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.
It has been a busy week in the 2/3 Community!
2nd-Ortiz-Outdoors/Nature 2nd-Bates-Art Basket 2nd-Andrews –Pet Basket 3rd-Beckett-Gamer’s Basket 3rd-Jacobbe-Fitness/Sports 3rd-Watson –Surf, Sun & Fun Thank you for all of your help. Donation collection bins will be in your child’s community center. Feel free to place your donations in these bins or give them to a teacher. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Cake at [email protected]. All donations are due by October 3rd.
This Week: Reading - In reading this week the students continued to practice making text-to-self connections using Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. During independent reading the students practiced using self-monitoring skills to ensure they have chosen a just right book. The students asked themselves: What is happening in my book? Can I understand what I am reading? Can I read most of the words? Teachers conferenced with the students to help them self-monitor their reading. Vocabulary – This week the students learned eavesdrop, eavesdropper, accompany, and annoy from Jamaica Tag Along. The students also reviewed the words familiar, glare, hurl, overalls, and pester from previous stories. Word Study- In word study this week the students reviewed the spellings of the long e sound. The students read and sorted words with e-e, ea, ee, e, and y. The students learned that two words that sound the same but have different meanings are called homophones. (Ex. meet, meat; here, hear; seen, scene; and beat, beet). Finally, the students learned a strategy for spelling words that end with y. Writing – In writing this week the students focused on the skills necessary for writing good sentences. The students learned that a complete sentence has two parts: who or what (the subject) and what happens (the predicate). When a sentence is missing one of the two parts it is incomplete. The students also learned how to use apostrophes to make a contraction. Last week the students listened to the story, Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers, as an inspiration for writing silly sentences to get inspiration for a story. The students wrote their own silly sentences about animals using contractions such as don’t or can’t. Finally, the students wrote a story to a prompt, “Tell about a time that you were happy”, as a beginning of the year writing sample. We will be sharing these stories with you during parent conferences next month. Math - In math this week the students developed strategies for solving addition and subtraction story problems. The students practiced the following steps: 1. Read the problems and imagine what is happening in your head; 2. Solve the problem and check your solution; 3. Show how you solved the problem; 4. Write an equation that represents what is happening in the problem. The students also continued to develop their fluency with plus 1, plus 2, and make 10 combinations. Finally, the students listened to the story Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale. In this story a couple places different items into a magic doubling pot and when the item comes out there are two of them. This story helped the students visualize how numbers can double. The students will continue to develop their fluency with doubles up to 10. Next Week : Reading – Next week the students will continue to work with Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day focusing on key details and new vocabulary words. Word Study- Next week the students will be reading and sorting words with r-controlled vowels (er, ir, ur, ar, and or). Writing – Next week the students will continue to write stories using silly animal sentences. Math – Next week the students will finish Unit 1 and begin Unit 2 which focuses on 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes and their attributes. Homework To Be Sent Home: Monday, September 26th- wkbk p. 60 Wednesday, September 28th- practice subtraction facts related to plus 1, plus 2, and make 10 combinations Thursday, September 29th-wkbk p. 2 Continue To Practice:
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