Week of October 21st

Important Dates:

October 25th- Fall Festival

October 30th-Spirit Wear

November 1st-8th-Book Fair/Candy Collection

November 5th-No School/Election Day

November 7th-Harvest Lunch for 2nd grade

November 11th-Veterans Day Event

November 11th-15th-Canned Food Drive

Grammar: We will continue learning about contractions this week. A contraction is a word or phrase that has been shortened by dropping one or more letters. In writing, an apostrophe is used to indicate the place of the missing letters. Words like can't (can + not), don't (do + not), and I've (I + have) are all contractions. People use contractions in both speaking and writing.

Phonics: This week we will learn about the sounds of -ed. The pronunciation of words ending in ed depends on the final consonant sound. There are three ways to pronounce ed; id-wanted, t-helped, d-called. Red words for the week are: any, every, could, about. Please practice red words at home. Red words do not follow learned patterns or rules. Therefore it is important to memorize how to spell them. We do not sound these words out. We identify them by letter names. Example: was w-a-s not /w/ /u/ /z/. Practice at home writing the words in fun ways, tracing them, or even jumping them out.

*Phonics assessments are on Thursday. New phonics rule introduced Friday.

Reading: We will continue learning about sequence of events in a story. Identifying the sequence of events in a story means you can pinpoint its beginning, its middle, and its end. Once you can identify each of these core components, you can retell the story in the order in which it occurred.

Writing: The students will work on informational writing this 9 weeks. Informational writing is a type of nonfiction writing that conveys information about something, which means it is factual. Many examples of informational writing can be found in newspapers, almanacs, and reference books. ... Informational text is often organized so the reader can easily and quickly find information.

Math: We will focus on 2-digit addition. We will learn different strategies to add 2-digit numbers. We will be using base ten blocks, partial sums, chunking, and decomposing/expanding form strategies. Please reach out to your childs teacher if you have questions about any of these strategies.

*Timed addition and subtraction test are normally given on Wednesdays.

Social Studies: This week will be learning about Sequoyah. Sequoyah was part of the Cherokee people and was a Cherokee silversmith. In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible .