Happy Thanksgiving!

Tomorrow (Nov. 26) is an early out day and there is no school Wed-Fri this week. There will be no homework or spelling either! Hope you have a great break and we will be back December 2nd.

Money!

We have been studying money in math. Everything from what coins are worth to adding them and learning to make different amounts of money with different coins and dollar bills. Some of the students have got this concept down! Others need some more practice. Will you please reinforce this topic at home to give your child the added support they need. If you have specific questions regarding your child please feel free to email or call me. This is a fun topic that has direct connections to the real world, have fun with it! Thank you for your support.

Spirit Week

This week is spirit week! The schedule is as follows:

Monday-Crazy sock day

Tuesday-Crazy hat day

Wednesday-pajama day

Thursday-Hawaiian day

Friday-Crazy hair day and wear your Butler Bobcat t-shirt

Next Week's Spelling

Below are next week's spelling words and reading concepts. Also, as the weather changes please remember to send your child to school with the appropriate winter clothing, as we still go outside to recess. Thank you!

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 3, Week 1 (Pearl and Wagner:  Two Good Friends)

Below are the skills and vocabulary we will be working on for the next 5 days. You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Creative Ideas:  What does it mean to be creative?	When does support from others help with a creative idea?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Long e:  e, ee, ea, y	Long e:  e, ee, ea, y deep   easy   feet   leave   party   read   seat   sleep   team   teeth   wheel   windy
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
guess   pretty   science   shoe   village   watch   won	electricity   robot   trash   wad
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
construct   contraption   daydream   foolproof   project   scrap   sidekick   unique	Zz, Xx and Word Spacing

Review Week Spelling Words

This week’s spelling test will be a review of the previous 5 weeks of spelling. If your student has mastered these spelling patterns, they shouldn’t have any problems at all with the words. Please review these spelling words with your child. The test will be any 15 words from this list.

Week 1
r-controlled ar, or, ore

• 1. part
• 2. hard
• 3. born
• 4. horse
• 5. before
• 6. more
• 7. smart
• 8. farm
• 9. porch
• 10. corn
• 11. chore
• 12. score

Week 2
Contractions

• 1. didn’t
• 2. it’s
• 3. aren’t
• 4. he’s
• 5. I’m
• 6. who’s
• 7. can’t
• 8. isn’t
• 9. she’s
• 10. haven’t
• 11. I’ll
• 12. hadn’t

Week 3
r-controlled er, ir, ur

• 1. person
• 2. nurse
• 3. dirt
• 4. turn
• 5. birth
• 6. serve
• 7. curb
• 8. curl
• 9. skirt
• 10. purse
• 11. turtle
• 12. her

Week 4
Plural –s – es -ies s

• 1. lunch
• 2. lunches
• 3. story
• 4. stories
• 5. tune
• 6. tunes
• 7. switch
• 8. switches
• 9. baby
• 10. babies
• 11. note
• 12. notes

Week 5
Long a a, ai, ay

• 1. main
• 2. wait
• 3. say
• 4. away
• 5. play
• 6. raise
• 7. brain
• 8. paint
• 9. stay
• 10. today
• 11. tray
• 12. tail

Parent Survery

I will be sending home a parent survey Monday regarding reading practice at home. This is strictly for my information so that I can be of better help to you, as parents. If you could please send it back on Tuesday I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

A Busy Week Ahead!

We have a lot happening here this week! Parent teacher conferences are Wednesday and Thursday. I sent home reminder letters last week with your specific times. If you can't make it then or need to change your time please let me know as soon as possible!

Although there is no school on Friday we will still be taking a spelling test and reading test on Thursday. Below are the skills and spelling words we will be learning.

You can support your child’s literacy skills by reviewing, discussing, and practicing the skills and concepts below:

Big Idea/Big Question (This is the theme of our unit in class.)	Question of the Week (This is the theme/question for this week’s instruction in class.)
Working Together:  How can we work together?	How can we work together to solve problems?
Phonics Skills (These are the letters and sounds we are learning in class.)	Spelling Patterns and associated Words (These patterns connect to our phonics skills we are learning this week.)
Long a:  a, ai, ay	Long a:  a, ai, ay away   brain   main   paint   play   raise   say   stay   tail   today   tray   wait
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
behind   brought   door   everybody   minute   promise   sorry	armadillo   creature   grateful   groaned   snorted
Oral Vocabulary (Try using these words in your conversations at home.)	Handwriting Practice (Students can practice the writing of these letters in manuscript this week.)
coax   conflict   deserve   mope   pursue   ramp   resolve   startle	Qq, Vv Letter Spacing

 Finally, as the weather changes please remember we go out to recess as long as it is not raining or snowing hard and it is above 22 degrees. Please send your child with the proper winter weather clothing. Thank you!