Grade 2 Week
at a Glance (April 3-6)
Wednesday Night – Pack library books to be sent back Thursday.
Nightly – Read good-fit
books/Raz-Kids. Reading out loud to a family member helps with fluency and expression.
Practice word wall words, sound teams
and no excuse spelling words.
Literacy:
We will review contractions this week.
Reading strategies: We will continue looking at
text features to see how authors use them:
italics, fonts, bold, underline, and capital letters.
Reading:
Comprehension, Expression and Fluency
· Please continue to
check for comprehension by having your child answer questions about the stories
he/she reads, as well as retelling the most important events.
· Make sure your
child is using punctuation to make their reading more fluent and expressive
(ie; stopping for periods, pausing for commas, using enthusiasm in their voice
for exclamation marks, etc.)
Writing: We will be continuing to
study nonfiction writing. Students will learn to write procedural texts that we
call “how-to” writing. Students will learn the purpose of this type of writing
(to teach others how to do something such as how to make toast), and how it
must enable the reader to do what is being taught (steps must be clear,
organized, and make sense). This week
students will be choosing their own How To topic, planning, writing, editing
and publishing their very own How To book.
We are very excited!
Math: Another
strategy to help with addition and subtraction of 2 digit numbers is being able
to quickly skip count by tens starting at any number. For example, ask your child to start at 46
and count on 32. This is the same as
46+32. Your child should be able to
solve by saying 56, 66, 76, 77, 78. This
is a very helpful strategy for solving 2 digit addition and subtraction
questions without the use of models. Practice counting back for
subtraction…85-32…75, 65, 55, 54, 53.
Reminders/Important Dates:
April 9 – Report Cards go
home
April 11 – Vesey Seed Orders Due
April 12 – Parent Teacher
interviews (late afternoon/evening - more info to follow)
April 13 – Parent Teacher
interviews (morning)/Professional Learning (PM) – No school for students
April 23 – Grade 2 students perform at Music Festival
(FHS). Stage time is 9:50. More information will follow (permission
slip).
April 24 – Half Day
professional learning. Students will be
dismissed at 11:30 (please note the
change of time).
Thank you for your support!
Grade 2 team