Second Grade News

February 19-29

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.

        

         better

         group     

         long

         more

         only

         our

         started

         three

         who

         won’t

Spelling Words:  The spelling test will be on Monday, February 29 (Mrs. V's class: test on March 1).

         told

         most

         float

         coat

         toast

         grow

         mow

         show

         Joe

         toe

         light

         mind

        only

        our

         who

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

         across

         borrow

         countryside

         idea

         insists

         lonely

         solution

         villages

Spelling words for unit 3, week 2 (skill:  long i spellings)

1.  light                  8.  dry
2.  sight                  9.  try
3.  mind                10.  lie
4.  cry                   11.  hay
5.  tie                    12.  steak
6.  high                 13.  begin
7.  wild                 14.  those
                             15.  apart


High-frequency words:
(your child should be able to read these words quickly and easily- not sound them out)

also,  apart,  begin,  either,  hundred,  over
places,  those,  which, without

Vocabulary words:
Please use the following words in meaningful conversation with your child:

adventure                        delighted
dreamed                          enjoyed
grumbled                        moonlight
neighbor                         nighttime