Math-A-Thon Money

All math-a-thon pledge money is due by Friday for students to be eligible for their prizes. 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.)
Responsibility:  What does it mean to be responsible?	How can we be responsible friends and neighbors?
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.)
The sounds of /f/ph, gh, ck, ng	The sounds of /f/ph, gh, ck, ng: backtrack   clang   cough   duckling   enough   graph   laugh   phone   photo   rough   ticket   tough
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
bought   people   pleasant   probably   scared   shall   sign	adventure   climbed   clubhouse   exploring   greatest   truest   wondered
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.)
advantage   appreciate   communicate   defiant   demand   ferocious   firmly   respect	Letter Size

Math-A-Thon

Just a reminder this week is our math-a-thon fundraiser! Second grade students will take 20 questions of the math test a day, totaling 100 questions by the end of the week. Please make sure your child is on time in the morning, as we will be taking the test every morning. This is a great way to review and to raise money for next year!

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.)
Responsibility:  What does it mean to be responsible?	How can we be responsible animal owners?
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.)
Silent Consonants:  kn, wr, gn, mb	Silent Consonants: climb   comb   gnat   knee   knob   knock   lamb   sign   wrap   wren   write   wrong
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
above   enough   toward   whole   word	Chased   chewing   dripping   grabbed    practice    treat   wagged
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.)
behavior   companion   confident   consider   cooperate   obedient   properly   reprimand	Letter Smoothness

Topic 11 Test

We took the math topic 11 test today; some did excellent and others had a harder time. Please review your child's score on pearsonsuccessnet.com and complete any practice pages that may be applicable. Thank you for your support!

Spelling Words and Math Topic

We are finishing up topic 11 in math and will take the test either Tuesday or Wednesday.

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.)
Responsibility:  What does it mean to be responsible?	How can we be responsible community members?
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.)
Prefixes:  un-, re-, pre-, dis-	Prefixes: disagree   disappear   discolor   preheat   preschool   regroup   rerun   rewind   unlock   unpack   unplug   unsafe
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
become   enough   good-bye   nothing   people   stories   together	annoy   complain   mumbles   P.M.   signature   shrugs
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.)
concern   contribute   fragile   litter   pellets   persuade   pollute   release	Letter Spacing

Next Week's Spelling

Here are the spelling words for 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.)
Responsibility:  What does it mean to be responsible?	Why should we be responsible for doing a good job?
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.)
Suffixes:  -ly, -ful, -er, -or, -ish	Suffixes: cheerful   fighter   graceful   hardly   helper   quickly   sailor   slowly   teacher   visitor   weekly   yearly
High-Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
break   family   heard   listen   once   pull	building   burning   masks   quickly   roar   station   tightly
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.)
caretaker   community   instrument   lug   operation   responsible   supplies   teamwork	Letter Smoothness