Second Grade SUPER News
January 15, 2016
Highlights from Second Grade
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Literacy
This week's phonics focus in Superkids was long vowel sounds in the patterns -old, -ost, -ild, -ind, and the short vowel sound in -ea. We talked about the suffixes -ful (meaning full of) and -less (meaning without). We also explored similies using like and as to compare two things.
Next week is also the last week of second quarter. We will be celebrating our AR achievements on Friday, January 22nd, with a movie about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our classroom store will be open for students to spend their pennies.
Math
In math this week we have been adding 1-digit to 2-digit numbers, and 2-digit to 2-digit numbers.
Students were introduced to 5 different Addition strategies:
- base ten blocks
- open number line
- making tens and hundreds
- decomposing
- standard algorithm without regrouping
The reason behind teaching multiple addition and subtraction strategies is not to confuse students, but rather help build their Mental Math skills so they are able to solve problems with and/or without paper. Give your student a problem, like 40 +70 or 34 + 55, and have them demonstrate solving them using each of the different strategies.
We also played math games this week that can be found on our classroom home page under Math.
- Greg Tang (Breakapart and Num Tanga)
- Sheppard Software (Fruit Splat Addition)
In IXL students should complete Addition two digits:
G.1, G.2, G.4, G.6, G.8, G.9, G.11
AR Winners
Miscellaneous Items:
- The form for your preference of conference times is in the Friday folder. It is due back next Friday, January 22nd.
- After school programs start next week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The option for 2nd grade is Study Hall. The pink slip should be brought to school on the day your child is to stay.
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