Pajama Day!

Second grade has earned a pajama day tomorrow from collecting 100 box tops! Students may wear their pajamas to school tomorrow. A few things to remember:

• ·      Students may wear slippers, however, they will still be going out to recess so be sure they have a coat and another pair of shoes to wear outside.
• ·      Second grade will be watching a movie tomorrow so students may bring a blanket to have while they watch the movie if they’d like.
• ·      Students may NOT bring any pillows or stuffed animals.

Thank you!

Second Grade Team

Spelling Words

Due to many fun holiday activities planned for Friday, December, 19, our spelling and reading test will be on Thursday, December 18. Thank you!

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?	How can creative thinking solve a problem?
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.)
Compound Words	Compound Words: backyard   basketball   bathtub   bedtime   birthday   driveway   mailbox   raindrop   riverbank   someone   something   weekend
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
been   believe   caught   finally   today    tomorrow   whatever	delicious   justice   lazy   weave
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.)
boast   consume   contentment   cure   gloat   incident   prey   shrewd   snicker	Letter Formation

Spelling Words

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?	In what creative ways do we communicate?
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 o:  o, oa, ow	Long o:  o, oa, ow ago   bowl   float   goat   hold   most   open   show   slow   toad   toast   told
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
answer   company   faraway   parents   picture   school   wash	envelope   persimmons   photograph   smudged
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.)
correspond   cove   deaf   footprint   imitate   postage   transport   sign language	Numbers 1 – 10 Number Formation

Spelling Words

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