Spelling words will go home at the end of the week and will be tested at the end of the following week. This will give your students at least a week to study their spelling words. The spelling words are decodable from sounds we’ve learned plus one tricky word to practice. Please have your child practice sounding out the words rather than memorizing. Knowing the rules and using the sounds will help them apply sound spellings to a variety of words. For example, learning ‘a_e’ can help spell bake, cake, rake, make, etc. 

*First spelling words coming in September.

What counts for reading? EVERYTHING! :)

*5-10 min of tricky word practice (sight words)

*10 min playing memory with word cards

*7 min of spelling or building words

*15 min taking turns reading a bedtime story

*Take-Home chapters from our readers

*Any book you can get your hands on!

Month 1, Week 1: Respect - Friendship

We will practice using Stop, Support, and Report as steps to respond to bullying. 

Lesson 1: Explore Mental Math Addition

We will practice mental math strategies by counting on, finding doubles plus 1, and making a ten for easier addition.

Quiz: Friday, August 21st

We will spend the first couple weeks reviewing content taught from 1st grade and our Fall testing on FastBridge. 

*Scores will be sent home after completion of all areas.

Unit 1 Fairy Tales and Tall Tales

We will read the following stories: 

• The Fisherman and His Wife

• The Emperor's New Clothes

• Beauty and the Beast, Part 1

• Beauty and the Beast, Part 2

• Paul Bunyan

Looking Ahead:

Unit Test on Tuesday, September 1st