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.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	How can familiar things help us with changes?
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.)
Syllables:  Consonant + le	Syllables:  Consonant + le able   ankle   apple   bubble   bugle   bundle   cable   giggle   purple   sparkle   tickle   title
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
ago   family   father   mother   warm	clearing   crashed   perfect   pond   spilling   splashing   traveled
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.)
concentration   frown   homeland   patient   preserve   represent   tough   valuable	Letter Formation

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Math

Just so you are aware we are on topic 8 for math, which is regrouping. This is a tricky one for second graders. Please take some time to review math pages that come home with your child for added support. Thank you!

Items Needed!

With it being cold season our class is running low on kleenex and Clorox/Lysol disinfectant wipes and we could use some more. If you are able to donate either of those items to our class, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Spelling Review

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
Long e sound e, ee, ea, y

• 1. read
• 2. feet
• 3. easy
• 4. deep
• 5. seat
• 6. party
• 7. wheel
• 8. leave
• 9. windy
• 10. sleep
• 11. teeth
• 12. team

Week 2
Long o sound o, oa, ow

• 1. goat
• 2. hold
• 3. show
• 4. most
• 5. bowl
• 6. float
• 7. toast
• 8. ago
• 9. open
• 10. told
• 11. toad
• 12. slow

Week 3
Compound Words

• 1. basketball
• 2. someone
• 3. weekend
• 4. something
• 5. birthday
• 6. riverbank
• 7. bathtub
• 8. backyard
• 9. driveway
• 10. bedtime
• 11. raindrop
• 12. mailbox

Week 4
Long i sound i, ie, y, igh

• 1. find
• 2. child
• 3. sky
• 4. bright
• 5. wild
• 6. fly
• 7. right
• 8. flight
• 9. spider
• 10. cry
• 11. blind
• 12. myself

Week 5
Comparing using er, est

• 1. sooner
• 2. soonest
• 3. hotter
• 4. hottest
• 5. busier
• 6. busiest
• 7. happier
• 8. happiest
• 9. smaller
• 10. smallest
• 11. fatter
• 12. fattest

Fluency Folders

Some of your students will have brought home a blue or yellow fluency folder. If they did not, please do not worry about this post! Please check their backpacks for their folders and let me know if you have any questions about what to do. Thank you!

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?	Where do creative ideas come from?
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.)
Comparative Endings	Comparative Endings busier   busiest   fatter   fattest   happier   happiest   hotter   hottest   smaller   smallest   sooner   soonest
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
clothes   hours   money   neighbor   only   question   taught	agriculture   college   greenhouse   laboratory
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.)
accomplish   excel   opportunity   original   process   research   scientist   unusual	Letters o, w, b, v, z, s, r, and f Letter Formation

Spelling Words

I hope you've had a great holiday break. Here are this weeks spelling words, for the test on Friday.

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 a creative idea lead to a surprise?
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 i:  i, ie, igh, y	Long i:  i, ie, igh, y blind   bright   child   cry   find   flight   fly   myself   right   sky   spider   wild
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
alone   buy   daughters   half   many    their   youngest	chiles   luckiest   tortillas
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.)
abundant   assist   beam   dismay   efficient   forever   generous   situation	Manuscript to Cursive Letters a, d, c, n, m, and x/ Letter Formation