Homework August 30-September 3rd

Homework/Communication for the week of
August 30, 2010


Calendar Items:
September 6th: Labor Day (No School)
September 13th: Furlough Day (No School)
September 24th: Jog-A-Thon
October 14th, 15th, 18th- Fall Break (No School)

Parent Volunteers:
Parent volunteers will start the week of September 7th. I am still figuring out the schedule and will be letting you know this week. Thank you parents!

Word Study:
Homework:
Please have your student teach you the games and sorts we do each day at school. Each day have your student sort the words before they do the activity.
Monday- Color the back of your words and cut your words. Lay and say them.
Tuesday- Speed Sort or Game (Memory, slap it, or Zoom)
Wednesday- Speed Sort Game (Memory, Slap It or Zoom)
Thursday- Practice Test

****YOU DO NOT NEED TO RETURN THE WORDS CLUED TO THE BACK OF HOMEWORK. AFTER THURSDAY YOU MAY THROW THEM AWAY.

Word Wall:
This week word wall words are:
crash after
snap black

The diction sentences for this week will be:
1. Abby has a black cat.
2. Ashley can snap and clap.

****THE STUDENTS WILL BE TESTED ON 10 OF THEIR SPELLING WORDS, THE WORD WALL WORDS AND THE DICTION SENTENCES. WHEN I GRADE THE DICTION SENTENCES I LOOK AT HANDWRITING, GRAMMER AND SPELLING OF THE WORD WALL WORDS.

Math: This week we will be finishing up topic 1 and taking the topic 1 test this Thursday. Topic 1 has been a review of what they have learned about adding and subtraction from first grade. We have also been doing a lot of addition story problems and this week the students will be creating a flap book of a subtraction story problem.

HOMEWORK: Please complete the attached homework sheet and return it to school on Friday.

Science/SOCIAL STUDIES: We starting a rock unit for the month of September at the end of this week. More info will be coming about the Rock Unit next week. This week we will be finishing up character education and discussing what it means to “fill up someone’s bucket.” If you are confused as to what that means please ask your child. ☺ It was a really fun a great lesson and I am sure they will want to tell you all about it.

Writing: This last week we began to talk about correct punctuation for a sentence and having a capital always at the beginning of a sentence. This week we will be learning green light-red light; which is a great activity to let them review what they know about capitals and punctuation.

Reading: Second grade students should be reading an average of 20 minutes per night or 100 minutes each night. Students may read aloud to their parents, parents may read aloud to their student, or students may read silently on their own.

HOMEWORK: Please record the number of minutes your child spends reading each day on the chart below and return it to school on Friday.

Reading Chart
Weekend Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday





Total Minutes Read This Week:

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Parent Signature_______________________________________

*Don’t forget to back your baggie book each night! If it is a chapter book please bring it back once you finish it so you can get a new book.

Please turn in this homework packet on Friday in the purple homework folder. If something comes up and you cannot turn it in on Friday let me know and we can work another day out. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Kellie Whittaker

kcarter6@gmail.com or kellie.whittaker@canyonsdistrict.org
801-897-5355