Spring is around the corner...

We have had a lovely week in second grade! On Wednesday we had snow showers, then on Friday it seemed like April! The students have been excited to get some exercise and sunshine to help them concentrate in class. We have made SO much progress in double-digit math and are very proud of our students!! Next week we start geometry…

Here is our focus in Language Arts for the week:

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 4, Week 5 (The First Tortilla)

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.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	How do changes in the weather affect us?
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.)
Vowels oo, ue, ew, ui	Vowels oo, ue, ew, ui: blue   clue   drew   flew   fool   fruit   juice   new   spoon   suit   too   true
Spiral Review Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
around   enough   many   thought   took	awaken   cliffs   mountain   prize   rainbow   suffer   volcano
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.)
breeze   condition   funnel   predict   sparkle   swirl   terrifying   whip	Cursive Letters n, m, x Letter Size

President's Day Week

It will be a short week (again) for our little learners. We continue to practice our math facts and read aloud daily to improve fluency. Thanks for all you do to support our class!

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 4, Week 4 (The Night the Moon Fell)

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.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	Why are some changes difficult?
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.)
Syllable Patterns: VCV (vowel consonant vowel – donate, moment) VCCV (vowel consonant consonant      vowel – boathouse, follow)	boyhood   cowboy   daydream   downstairs   football   houseboat   oatmeal   outplay    railroad   roadway   soybean
Spiral Review Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
friend   love   move   pretty   school	balance   canyons   coral   rattle   slivers   sway   whisper
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.)
accent   adjust   foreign   forlorn   landmark   quiver   tease   unexpected	Cursive Letters a, d, c Word Spacing

More Second Grade Fun!

    We celebrated the 100th day of school last week, so we decided that our students should have 100 year old teachers. (It was harder for Miss Mellor to look old!) We had a great day.
    This week we will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday as well as doing our usual routine. It will be busy and fun as well. Here is our new reading outline…

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 4, Week 3 (Soil)

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.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	What changes occur under the ground?
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.)
Vowel Diphthongs: /ou/ spelled ou and ow; /oi/ spelled oi and oy	Vowel Diphthongs: /ou/ spelled ou and ow; /oi/ spelled oi and oy around   coil   cow   flower   gown   howl   moist   noise   out   pound   royal   toy
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
bear   build   couldn’t   father   love   mother   straight	grains   materials   particles   seeps   substances   texture
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.)
blizzard   discovery   fine   incredible   landscape   molten   transform   underneath	Cursive Letters k, j, p Letter Spacing

 

Fabulous February!

We have so many fun things going on! Mrs. Beckstrand started teaching us music on Thursday afternoons. She is an amazing music teacher and we are fortunate she is willing to share her talents with us! We had a "Meet the Masters" assembly and will be doing a really fun art project later this month with our great art volunteers headed up by Mrs. Fisher.  It is Groundhog Day tomorrow and we will celebrate the 100th day of school on Monday. 

Here is the outline for our studies this week:

Unit 4, Week 2 (The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin)

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.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	How do plants change over time?
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.)
Vowels oo, u	Vowels oo, u book   brook   cook   full   hood   July   pull   push   put   shook   stood   wood
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
everywhere   live /liv/   machines   woman   work   world	bumpy   fruit   harvest   root   smooth   soil   vine
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.)
adapt   ancient   annual   blazing   drought   massive   nutrients   sprout	Cursive Letters t, i, u Letter Slant