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Fairview Elementary, Grade 2 |
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Mrs. SharpMrs. Sharp's Page...
lsharp@fairview.iu5.org
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Language Arts
We have completed the first Theme Unit in Reading and will take the skills test next week. We are also beginning our second unit and our story, The Enormous Turnip, focuses on the -ack and -ock families, sequencing, alphabetical order, nouns, summarizing, and writing dialogue! We will be busy little bees next week!
We are also in full swing with our Guided Reading and Center Groups. We will be utilizing small group learning 5 days a week and we have focused on many of the RtI skills during language arts time.
Remember that your child should be reading every night! Continue to initial each time they read on the October calendar.
Math
We are working through Chapter 3. We are learning about tens and ones, reading and writing numbers, comparing numbers, making organized lists, skip counting, and even and odd numbers.
Handwriting
We have learned all our slant print letters and have begun an book of animal poems to help us practice this newly learned skill and soon we will start cursive!!
Science We are almost done with Chapter 1 and will spend next Monday and Tuesday reviewing and our test will be on Wednesday.
New Link!!
The kids have found the website: mathplayground.com. They have a lot of fun on the various activities offered on this site.
For the 500 most used words in the English language...
Actual practice: http://curriculum.leeschools.net/words/word%20groups.htm
If you click under the voice tab, the words will be said three times so your child is able to hear and practice each word.
For practice with letter recognition...
For practice with word families...
For practice with consonant digraphs...
For practice with vowel digraphs...
For practice with consonant blends and reading words...
For practice with vowel dipthongs and reading words...
I also added a link to practice math facts. I also found a really cool site that won't be a huge help to second graders (though it will help with problems your child may not understand) but if you have children in algebra or higher, this site is fabulous! The more your child reads, the more fluent they become and the more they will comprehend. Please make sure that nightly reading gets done.
Please continue to help your child in choosing his/her book, although books from the class or school libraries may be used. Please keep in mind your child's interests, hobbies, and reading level when choosing books. Having your child read books that are too easy, too hard, or not interesting defeats the purpose, which is to develop a positive, enthusiastic attitude toward reading. If you have any questions or need help selecting on-level books, please let me know. The website, http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/, is great for finding out the level of a book. Thank you for your continued cooperation in encouraging your child to become a successful lifelong reader! |
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