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Please help me to encourage your child to participate in our reading incentive program where each student is asked to read 5 grade level books and complete a book review for each book by Thursday of each week, not only will your child increase his/her fluency rate your child will earn a chance to spin the wheel on Friday.
- Earn a chance to spin the READ-5-Books Wheel-Read 5 books and complete a book review on each book and you can earn a chance to spin the wheel on Friday!
Congratulations Again to Victoria Silva for completing the reading challenge for the week of 02/01/10! Keep up the EXCELLENT WORK Victoria!
Please continue to have your child read to you daily and have your child retell what he/she have read.
Parents 
lease check your child’s book bag daily for homework and any special notes that may be sent home. Please return your child’s homework folder daily as this is how I send home important information.
Please make sure your child brings his pencils and homework folder daily.Parents please note that in preparation for the CRCT the homework reading passages are longer and focus more on multiple subject content. Benchmark Testing is underway In order for your child to be an On-Track reader, he/she has to read at least 74 WPM(Words Per Minute) and be able to retell what they remember from the passage with at least 26% accuracy. Emerger-57-73; Struggler 0-56!
There are five key areas in becoming a proficient reader: phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
Reading comprehension skills separate the “passive” unskilled reader from the “active” readers. Skilled readers don’t just read, they interact with the text.
As skilled readers read, they are able to:
Predict what will happen next in a story using clues presented in text
Create questions about the main idea, message, or plot of the text
Monitor understanding of the sequence, context, or characters
Clarify parts of the text which have confused them
Connect the events in the text to prior knowledge or experience
By demonstrating self-monitoring techniques as you read aloud to your children, you will help them develop these skills themselves. Periodically stop and ask your child questions that illustrate the skills above.
If you are reading a confusing passage, stop and say, “I didn’t understand that. Did you?” And after listening to their interpretation, say: “Interesting, Let’s check and read this part again.” Reread the passage and then discuss your new understanding.
Spelling Second Grade “No Excuses” Words – 1 to 36
“No Excuses” Words are those which students are expected to spell correctly in all of their everyday writing. They are taken from the list of core words. Below are the groups of words which we hope most children will master by the end of his/her second grade. Please help your child to spell these words correctly in their everyday writing:
the of and a to in is you
that it he for was on are
as with his they at be this
I have or by one had not but
what all were when we
Week: Week of 02/01/10
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Reading- Magazine Kids Discover 2: Forests
Our class is reading “Forest Tales From Far and Wide”anthology by Marleen Vermeulen and Rosslyn Moran-All of teh stories come from different cultures, and all of them feature animals that are favorites with young audiences.
Monday
Write each spelling word five times each.
Study vocabulary / Reading- Worksheet;
Lang-WorkSheet
Math worksheets
Tuesday
Write each spelling word three times each.
Math worksheets / Reading- Worksheet;
Lang-pg Study vocabulary
Wednesday
**Reading Night**
Title ____________________________________
Read by_________________________________
Minutes read
Thursday
Write sentences using vocabulary words.
Study vocabulary words;
Reading Worksheet/ Math worksheet
Friday
Reading/Math Worksheet; Language pages
*Return completed homework on Monday! |
