In Phonics we practiced long vowel words spelled Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe) by playing a word making game.
In Math we each used pattern blocks to cover the exact same design. We then counted up how many of each block we used. As a class, there were 11 different block combinations used, but even in duplicate combinations, there were no duplicate placements of those blocks! We were amazed at just how many ways there were to use our blocks to cover the same shape outline!
In Spelling we worked on digraphs. We played “Digraph Elevator” and the ‘h’ had to travel up and down the floors to get to the consonant it needed for the given word.
In Math we learned the names of the pattern block shapes, made designs, walked around to look at everyone’s designs, and analyzed how they used the different shapes.
Welcome back to the 2019-2020 school year! This week in 2nd grade we spent a lot of time learning and practicing new routines, procedures, and expectations. But, we also made some time to get to know our new classmates and play some games! Here we are playing Back and Forth, a math game, and working on our Find a Friend hunt.
As promised, here is a list of suggested websites to help your child review all the skills they learned during the year over the summer:
http://www.fcrr.org/resources/resources_sca.html (Great printable activities to practice language arts skills for a more formal practice.)
https://www.readworks.org/summer-reading (FREE summer reading passages with comprehension questions! Great for fluency practice too!!)
http://www.ixl.com/ (Math and language arts by grade level. You can do a small amount daily for free!)
http://littlebirdtales.com/index/default/errors[]/AUTH_REQ/ (children can create on-line story books)
http://jmathpage.com/ (math)
http://sheppardsoftware.com/ (all subjects)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ (math)
http://playkidsgames.com/ (all subjects)
http://www.spellingcity.com/ (spelling, vocabulary- use their pre-made lists or search for Mrs. Janetzke to find my lists from our spelling curriculum)
ttp://read.cph.org/ (Family summer reading program)
http://www.brainpopjr.com/ (Game Up link has free access to all the games from the videos and also links to other on-line games.)
http://www.readwritethink.org/ (parent activities for summer/home practice in reading and writing)
Remember that your child brought home 3 stapled packs of unused Saxon math pages. These are great to review what we did and preview some 3rd grade math concepts. Children also have all their addition and subtraction fact cards to use at home.
I encourage you to do your library's summer reading program. Remember that there are also several reading activities/ideas that were in your final report card envelope.
Click here to access FREE summer reading materials to practice fluency and comprehension!
THE MISSION OF BETHANY LUTHERAN SCHOOL IS TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND TO INSPIRE CONFIDENT LEARNERS WHO ARE ABLE TO DISCERN BIBLICAL TRUTH, THINK CRITICALLY, AND LIVE A LIFE OF SERVICE TO GOD AND NEIGHBOR.
