• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day
• Fri: Spirit Shirt Day, Early Release at 1:00.

Announcements: Fall Break is next week, Oct. 13-15.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do animals survive?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Make and revise predictions as we read.
• Spelling Pattern: Words with short o and long o (o_e). For example: box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope
• High Frequency words: have, off, took
• Our Vocabulary words are: adapt, climate, eager, freedom, fresh, sense, shadows, silence

Math in Class

We just finished our simple 2-step word problems and will be moving on 2-digit addition with regrouping. They will be learning strategies to add numbers up to 100. We do NOT teach the algorithm in 2nd grade. We want them to understand what each digit means and how to break apart numbers to make adding easier. Please see the letter home for examples.

After School Math Tutoring – I will begin after school tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. Your student has an October reading log they can fill out to keep track of how often they are reading. They also should be bringing home 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. *