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GRACEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2ND GRADE NEWSFLASH
Week of November 4-8
**SPELLING WORDS**
Skill: /e/spelled e and e_e; /a/ spelled a and a_e;
/i/ spelled I and i_e; /o/ spelled o and o_e;
/u/ spelled u and u_e
1. label 9. meter
2. vine 10. spoke
3. bonus Challenge Words
4. wild 11. basic
5. begin 12. athlete
6. these 13. usual
7. gate 14. equal
8. use 15. secret
Test will be on Friday, November 8th
**LANGUAGE ARTS** Unit 2 Week 5
READING/WRITING WORKSHOP Shared Read-”Cats and Kittens” and
“Beetles”, “The Little Turtle, “Gray Goose”
**GENRE– Poetry
**WEEKLY READING SKILL– Key Details
**Vocabulary Skill— Multiple Meaning Words
**GRAMMAR SKILL: plural nouns –s, -es, and irregular plural; compound words
**VOCABULARY WORDS TO KNOW:
1. behave— to act in a certain way.
2. flapping—moving up and down.
3. express—to say or show.
4. feathers— the soft, light covering of a bird.
5. poem—a form of writing that expresses imagination or feelings.
6. rhythm—the repeating accents, or beats, in a poem.
7. rhyme—having the same ending sounds.
8. word choice—the use of rich, colorful, exact words.
We will have 2 WEEKLY COLD READ ASSESSMENTS EACH WEEK that will cover our weekly skill. We will
do our first WEEKLY ASSESSMENT on Thursday– November 7 and the 2nd WEEKLY ASSESSMENT on
Friday, Nov. 8th.
***Please feel free to email your child’s teacher with any questions or
concerns-
SOCIAL STUDIES– Studies Weekly
Science—Animal Habitats
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**
November 7th—Picture Retakes
November 11th—Veterans Day Program—Wear Red/White/Blue
November 13th—Progress Reports
November 19th—Thanksgiving Lunch
November 25-29th—Thanksgiving Break—No School
Promotion Requirements: By the end of the 2nd Grade, students must have a
“70%“average or better in Reading/ELA and Math. They must also instantly rec-
ognize 220/300 Sight Words.
**MATH**
Chapter 4—2 Digit Addition
Vocabulary: sums, regroup, addends, count on,
number sentence, related facts, hundred, addition
sentence
Lesson 4.1 Break Apart Ones to Add
Lesson 4.2 Use Compensation
Lesson 4.3 Break Apart Addends as Tens and Ones
Lesson 4.4 Model Regrouping for Addition
Lesson 4.5 Model and Record 2 Digit Addition
We will take our Math Drill Test on FRIDAY–
November 8th . They will have 6 minutes for
2nd nine weeks
