Homework for Thursday, March 1, 2018
Post date: Mar 01, 2018 5:17:44 PM
Reading: Today begins our "March Reading Log." Once again, students
will be required to read 20 times during the month for a period of 20 minutes each time he/she reads.
Spelling: Spelling test tomorrow, Friday, March 2, over the 3rd
quarter Red Words their, sign, buy, often, and open/closed syllables.
Spelling Information for the Week of February 26, 2018 to March 2, 2018
Dear Parents,
Review Red Words: their, sign, buy, often; open/closed syllables
Red Word Focus
The new 3rd Quarter Red Words for the week will be buy and often. Our review Red Words are their and sign. These words are
non-decodable words and do not follow the rules of phonics. Please remember, each student must receive a 100 percent for
two weeks in a row to receive a final grade for the Red Words. Students will take a final test over the words their and sign
and a pretest over the words buy and often. All four Red Words will be on the Friday, March 2, 2018, spelling test.
Green Word Focus
RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words
Our “Green Word” pattern/focus for the week will be open and closed two syllable words. Please practice these words as your child brings
them home on dictation pages. Weekly spelling words may come from the dictation pages. Students will be expected to apply all
classroom information to ten or more open/closed two syllable words on their Friday, March 2, 2018, spelling test.
Reading Focus
We will continue reading our book selection, Stone Fox with the genre, “Realistic Fiction.” Students will review the
elements of a fictional story and continue to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text by asking and answering
questions (who, what, where, when, why, and how). They will also be asked to identify how a character in a story responds to
major events and challenges throughout the reading selection. (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1, 2.3) Our writing focus
continues to be opinion writing (CCSS. ELA-W2.1, and RL.2.1) with an emphasis on reading closely to generate longer more
detailed letter writing, and our grammar focus will be to correctly use adjectives and adverbs and to choose between
them depending on what is to be modified. (CCSS.ELA.L.2.1.E)
This week will be the final spelling test for the Red Words their and sign and the pretest for the words buy and often.
Our weekly Green Word Pattern will be open and closed two syllable words. The test over all words will be on
Friday, March 2, 2018.
Thank you,
Mrs. Arp