April 20-24

Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• opinion writing assessment - we have done two together, now can they do it on their own?
• response to literature: "Making Cents" (how coins are made)
• phonics: more practice with final /k/ sound - is it k, ck, or ke?
• phonics: digraph blends
• phonics: sentence structure - subjects and predicates, simple and compound
• phonics: adding suffixes to words with adjacent vowels
• phonics: common words 13 - great, where, help, through, much, before, line, right, too, mean, old, any, same, tell, boy
• math: continue to practice telling time
• Power Hour/ Daily 5: continue to practice becoming better readers, spellers, and comprehenders

April 13-17

Six-and-a-half weeks of instruction left to go!  Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• Opinion writing: What is your favorite season (Monday-partial multi-flow map, Tuesday-opening sentence and three reasons on flow map, Wednesday - add details to flow map, Thursday-closing sentence on flow map and oral rehearsal, Friday-write)
• daily 5/Power Hour: continued practice to become better readers, spellers, and comprehenders
• phonics: adverbs
• phonics: phonetic skill #5 (when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking)
• phonics: common word list #12
• phonics: spelling with -k
• phonics: digraph blends (a digraph that contains a third consonant - like /phl/ or /shr/)
• math: time to the half-hour
• math: time to the quarter-hour
• math: time to five minutes
• math: AM/PM

April 6-10

We hope that everyone had a nice and restful vacation!  It is time to hit the ground running as we prepare for our final descent into third grade.  The next several weeks will be very busy with instruction and assessment.  We know that the weather is nice, and students are yearning to run and play, but it is crucial that they are in school and ready to learn for the next little while.  We appreciate your support in getting them to school each and every day!
Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• opinion writing: What is your favorite animal?  - learning to use reasons and details in a logical and sequential manner to support your opinion
• phonics: adjectives - comparative and superlative
• phonics: common word list #11 - new, sound, take, only, little, work, know, place, year, live
• phonics: soft sounds of c and g
• phonics: adding suffixes to sneaky e words and single-syllable long vowel words
• phonics: adverbs
• Daily 5/Power Hour: continued practice in reading, spelling, and comprehension
• math: time - telling time to the hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour

March 23-27

Yeah!  Spring has officially arrived.  Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• continuing with Response to Literature: Maps - creating three thinking maps using information from the reading passage
• coin recognition - dimes and quarters (we did pennies and nickels last week)
• phonics: phonetic skill 3 - when a vowel stands along, it makes a long sound
• phonics: phonetic skill 4 - the sneaky e rule (when the letter e comes at the end of a word and is preceded by another vowel, the e is silent, making the first vowel sound long).
• phonics: adjectives
• phonics: adjectives and linking verbs
• phonics: spelling with -ke (long vowel, silent e words)
• Daily 5/Power Hour: continued practice in reading, spelling, and comprehension

I will have a substitute on Wednesday.  I will be at the district office screening applicants for the opening that we have in second grade for next year.  Please remind your student how to behave for a substitute  teacher.  Thanks for all your help and support at home!

March 16-20

Welcome to a new week!  Here is what we will be working on in English this week:

• Response to Literature: Maps - pulling information from text, then using that information to write a paragraph
• Writing assessment: What is your favorite animal?  Why?
• Phonics: action verbs
• Phonics: linking verbs
• Phonics: subject/verb agreement
• Phonics: helping verbs
• Math: coin recognition - pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters (this is not part of our core, but working with coins is, and we have found from past experience that most students still cannot recognize the coins and their values at this point in second grade - so we need to cover it so they can successfully work with coins.  It would help tremendously if you could also go over pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters at home!)
• Daily 5/Power Hour: continued practice in reading, spelling, and comprehension

March 9-13

Welcome to a new week!  Friday is a short day; school will be dismissed at 12:00.  Here is what we will be working on in English class this week:

• continue working on categorical narrative about places to eat in Logan - we still need to add details and write sentences
• begin  response to literature activity on maps
• phonics: suffixes
• phonics: three sound of /ed/
• phonics: verbs - action, linking, subject verb agreement, present, past, future, irregular
• phonics assessment for chapter 1
• Daily 5/Power Hour: continue practice in reading, spelling, and comprehension
• continued practice with three-digit subtraction with/without regrouping

Here are some helpful sites to get worksheets to help your child with multi-digit addition and subtraction: 

math-aids

math worksheets for kids

worksheet works

math drills

March 2 - 6

CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE HOMEWORK IN ENGLISH Welcome to March!  Here is what we will be working on this week in English class:

• finish-up response to literature: Thurgood Marshall - finish up sentences
• begin categorical narrative: places to eat in Logan - circle map, flow map, opening/closing sentences
• phonics: nouns - singular/plural, common/proper, possessive, personal, indefinite, collective, irregular, and reflexive
• phonics: suffixes
• Daily 5/Power Hour: continued practice with reading, spelling, and comprehension of text
• continue practice with double- and triple-digit subtraction with regrouping
• March 5th - 7 Habits assembly @ 1:45