Last Week of Stations!

This year has gone by so swiftly!! I can't believe it will be our last week for stations this week. It's a good thing we have a very interesting unit on "Cowboys!"

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 6, Week 4 (Cowboys)

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.)
Traditions:  Are traditions and celebrations important in our lives?	What can we learn about cowboy traditions?
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.)
Suffixes:  -ness (awareness), -less (careless), -able (agreeable), -ible (horrible)	Suffixes:  -ness, -less careless   darkness   fearless   fitness   goodness   helpless   kindness   sadness   sickness   thankless   useless   weakness
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
alone   buy   half   many   their   youngest	campfire   cattle   cowboy   galloped    herd   railroad   trails
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.)
buckaroo   climate    drover   lariat   legend   livestock   occupation   rawhide	Cursive Letters Z, Q, X Letter Slant

Thanks for such a great "Teacher Appreciation" Week!

I hope our classroom is a happy place to be, I really enjoy teaching your children and I sincerely thank you for the kind notes, classroom supplies and flowers. It was such a fun week!
    Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 6, Week 3 (A Birthday Basket for Tia)

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.)
Traditions:  Are traditions and celebrations important in our lives?	Why are family celebrations special?
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.)
Syllables:  -ion, -tion, -ture	Syllables:  -ion, -tion, -ture action   caution   feature   fixture   future   mixture   motion   nation   nature   picture   section   station
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
been   believe   caught   finally   tomorrow   whatever	aunt   bank   basket   collects   favorite   present
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.)
angle   brilliant   celebration   create   custom   inspect   snapshot   tradition	Cursive Letters G, S, I Letter Size

Field Trip tho Week!

So, we are hoping we don't get this kind of weather for our Field Trip on Tuesday! Please help your child dress appropriately for whatever we get!

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 6, Week 2 (Red, White, and Blue:  The Story of the American Flag)

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.)
Traditions:  Are traditions and celebrations important in our lives?	What traditions and celebrations involve our country’s flag?
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.)
Abbreviations	Abbreviations: Aug.  Dec.   Dr.   Feb.   Jan.   Mr.    Mrs.   Ms.   Nov.   Oct.   Rd.   St.
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
answer   company   faraway   parents   picture   school   wash	America   birthday   flag   freedom   nicknames   stars   stripes
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.)
allegiance   frayed   history   independence   indivisible   patriotic   symbol   unfurl	Cursive Letters B, P, R, T, F Letter Smoothness