Beginning this week, we will be quizzing the students every Friday on math
vocabulary. (See homework page for the current list of words.) The
vocabulary words will come home on Monday for that Friday’s quiz. On short
weeks we will have the quiz on Thursdays. Please study these words with your
child weekly. Understanding the math vocabulary is a crucial part of
understanding the directions and word problems in their math assignments.
The quiz will be a matching or fill in the blank format (word bank
provided).
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Spanish homework and tests are listed on the Spanish page. Please check that
web page for more information about all tests and homework for second grade
Spanish.
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Please do not send project/reports in early. We don't have a place to store
them and they often get damaged if they are here early. Thank you for your
cooperation.
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Beginning October 12 we will be starting math timed tests with the second
grade. The tests are posted on our web site for you to copy and practice
with your student at home (see the time test page). This year we will be
doing timed tests differently than we have done in the past. We will be
testing the students three times a week. The first half of the test will be
given to them on Monday. They will have 3 minutes to complete it. The
second half of the test will be given to them on Wednesday. They will also
have three minutes to complete the second half. On Friday, they will be
given the entire test to complete in six minutes. The tests on Monday and
Wednesday will be practice tests for the students. The test on Friday will
be graded and the grade will be entered into our grade books. The students
will be given a percentage grade for how many problems they complete
accurately in the time allotted. Each test will be worth 10 points. Then the
next week everyone, regardless of how well they did on the first test, will
be moving on to the next test. That test will be given in the same manner as
the first (the first half on Monday, the second half on Wednesday, and the
whole test on Friday for a grade). We will continue each week with a new
test until the Christmas break. There will be 4 addition tests, and four
subtraction tests. Following Christmas break we will have a two week review
in the same manner with one addition test on all of the facts (+6, +7, +8,
and +9) and one subtraction test with all of the facts (-6, -7, -8, and -9).
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If you are interested in some additional work for math, there is a math at
home section that you can access through the math textbook website. We
tried printing this information out for you to have a hard copy but
unfortunately the copier was unable to pick up the colors used by the
textbook manufacturer. There are a couple of pages for each unit.
Vocabulary words and sample problems are supplied. Please check it out to
help your student study for upcoming tests. When possible, we will post the
dates for these upcoming tests on our second grade web site.
Houghton-Mifflin Math Textbook web site:
http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/g_2.html
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In order to help keep our students healthy and the school free of bacteria,
we are asking that you send in Clorox Wipes so that we can wipe down the
desks daily.
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Please keep the math pages that come home daily to study for our tests. The
students tear the pages out of their books to complete and then put them in
their blue folders to go home. There is no reason to take the math book home
because the math pages left in the book are skills we haven't learned yet and
will go home to be studied after we have learned the skills in class.
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