​Grade 2 Week at a Glance (Dec. 2-Dec. 6)

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

(Still no library)

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:  school, beautiful, will

Please have your child practice reading the words of the week each night. Be sure to keep up with high lighting them on the main sheet I gave you.

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

Sound Teams:  “ch” for the “k” sound

Have students read the following words:  Christmas, school, chord, choir, echo.          You will have to add this sound to the original sound team sheet sent home.

Reading:  Work on retelling a story they have just read.  Ask them the question “What was the story about?” They should not simply say that it was about a boy with a dog. They should be able to retell the story with important details and include a beginning, middle and ending.

Reading strategies: Monitor and Fix-up

This week we will be practicing monitoring and fixing-up. Students often don’t realize when they make an error when reading, so we will be learning how to “cross check” (asking yourself - Does that look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense?). Students must pay attention to what they are reading and be able to stop and self-correct if an error is made.

Writing:  Transition Words (sentence starters)

This week students will be reviewing how to begin sentences in different ways, in order to properly sequence events in our stories and to make our writing more fluent. Students will review different transition words/sentence starters to begin their sentences with – First, Next, Then, After, Finally, etc.

Math:  We will continue to apply mental math strategies to determine basic addition facts to 18 and related subtraction facts.  Please continue to practice the following at home:

·       Using doubles to 18 (6+6=12 so 6+7 is 13 – just one more than the double).

·       Making 10 (1+9, 7+3)

·       1 more/1 less than a given number

·       2 more/2 less than a given

·       10 is an important benchmark number in math. If they are able to “make” 10, working and regrouping of higher numbers will be easier. For example, we will eventually look at addition to 20.  8+6….they can think-I can turn the 8 into 10 by taking 2 from the 6. Since I took 2 from 6 it is now 10 and 4 and I easily know that is 14. So 8and 6 is the same as 10 and 4!

·       So it is important to know “nice numbers” also called “friends of 10”. You ask..7 and….they quickly tell you 3. You say 5 and…they quickly tell you 5 etc.

Reminders/Important Dates:

·       Dec.2-Christmas basket items due

·       Dec.4-Pay $1 to wear antlers/hat.(Please refer to the school website)

·       Dec.11-Pay $1 to wear Xmas sweater(Please refer to the school website)

·       Dec. 12 – Christmas Concert – 9:00 and 11:00 (Storm Date – Dec. 13). 

·                        -Last day to buy Xmas dinner tickets

·       Dec.17-Wear coloured team t shirt

·       Dec.18- Pay $1 to wear pyjamas(Please refer to the school website)

·       Dec.19-Christmas dinner for students -Please refer to the school's web site for price etc. Last day to buy tickets is Thursday, Dec.12      If your child is not ordering Xmas dinner they must bring a packed lunch as only Xmas dinner will be offered.

             - Wear and Elf hat/Christmas hat to the Art Richard concert

·       Dec. 20 – last day of classes      Wear festive outfit for our school wide sing a long

·       Jan. 7 –  first day back for students​