2nd Grade Weekly Newsletter
Each newsletter describes what your child has been learning in school, what they will be learning the following week, and homework assignments your child will be receiving.
A few dates to remember as we look forward to next week.
--2/3 teachers This Week: Reading – This week in reading the students explored how to visualize a character in a story using the poem, My Baby Brother. The students drew pictures of the character based on their mental image after hearing and discussing the poem. Finally, the students continued to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections to their independent reading books. Vocabulary – This week in vocabulary the students learned the meaning of the words numerous, recreation, shelter and necessary from the story, A Tree is Nice. The students also reviewed the meaning of the words eavesdropper, plenty, rude, fragrant, and unusual from previous stories. Word Study- This week in word study the students learned a strategy for reading words with the inflectional ending –ed. The students read and sorted words with the inflectional ending –ed. Finally, the students practiced writing words with the inflectional ending –ing. Writing – This week in writing the students practiced telling more in their stories by adding details and temporal words such as first, next, finally, etc. The students shared their stories with their partners while they visualized what was happening in the story. Using the prompts, “I found out….” and “I like your story because…”, the students provided feedback and shared their partners thinking with the class. Finally, the students learned the difference between common and proper nouns and how to correctly write them in a sentence. Math - This week in math the students explored the concept of symmetry. The students used mirrors, built symmetrical geoblock buildings, made symmetrical patterns with colored tiles and pattern blocks, as well as folded and cut paper into symmetrical shapes. Finally, the students continued to develop their fluency with doubles combinations to ten by playing “Double it” and “Doubles Array.” Next Week : Reading – Next week the students will continue to practice using visualizations to make sense of text. Word Study- Next week the students will explore and practice alphabetizing words. Writing – Next week the students will continue to explore using temporal words and descriptive language in their writing. Math – Next week the students will explore strategies for adding more than two numbers. Homework To Be Sent Home: Friday, November 4th- practice with subtraction facts related to double combinations. Continue To Practice:
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It has been another busy week in the 2/3 community!
--2/3 teachers This Week: Reading – In reading this week the students continued to practice making connections (text- to- self and/or text- to-text) to their own texts during independent reading. The students completed unit 1 by learning the new vocabulary words from The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. Finally, the students started Unit 2 on Friday. During this unit, the students visualize to make sense of various types of text. The students informally use their schema and make inferences as they visualize. The students explored this skill using the story, A Tree is Nice. Vocabulary – This week the students reviewed the words gobble and rude. They also learned dash and approach from The Three Little Pigs. Finally, we continued to review the words annoy, fearless, grumble, terrible, and terrific from previous stories. Word Study- In word study this week the students read and sorted words with –ing. The students discovered that when adding –ing to a base word the number of consonants have to be changed to keep a short vowel. For example, hop to hopping, run to running, skip to skipping. Using this strategy, the students were guided through spelling to practice writing words with the –ing ending. Writing – In writing this week the students reviewed the strategies they learned in Unit 1 to generate ideas for writing a story. Students drew, made lists, or wrote sentences to generate an idea for a story. The students shared their stories with the class. We continued to build our writing community by listening respectfully to the thinking of others. Using the prompts “I found out…” and/ or “I liked your story because…”, the students expressed interest in and appreciation for one another’s writing. Finally, on Friday the students began Unit 2 and discovered how to tell more in their stories by using temporal words such as first, next, then, and finally. Math - In math this week the students continued to explore rectangles. The students made rectangles on geoboards and drew them paying attention to the length of the sides. The students used color tiles to discover that several different rectangles could be made with the same number of tiles and practiced describing their creations by the number of rows and columns. Finally, the students discovered that different sized rectangles make up the faces on rectangular prisms and cubes. Finally, they learned how to identify rectangles that are similar sizes after tracing the faces on a rectangular prism. Next Week : Reading – Next week the students will continue to work with the story, A Tree is Nice and begin to learn new vocabulary words from this story. Word Study- Next week the students will read and sort words with the ending –ed. Writing – Next week the students will continue to explore using temporal words in their writing. Math – Next week the students will explore symmetry. Homework To Be Sent Home: Monday, October 24th- wkbk p. 32 Continue To Practice:
It has been another busy week in the 2/3 community!
This Week: Reading - This week in reading the students listened to The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig and discussed the story’s message with their partners. The students answered questions to understand key details and important ideas from the story. The students compared The Three Little Pigs with The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig using text to text connections. During independent reading the students continued to practice making text to self, and/or text to text connections with their books. Vocabulary – This week the students reviewed the words gobble and rude. They also learned dash and approach from The Three Little Pigs. Finally, we continued to review the words annoy, fearless, grumble, terrible, and terrific from previous stories. Word Study- This week in word study the students read and sorted words with the spellings au, aw, oi, and oy. The students played “Build That Word” and practice guided spelling. Writing – This week in writing the students listened to the story The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything as an inspiration for adding seeing and hearing words to their spooky story. The students presented their spook stories to the class and using the prompt “I like your story because….” provided feedback to each other in a positive way. Finally the students referred to their lists, drawings, silly sentences, and spooky sentences for inspiration to write a final story for this unit. Math - This week in math the students learned how to sort 2-dimensional shapes by the number of sides in each shape. Then using colored tiles, the students discovered that 2-dimensional shapes with 4 sides and 4 right angles are called quadrilaterals. Using these same colored tiles, the students also ordered a variety of rectangles in order from smallest to biggest. Finally, the students created their own rectangles and described them using rows and columns. Their partners tried to recreate the rectangles using these descriptions. Next Week : Reading – Next week the students will learn new vocabulary words from The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. Word Study- Next week the students will read and sort words with the ending –ing. Writing – Next week the students will continue to review the strategies they have learned from this unit. Math – Next week the students will create rectangles from geoboards and card stock. Homework To Be Sent Home: Tuesday, October 18th-wkbk pgs. 24-25 and M27 Wednesday, October 19th- play “Double It” and “Double Arrays” at home with primary cards sent home at the beginning of the year Continue To Practice:
Wow! What a week in the 2/3 Community!
--2/3 teachers This Week: Reading - In reading this week we read the story The Three Little Pigs. The students made text-to-self connections and answered questions to understand key details and important ideas in the story. With their partners, the students discussed the story’s message and explained their thinking by referring to the story. During independent reading the students are now reading for 15-20 minutes. They continue to practice making connections to their books and explaining their thinking to their partners. Vocabulary – This week the students learned the words gobble and rude. We also reviewed the words annoy, fearless, grumble, terrible, and terrific from previous stories. Word Study- In word study this week the students read and sorted words with the spellings oo, ew, ou, and ow. The students learned about compound words and continued to review homophones. Finally, the students learned and practice the procedure for guided spelling. Writing – In writing this week the students listened to the story Harry and the Terrible Whatzit. The students then created a list of scary words and things and used these to help them to create spooky sentences. The students chose their favorite sentence as an inspiration for writing their own spooky story. Math - In math this week the students identified the names and attributes of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. The students discovered that 2-dimensional shapes have sides and 3-dimensional shapes have faces. Finally, the students continued to develop their fluency with doubles facts. Next Week : Reading – Next week the students will continue to learn the vocabulary words for the story The Three Little Pigs. The students will then listen to and discuss a similar story The Big Bad Pig. Word Study- Next week the students will read and sort words with the spellings oy, oi, au, and aw. Writing – Next week the students will continue to finish their scary stories. Math – Next week the students will compare and sort 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Homework To Be Sent Home: Monday, October 10th- wkbk p. 13 Tuesday, Octoober 11th-wkbk p. 16 Continue To Practice:
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