last 5 weeks in Reading Street this week (mixed review spelling.) Our test on money is this Wednesday. Thanks for all you do!

Great SEP's!

I loved having the chance to visit with you all at SEP's! Your children are making such good progress and a lot of fun to be with every day. I am putting our new language arts curriculum on the site, but don't forget to identify and count some coins.

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 5 (One Good Turn Deserves Another)

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 solve problems?
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.)
Long a:  a, ai, ay	Long a:  a, ai, ay away   brain   main   paint   play   raise   say   stay   tail   today   tray   wait
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
behind   brought   door   everybody   minute   promise   sorry	armadillo   creature   grateful   groaned   snorted
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.)
coax   conflict   deserve   mope   pursue   ramp   resolve   startle	Qq, Vv Letter Spacing

Thanks for a Fun Halloween!

We sure had a great time! Thanks to all of the parent volunteers for the fun party!!

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 4 (The Bremen Town Musicians)

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?	Why is it a good idea to work together?
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.)
Plurals  -s, -es, -ies	Plurals  -s, -es, -ies babies   baby   lunch   lunches   note   notes   stories   story   switch   switches   tune   tunes
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
bought   people    pleasant   probably   scared   shall   sign	excitement   mill   monsters   musicians   robbers
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.)
depend   familiar   insist   miserable   partnership   solution  struggle   survival	Ww, Yy Letter Slant