Peek at the Week

We've had another great week in second grade! We focused on finding the main idea of specific paragraphs within a text, building our "read to self" stamina in Daily 5, long vowels, and of course, Open House! Here are a few pictures of Daily 5 and centers:

 This week in: 

ELA:

Phonics: Consonant Blends

Spelling Words:

1. stop
2. strap
3. nest
4. hand
5. brave
6. ask
7. clip
8. stream
9. mask
10. twin
11. breeze
12. state

Sight words:

1. bear
2. couldn't
3. build
4. mother
5. father
6. straight
7. love

Comprehension Skill: Character and Setting; Story Structure (retelling the beginning, middle, and end of a story)

Vocab  Skill: Synonyms

Fluency Skill: Accuracy and Appropriate Rate

Conventions Skill: Predicates 

I am so excited about our upcoming reading unit this week. We will be reading lots of books from the Henry and Mudge series. I know the kids will fall in love with this series and I can't hardly wait! We will focus on sequencing the events, studying the main characters, and building new vocabulary. 

Religion:

We will continue reading about Jesus as both God and Man. We will take our chapter 1 test, then focus on the Creation Story in Genesis.