Spelling and Math

Second Grade Weekly Study Skills

Unit 2, Week 2 (Abraham Lincoln)

Because there is no school on Thursday or Friday the spelling test will be next week on Tuesday. We will also be finishing up topic 4 in math next week.  

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 has working together changed history?
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.)
Contractions	Contractions aren’t   can’t   didn’t   hadn’t   haven’t   he’s   I’ll   I’m   isn’t   it’s   she’s   who’s
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
certainly   either   great   laugh   second   worst   you’re	fault   honest   lawyer   noticed
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.)
aloft   architect   ingenious   identify   participate   scour   significant   tinker	Nn, Mm