​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (Nov. 11-15)

Tuesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Wednesday. 

Nightly – read good fit book, practice sight words, practice sound teams introduced up to this point.  Students now have the option of reading books online on Raz-kids. 

Literacy:

Words of the Week:   shook, gym, found, about, said, what

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

Sound Team: This week we will work on the 2 sounds oo makes…..please have your child practice the words: food, hood, good, mood

We will learn about soft g.  The letter g makes the soft sound when it comes before the letters e, i, or y (ie; giraffe, page, stage, etc.)

Writing:  Conventions

This week we will continue to focus on conventions. In order to practice these conventions (sounding out words phonetically(sounding out a word so the reader can read it…example-pritee…makes sense to spell pretty this way!), finger spaces, neatness, lower/uppercase letters, periods, etc.) ask your child to write a sentence using one of the sight words this week. For example, have him/her write a sentence using the word gym. Please use lined paper such as loose leaf. Check that your child is properly using all of the conventions mentioned above (you do not need to send it in to me.)

Math:

Continue to apply skip counting skills: count by 2(to 20) 5 and 10 to 50.

Have your child count different combinations of coins.  For example 3 dimes, 1 nickel and 2 pennies etc.

Ask them to show you different money amounts…..Show me 47 cents etc.

You can also practice skip counting by having them count different objects…blocks, noodles, buttons etc.  You can group them with different amounts….show them 2 groups of 10, a group of 5 and 2 loose ones.

Can you skip count by 2 starting on a number other than 2? Start on 12, for example. Start on an odd number….skip count by 2 starting on 9.

Can you skip count by 2 backwards from different starting points up to 20? 16-4. Start on an odd number…19-7

Reminders/Important Dates:

·       Nov. 11 – No school due to Remembrance Day

·       Nov.14-Jersey Day-wear a sport’s jersey in honour of school sports.

·       Nov.15-See website for Hockey Night info.

·       Nov.18 – Report Cards go home.      Wear colour team shirt.

·       Nov. 21 – Parent teacher conferences (evening)

·       Nov 22 –  Parent teacher conferences (morning), Professional learning in   

                 the afternoon.  No school for students.

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