• This Week
• Tuesday, Oct. 17: library books are due!
• Thursday, Oct. 19: Cookie Dough Pickup 2:00-5:00
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Oct. 25-26 Early Out 1:10 – Parent Teacher Conferences Conference sign up link
• Oct. 31 Early Out 1:10 – Parade 9:00, Halloween Class Party 12:00-1:00
• Nov. 01: NO SCHOOL – Teacher Work day

Reading in Class:

Math in Class: We are learning how to study 2-step word problems and figure out if we are adding or subtracting (or both!). Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity, or something similar with them.

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: library books are due! In-House field trip 2-3pm
• Oct. 11-13 : Fall Break – No School
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Thurs., Oct. 19: Cookie Dough Pickup 2:00-5:00
• Oct. 25-26: Parent Teacher Conferences Conference sign up link

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.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26.  Please note: These will be early out days (1:10pm). We would like to meet with each of you. Please sign up by clicking the following link: Conference sign up link

• 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.