Saturday, February 22, 2014

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


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