​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (Sept.30-Oct.4)

 Tuesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Wednesday.  (There was no library last week.)

Nightly – read good fit book, practice sight words/words of the week and sound teams introduced up to this point

Literacy:

Words of the Week:  joke, crash, crashes, than, truck, thing, kicked, quit     (please highlight on the sheet which was sent home)   

Word Family:  -oke.  How many words can you think of that end with the –oke sound?

Sound Teams:  This week we will review the following Sound Teams – ch,th,sh,wh  qu,ck, ing     (please highlight on the sheet which was sent home)

Practice reading the following words: wish, thump, chips, white, fish, chop

This week’s focus: Chunky Monkey: Look for a “chunk” that you know, ing, at etc or a part you know, be, er etc

Comprehension Strategy

·        Making Predictions – before reading a book ask your child to predict what the book is about.  Stop mid-way and ask what your child to predict what will happen next.

Writing:  This week we will focus on editing our writing.  We will be looking for proper punctuation, proper use of upper/lower case letters, and finger spaces.

Math:  This week’s focus will be odd and even numbers to 20.  We will also be representing numbers to 50 in a variety of ways.  Please practice the following with your child:

·       Counting forward and backward from different starting points (17 – 36, or 48-29)

·       Say a number and have your child write the numeral. Work on reversed numbers.

·       One more one less than numbers to 50

·       Have your child show you a given number using house hold items (buttons, coins, noodles etc).

Reminders/Important Dates:

·        Monday, October 7 – Smile, it’s picture day!

·       The week of Oct.7-Fire Safety week

·        Monday, Oct.14 -Thanksgiving:  No school

·        The week of Oct.20- safe schools week - more information will follow.

·        Friday,Oct.25-Halloween Howl-more info to follow​