Math

We are now on topic 9 for math. This is subtraction with regrouping. Again, this is a hard topic for second graders. Please use pearsonsuccessnet.com to review these topics with your child.

Week of Feb. 2

This is a short week with a lot to cover in just three days! Students have school Monday-Wednesday this week. Despite the short week we will still have a spelling test and reading test on Wednesday as well as homework due on Wednesday too. Parent teacher conferences are this week as well, I look forward to meeting with each one of 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.)
Our Changing World:  How do things change?  How do they stay the same?	How do plants change over time?
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.)
Vowels oo, u	Vowels oo, u book   brook   cook   full   hood   July   pull   push   put   shook   stood   wood
High Frequency Words (These reading words should be practiced and memorized.)	Story Words (These reading words are words from this week’s main selection.)
everywhere   live /liv/   machines   woman   work   world	bumpy   fruit   harvest   root   smooth   soil   vine
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.)
adapt   ancient   annual   blazing   drought   massive   nutrients   sprout	Cursive Letters t, i, u Letter Slant

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!