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Second Grade Weekly Newsletter

Week of October 19-23

HOMEWORK CALENDAR

Spelling Words
Rule: Students will learn the Silent
Magic e. The silent magic e always
shoots its Magic Sparks back over
just one letter. The Sparks are so
powerful they make a Vowel
Sound disappear and a Vowel Man
appear in its place. (shin changes to
shine).
shine
flake
write
grin
grade
mistake
trade
shin
wrap
while
quite
beside
Tricky Words
quiet
everyone

Subject

Reading

Math

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Read and fill

out reading
log.

Read and fill

out reading
log.

Read and fill out

reading log.

Read and fill

out reading
log.

Reading
Passage:
The Llama
and the
Aardvark

Work on
reading
passage

Work on
reading
passage

Work on
reading
passage

Numbers
Written in
Different
Ways WS

Ways to
Represent
Numbers
WS

Making More
Numbers WS

Spelling

This week

October 20- Science Fun for Everyone- in house field trip

October 23- End of First Quarter
October 26- Teacher Workday, no school for children
October 30- Report Cards Go Home
November 11- Holiday, no school for children

Have a
great
weekend!

Spelling
test

-Homework: Please make sure that homework

competition is a priority each week. During a typical
week, you child should be completing ONE spelling
activity, TWO reading activities, and approximately
THREE-FOUR math activities. Homework is found on
the calendar above. Please take a few minutes to
review your childs homework to make sure it is being
completed correctly. Dont forget to read! Your child
should be reading 20 minutes nightly. Please record
on the log. Thank you for supporting your childs
learning from home.
-Reading Challenge:
Monthly Goal: Students will need to complete the
nightly reading log and turn it in on time (20 minutes
each night) to earn the Pizza Hut certificate each
month (Oct.-March).
Yearly Goal: Read 40 or more books and complete 5
activities by May 2016.
-

Specials Rotation

Assessment
Today,
No
Homework
Choose and
complete
ONE item
from the
spelling grid

Reading
log AND
reading
passage
due
today!

Reminders:

Writing- Students will be editing and publishing their second

writing piece for the year.
Reading- Students will discuss text images and how they
support the text.
Math- Students will continue to work with place value when
comparing two 3 digit numbers. They will also be skip
counting by fives and tens, both forward and backwards.
*By the end of second grade, all students need to know, from
memory, all sums of two one-digit numbers.
Science- Students will continue learning about solids and
liquids in our Solids and Liquids Unit. The scientists will come
Tuesday, the 20th. The students will be exploring liquids and
its properties.
Practice at home: Encourage your child with extra math
practice to practice fluency with addition and subtraction facts.

Updates

Friday

Thursday

Monday- Day 3
Tuesday- Day 4
Wednesday- Day 5
Thursday- Day 6
Friday- Day 7

Book Baggie

Look for the note that went home describing

the Book Baggie Sheet Protector. Students
will be using the bookmark to discuss their
books at home. They will turn the written
response prompt located in their baggie on
Friday, with their reading log and reading
passage.

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