Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of October 14^th:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing words that have long a sounds and long i sounds.

This week our focal text is “Mattland” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Making Connections
• Setting
• Cause and Effect
• Clarifying/Summarizing
• Vocabulary

Writing: This week students will be learning about informative writing and select a topic to write about.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of September 23^rd:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing words that have long a sounds and long i sounds.

This week our focal text is “Mattland” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Visualizing
• Vocabulary
• Cause and Effect
• Making Inferences

Writing: This week students will be learning about informative writing and select a topic to write about.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of September 16^th:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing words that have ch, th, sh, and ar.

This week our focal text is the “Ellie’s Long Walk” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Predicting
• Vocabulary
• Main Idea and Details
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Summarizing

Writing: This week students will continue writing an opinion paper about a topic of their choice and use examples to support their opinions.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of September 9^th:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing words that have er, ir, ur, and ear.

This week our focal text is the “The Final Game” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Making connections
• Vocabulary
• Main Idea and Details
• Making Inferences

Writing: This week students will be writing an opinion paper about a topic of their choice and use examples to support their opinions.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of September 3^rd:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing the closed syllable words as well as -ng, -nk, and -ing endings.

This week our focal text is the “A Cherokee Stickball Game” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Summarizing
• Vocabulary
• Sequencing
• Cause and Effect

Writing: This week we will be reviewing the necessary components of opinion papers and strengthening our opinions with examples.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of August 26^th:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing the closed syllable words as well as -es, -s, and -ed endings.

This week our focal text is the “Bats, Birds, and Beasts” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Ask and Answer questions
• Vocabulary
• Classify and Categorize
• Cause and Effect

Writing: This week we will be learning the about the editing and revising stage of writing. By the end of the week, students will present their final papers to the class.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of August 19^th:

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing the closed syllable words as well as -dge, -ck, and -tch endings.

This week our focal text is the “Ants and Aphids Work Together” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Clarifying
• Vocabulary
• Main Idea and Details
• Compare and Contrast
• Author’s Purpose
• Text Features

Writing: This week we will be learning the basics of a paragraph as well as learning about opinion papers. By the end of the week we will have written an opinion paragraph.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!

Hello families! We have a had a great first week in 2^nd grade! Here is what we will be learning in Literacy the week of August 12^th:

We will be taking the MAP test for reading on Tuesday August 13^th

Foundational Skills/Phonics: We will be reviewing the -ch, -sh, and -wh digraphs.

This week our focal text is the “Mice who lived in a Shoe” with this text we will be focusing on a different skill each day.

Our literacy skills this week:

• Making Predictions
• Inferring
• Vocabulary
• Cause and Effect
• Character and Setting

Writing: This week we will be learning the basics of a paragraph as well as learning about opinion papers. By the end of the week, we will have written an opinion paragraph.

We have a great week learning ahead of us!