December News:

Spelling words for December 9 are:

trace      place     badge
cage      space     ice
bulge     range     barge
mice     mule     huge
out        wash     saw

Our phonic skill is soft c and g.

The sight words for this week are:

straight     sky     out     buy

under     saw     pull     wash

food     almost

Math:  The students will be working on telling time to the half-hour and nearest 5-minutes.

Second Grade News

November 23-December 2

Spelling Skill Short u and Long u:  We will begin this spelling list before Thanksgiving break and finish it when we return from break.  The test will be on Wednesday, December 2.

        

         mule

         fuse

         use

         huge

         plum

         dug

         hum

         fun

         must                                 

         cub                                    

         rope

         nose

         look
         their
         yes

Reading:  Our genre is fables.  We will learn that a fable is a made-up story that teaches a lesson.  A fable has a beginning, middle, and end.

Sight Words:  By the end of the week your child should be able read these words quickly and easily.  Please post this letter in a handy spot (on the fridge, etc.) and have your child practice reading through these words a couple of times each day.

         change

         cheer

         fall

         five

         look                

         open               

         yes

         their

         won

         should

Vocabulary:  Please use these words in conversation with your child as we are learning the meaning.

         believe         

         lessons

         delicious

         feast

         fond

         remarkable

         snatch

         stories

                 

Second Grade News

November 9-November 20

Spelling:  The spelling test will be on November 17.

box

fox

dog

lock

pot

cone

home

nose

poke

rope

side

line

have

off

took

Reading: Our genre is realistic fiction.  Stories of this type sound as if they could happen in real life and the characters could be real people.  Our comprehension skill is character (who is the story about), setting (where does the story take place), and plot (beginning, middle, and end).  As you read with your child, please take a few minutes to discuss these elements of a story.

Sight Words:  By the end of the week your child should be able read these words quickly and easily.  Please post this letter in a handy spot (on the refrigerator, etc.) and have your child practice reading through these words a couple of times each day.

because

friends

have

picture

school

off

know

cold

family

took

Spelling Words

Starting Tuesday/Wednesday October 27/28, our phonics skill for spelling words will be short i and long i (with the magic e).  Due to Halloween and Nov 2, our spelling test will be on Friday November 6.

Spelling words for  the test on November 6th:

did
fin
pick
line
pipe
tip
mix
five
side
hike
*cape
*made
**all
**any
**says

*review words
**high frequency words

Second Grade News

October 16-23

Spelling:  The spelling test will be on Friday, October 23.

        

         bag           cap           belt

         ham         mad         still

         back        bake        done

         cape        rake        into

         made      your        ate

        

Reading:  Our genre is narrative nonfiction.  We will be reading selections on how to care for animals.   We will be determining the  main idea of each selection, and we will also be learning to use the text features of photos and captions to gain additional information.

Sight Words:  By the end of the week your child should be able read these quickly and easily.  Please post this letter in a handy spot (on the fridge, etc.) and have your child practice reading through these words a couple of times each day.

         year                 

        water              

        now                

        another
        into
        your
        move
        done
        show
        too

Vocabulary:  Please use these words in conversation with your child as we are learning the meaning.

         allowed          care

        excited           needs

        roam              safe

        wild               wandered

Monday, October 19 is a Delayed Start.

                          

Second Grade Spelling

Our next spelling test will be on Thursday, October 15.  These are our words for the test:

grass

still

mask

plans

belt

tub

he

trips

crack

west

clap

milk

fog

by

she

Mark your calendar:  Monday, October 19 will be a delayed start.  Monday, November 2 is a Professional Inservice Day for teachers, so there will be no school for students.

Second Grade News

October 5-October 15

Spelling:  We will be practicing words with two letter blends. Since we practice the words for seven school days, this test will be on Thursday, October 15.

grass, trips, crack, still, west, mask, clap, plans, milk, belt, fog, tub, by, he, she

Reading:  We will be reading fictions stories about "how can a pet be an important friend?"  Our comprehension skill is identifying the character, setting, and important events.  As you read at home with your child, please take a few minutes to discuss these aspects of fiction.

Math: We are finishing up Unit 1. Mrs. V's class took their test on Monday. Mrs. Wimmler, Mrs. Taylor, and Mrs. Rozeveld's classes will be taking their test sometime this week.  We will be moving on to Unit 2: grouping by 10, addition, doubles and more. BE LOOKING for homelinks this week.

Sight Words:  By the end of the week your child should be able read these quickly and easily.  Please post this letter in a handy spot (on the fridge, etc.) and have your child practice reading through these words a couple of times each day.

        boy, by, girl, he, here, she, small, want, were, what

Testing:  We will be taking the NWEA tests in reading and in math.   Please make sure your child comes to school on time, rested, and ready.

Second Grade News

September 28-October 2

Spelling:  We will be practicing words with short e, o, and u. Since we practice the words for seven school days, this test will be on Tuesday, October 6.

not
bun

or
job
hut
has
went
fog
tub
one
pet
tug
fix
see
tell

Reading:  We will be reading realistic fiction about families around the world and looking for ways in which all families are the same and different.  Our comprehension skill is identifying the character, setting, and important events.  As you read at home with your child, please take a few minutes to discuss these aspects of fiction.

Sight Words:  By the end of the week your child should be able read these quickly and easily.  Please post this letter in a handy spot (on the fridge, etc.) and have your child practice reading through these words a couple of times each day.

         little                how                

         see                   find                                   

         sounds           or

         could               one

         green              funny

Testing:  We will be taking the NWEA tests in reading and in math.  We will also be taking the DIBELS screener in reading.  Please make sure your child comes to school on time, rested, and ready.

Music: This past week your child learned how to yodel in music.  Have them show you how they yodel.

Physical Education:  Your child ran the 1 mile run in PE this week.  The goal is to get under 10 minutes.  They will run this again in the spring.  The goal in the spring is to try and get 1 minute faster than the fall.