Dear Families,
We have had a wonderful first week of 2nd grade! I hope you have heard about the fairy tales we have been listening to, and some of the fun video breaks we have enjoyed. This week we will be enjoying Tall Tales and assessing how well your child reads! For those of you who like to know the objectives we are working toward in Literacy, I have included them at the bottom of the post!
We have a UCCS Teacher Candidate working in our classroom every Thursday this semester. Her name is Miss Young. She will be working directly with our class and we are happy for the extra support. Interesting fact about Miss Young is I taught her in the 3rd grade when I worked in District 2. Small world they say!
‘The R.E.D. (Read Every Day) Folder has been coming to school beautifully. Please read the instructions and send the folder to school once the book has been read. Remember to log each night you read! Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask! Reading is exercise for eye muscles, so the more your eyes practice the more muscle memory is built! Be sure to use the resources in the folder to determine if the book is too easy or too hard. Summarizing what was read is also a great tool for comprehension. Bottom line…..ENJOY reading with your child!
Make sure to check your child’s backpack each night as we are sending papers home most nights, with Thursday being the main day for papers from the office. 🙂 Any unfinished work you see, please try to finish as it is ‘practice’ for what we are learning about in the classroom. Please correct what your child missed and praise what they did well! You can’t get enough ‘attaboy’ or ‘attagirl’ in life. I am not always able to see all answers on practice pages, but I do try my best to!
Your children are absolutely precious. I have enjoyed hanging out with them every day this past week. We have shared all of our ‘All About Me’ bags and enjoyed each and every one. It takes time to establish a community of people, and I think we had a very positive start! Your children are very sweet and energetic.
Yes, I am pooped! Ha!
Enjoy the weekends! I don’t expect any school-related tasks to occur on your days off. Enjoy your time! R.E.D.Folders only M-F unless your child WANTS to read. Woot, Woot!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR “MILLION WORDS OR LESS” LETTERS/EMAILS! THEY ARE TERRIFIC!
Mrs. P. 🙂
SPECIALS: These never change!
- Monday: Art (12:30-1:30)
- Tuesday: TEAMS (10:35-11:25)/2nd Step(1:00-1:30)
- Wednesday: Spanish/Music (1:10-2:10)
- Thursday: PE (1:40-2:40)
- Friday: Music/Spanish (1:45-2:50) **The only day we exit school from the Duclo Exit. We will walk kids to the top of the PlayPark gate. UPCOMING EVENTS:
- 9/3/18 ~ Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)
- 9/11/18 ~ Open House (6-7:30p.m.)
- 9/17/18 ~ Picture Day
LANGUAGE ARTS (CKLA):
- Learning procedures/routines
- Introduction & Review
- Skills ~ Basic Code Spellings/vowels/consonants/blends
- Listening & Learning ~ Fairy Tales & Tall Tales
READ ALOUDS: Listening and Learning
- The Fisherman and His Wife
- The Emperor’s New Clothes
- Beauty and the Beast Parts 1 and 2
- Paul Bunyan
- Pecos Bill
- John Henry
- Casey Jones
MATH:
- Learning procedures/routines
- Chapter 1 ~ Numbers to 1,000 (Counting, Place Value, Comparing Numbers, and Order & Pattern)
SCIENCE:
- Learning procedures/routines
- Scientific Method
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Learning procedures/routines
- Map Skills/7 continents, oceans, cardinal directions
Review of Vowel Spellings
- ‘o’ > /o/ (hop)
- ‘e’ > /e/ (pet)
- ‘a’ > /a/ (hat)
- ‘i’ > /i/ (it)
- ‘u’ > /u/ (but)
Review of Consonant Spellings
- ‘t’ > /t/ (top), ‘tt’ > /t/ (sitting), and ‘ed’ > /t/ (asked)
- ‘d’ > /d/ (dot), ‘dd’ > /d/ (add), and ‘ed’ > /d/ (filled)
- ‘p’ > /p/ (pot) and ‘pp’ > /p/ (napping)
- ‘b’ > /b/ (bat) and ‘bb’ > /b/ (rubbing)
- ‘c’ > /k/ (cat), ‘k’ > /k/ (kid), ‘cc’ > /k/ (hiccup), and ‘ck’ > /k/ (black)
- ‘g’ > /g/ (gift) and ‘gg’ > /g/ (egg)
- ‘ch’ > /ch/ (chin) and ‘tch’ >/ch/ (itch)
- ‘j’ > /g/ (jump), ‘g’ > /g/ (gem), and ‘ge’ >/ ge/ (fringe)
- ‘f’ > /f/ (fit) and ‘ff’ > /f/ (stuff)
- ‘v’ > /v/ (vet) and ‘ve’ > /v/ (twelve)
- ‘s’>/s/(sun),‘ss’>/s/(dress),‘c’>/s/(cent),‘se’>/s/(rinse),and ‘ce’ > /s/ (prince)
- ‘z’ > /z/ (zip), ‘zz’ > /z/ (buzz), and ‘s’ > /z/ (dogs)
- ‘th’ > /th/ (thin) as a spelling for (unvoiced) /th/
- ‘th’ > /th/ (them) as a spelling for (voiced) /th/
- ‘m’ > /m/ (mad) and ‘mm’ > /m/ (swimming)
- ‘n’ > /n/ (nut), ‘nn’ > /n/ (running), and ‘kn’ > /n/ (knock)
- ‘ng’ > /ng/ (sing) and ‘n’ > /ng/ (pink)
- ‘sh’ > /sh/ (shop)
- ‘h’ > /h/ (hot)
- ‘w’ > /w/ (wet) and ‘wh’ > /w/ (when)
- ‘l’ > /l/ (lip) and ‘ll’ > /l/ (bell)
- ‘r’ > /r/ (red), ‘rr’ > /r/ (ferret), and ‘wr’ > /r/ (wrist)
- ‘y’ > /y/ (yes)
- ‘x’ > /x/ (tax) as a spelling for the sound combination /x/ (/k/ + /s/)
- ‘qu’> /qu/ (quit) as a spelling for the sound combination /qu/ (/k/ + /w/)
Students will:
- Demonstrate familiarity with particular fairy tales
Describe the characters, plot, and setting of particular fairy tales - Identify common characteristics of fairy tales such as “once upon a time” beginnings, royal characters, magical characters or events, and happy endings
- Identify the fairy tale elements of particular fairy tales
- Identify fairy tales as a type of fiction
- Identify tall tales as a type of fiction
- Demonstrate familiarity with particular tall tales
- Identify the characters, plot, and setting of particular tall tales
- Identify exaggeration and larger-than-life characters as characteristics of tall tales
- Identify the exaggerations in particular tall tales