Week of October 17, 2016
In room 31
THIS WEEK IN 2ND GRADE
Vocabulary
practice, favorite, wrinkled, settled, cuddle, patient
cultures, deaf, signing, relatives, language, celebrate
ancestors, heritage, reclaim, native, local, traditions
share, thinning, wonderful, company, delighted, enjoyed
groan, whisper, excited, different, careful
Grammar
Combining sentences.
Subjects
Predicates
Commands and Exclamations
Statements and Questions
Phonics
short vowels a, i, e, o, u
long vowels with the silent e
Reading Strategy and Skill
Strategy: Summarize, Analyze Story Structure
Skill: Main Idea and Details, Character and Setting, Plot, Make and Confirm Predictions
High-frequency words
America, world, country
move, another, year
because, off, picture
Enlgish, language, understand
Math
We have introduced several strategies for adding and subtracting numbers. Some of these include counting on, counting back, drawing tens and ones, and breaking numbers apart to make the nearest ten.
Some of these strategies "fit your child's brain" right now, and some may not. We will continue using and expanding on these strategies for the rest of the year. At this point just let your child explore these strategies with you at home.
They are allowed to use which ever strategy they would like in order to complete their homework assignments. And they may even decide to try a new strategy in order to "exercise their brain muscles"! Don't take the math homework too seriously. The most important thing is that they show what strategy they use. It is better that they do one problem and show how they arrived to the answer than completing 20 problems without explaining their thinking.
We will be giving the Unit 1 Math assessment this week and we look forward to sharing it with you at our conferences next month :)
Writing
Upcoming Events
Gold Medal Reading has begun!
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Red Ribbon Week October 24-28
Tuesday- Walk or bike to school
Wednesday-Wear Red
Thursday- Bring a heart healthy snack
Friday- Nutrition Assembly