Homework for Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Post date: Oct 04, 2017 12:29:0 PM

Reading: This week begins our reading log for the month of October. Students will once again be asked to read 20 minutes each evening for a total of 15 evenings throughout the month of October.

Math: Module 2, Lesson 8

Spelling: Practice Red Words (friend, talk, white), Vocabulary Words (moaning and dealing), and the Green Word patterns -ng and -nk.

Spelling Information for the Week of October 2, 2017, to October 6, 2017

Dear Parents,

RF.2.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words

Red Word Focus

This will be the final week of testing for the 2^nd grade Red Words friend, talk, and white. These words will be on the Friday spelling test. Please remember that these words are non-decodable words and do not follow the rules of phonics.

Green Word Focus

This week our “Green Word” focus will be learning about syllable division regarding words with –ng and –nk endings. If –ng or –nk appear between two vowels with another consonant, treat it as one consonant. The students will be learning these combinations of sounds: -ink, -ank, -onk, -unk, -ang, -ing, -ong, and –ung. These endings are taught to simplify the breaking down of words for spelling and reading.

Please practice the –ng and –nk words that your child brings home on activity pages and dictation pages. Weekly spelling words may come from these pages. Students will be expected to apply all classroom information to ten or more “-ng and -nk” words on their Friday, October 6^th spelling test.

Vocabulary Focus

Our spelling test will also include the new reading vocabulary words moaning (vowel team oa) and dealing (vowel team ea). These vocabulary words are from our new realistic fiction book, Freckle Juice. We will continue to use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. RL.2.7 Next week, we will also focus on the standard RL.2.1, ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Please note that our final spelling test for all words will be on Friday, October 6, 2017.

Thank you,

Mrs. Arp