2nd Grade Newsletter

Word Work/Phonics

• Vowel Teams ou, ow

• Diphthongs oy, oi

HFW

• boys, brown, found, house, listen, oil, point, sound, town, voice

Spelling

Vowel Teams ou, ow

• Basic Words: brown, cow, down, flower, found, ground, house, loud, mouse, pound, shout, town

• Review Words: boost, grew, spoon, threw

• Challenge Words: pounce, towel

Concepts:

• Informational text

• Text features - create an All About Me Text Features Project

• Locating information in text to prove answers

We are continuing to research storms and natural disasters for informational text.

Students are using their research to create a graphic story or realistic fiction story.

Continuing to practice on hand measurement of real life objects.

Distinguish between producing and consuming.

Identify ways in which people are both producers and consumers.

Students will continue to track the weather and begin creating their own weather broadcast.

Prestwick has a theme this year! Watch this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFUbmS9EJOY