• This Week
• Tuesday: library books are due!
• Friday: Parent Teacher Conference signups will be posted
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Oct. 11-13 : Fall Break – No School
• Oct. 25-26: Parent Teacher Conferences

Reading in Class:

Math in Class: We are still learning different strategies to add and subtract 2-digit numbers. We will be working on this until fall break. Please consider practicing these strategies at home. They can be difficult for 2nd graders. To get a 4 students need to know 2 strategies, and a 3 is using 1 strategy correctly.

Subtracting:

• Draw a Picture: https://youtu.be/hkQhlXQjGT0?si=VBTPzG2FpiIO3HQa
• Expanded Form: https://youtu.be/flSFMi0_knc?si=Eh3yDfW-6rXcxS4r
• Open Number Line: https://youtu.be/9kp5-_4Cs40?si=_k-yepVBibEj4Jjp

Adding:

• Draw a Picture: https://youtu.be/t6HL8kq6X78?si=2FHWxHumNStfSa6p
• Expanded Form: https://youtu.be/Zylj0wkHSwo?si=6QxGLishdpbjWj3f
• Open Number Line: https://youtu.be/B8xTMrDgifQ?si=4Id-RQbTdRjqFMtU

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange 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.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Picture Day, Fundraiser Due, 1st library book checkout
• Friday – $ Dress Down
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Oct. 11-13 : Fall Break – No School

Reading in Class: REVIEW Week

STRATEGY: We will be learning test taking strategies.

PHONICS: Review short vowel words like… picnic, rabbit, napkin, basket, often, goblin, pumpkin, and contest

Math in Class: We will be learning strategies to subtract 2-digit numbers. Test will be Monday 10/02.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange 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.

The fundraiser kicked off today. Watch the video below to see what’s in the packet and how to fill it out. The fundraiser will end Sept. 26.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• . Monday – Cookie Dough Fundraiser Kickoff
• Friday – Reading Test (Identify the Main idea & Key Details)
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 26 – Uniform Picture Day
• Oct. 11-13 : Fall Break – No School

Reading in Class: What happens when families work together?

STRATEGY: We will be asking and answering questions as we read, so we can identify the main idea and key details of a text.

PHONICS: short i and long i (i_e)

Math in Class: We tested on graphs this past Friday (look for tests to come home this week). This week we will be learning different strategies to add 2-digit numbers. We will most likely test on this standard on Friday, 09/22.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange 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.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• . Monday – Math Test (1-step word problems)
• Friday – Reading Test (Describe the characters response to a problem)
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 18 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser kicks off
• Sept. 26 – Uniform Picture Day

Reading in Class: How do friends depend on each other?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing the characters and how the characters respond to challenges.

PHONICS: short a and long a (a_e)

High Frequency Words: another, done, into, move, now, show, too, water, year, your

Math in Class: Our 1-step word problems math test is on Monday. Then we will be learning about bar graphs and picture graphs.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange 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.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• . Mon. – No School – Labor Day
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 18 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser kicks off

Reading in Class: How do friends depend on each other?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing the characters and how the characters respond to challenges.

PHONICS: BLEND WORDS WITH TWO-LETTER BLENDS

High Frequency Words: BOY, BY, GIRL, HE, HERE, SHE, SMALL, WANT, WERE, WHAT

Math in Class: Using addition and subtraction within 20 to solve 1-step word problems.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) :

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Your child should be bringing home decodables each Friday in their orange 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. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

DOLLAR DRESS DOWN/SHORT DAY:

Considering we do not have school on Friday, tomorrow will be our first Dollar Dress Down Day. If your student would like to participate, and has not prepaid, please send them with a dollar. Tomorrow is also a short day. School will release at 1:10 (elementary) and 1:20 (junior high).

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Reading and Math Testing (all week)
• . Fri: No School – Teacher Work Day
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 4 – Labor Day – No School

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY:

1. Subscribe to our class blog by clicking on the icon to the right and inputting your email address. (If you’re on a phone, it will be at the very bottom.)
2. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosure  together and sign the form Class Disclosure e-Signature .
3. Supplies: please consider paying a class supply donation of $35 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Snitker Supplies.” You can also pay in the Q1 Office. Please do so on or before Back to School Night and I will take care of all the shopping, labeling, and organizing of class supplies.
4.   Yearly Food Permission Slip
5. Star Student: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4BA4A82EA7FB6-star3

Reading in Class: How are families around the world the same and different?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing and how to describe the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

PHONICS: Short a and short i words (can, cap, cat, nap, mad, nip, tin, pig, six, and pin)

High Frequency Words:

Math in Class: Using different strategies to mentally add numbers within 20.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : These will come home this Thursday, Aug. 24

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Your child should be bringing home decodables each Friday in their orange 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. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Back to School Night is Monday August 14th, from 6-8 pm. Presentations will be given every 30 minutes starting at 6:00 pm, with the final session beginning at 7:30 pm. Our classroom is room 118.

Parents, Please complete the following items:

1. Subscribe to our class blog by clicking on the icon to the right and inputting your email address. (If you’re on a phone, it will be at the very bottom.)
2. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosure  together and sign the form Class Disclosure e-Signature .
3. Supplies: please consider paying a class supply donation of $35 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Snitker Supplies.” You can also pay in the Q1 Office. Please do so on or before Back to School Night and I will take care of all the shopping, labeling, and organizing of class supplies.
4.   Yearly Food Permission Slip
5. Star Student: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4BA4A82EA7FB6-star3

The First Day of School is Wednesday, August 16th. The first three days (August 16-18) are early out days with dismissal at 1:10 pm. **Please send headphones the first day of school.