Math Facts

I wanted to encourage you to continue to practice your math facts.  The expectation is students are proficient with their addition and subtraction facts by the end of the 2nd grade.  Proficient means students can produce an answer to a give fact in approximately 3 seconds. If your child has mastered their addition and subtraction facts, please begin to work on multiplication and division as proficiency with these facts is expected in 3rd and 4th grades. 
Here is a site with free fact cards....select your set and press print!
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/factfamilycards.html

Below are sites to use to practice math facts:
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/default.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/math/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm#basicoperations
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2
http://www.multiplication.com/games

I have many partner games available in my classroom that the students can use and I can copy to send home.  If you are interested in these games, please let me know.  Thanks!

Week of January 30th

Reading: We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Multiplication models (groups and arrays)
Science:  Changes in Matter

Homework:
Monday: Multiplication worksheet
Tuesday: Reading worksheet
Wednesday: Multiplication worksheet
                Reading/LA test on Thursday
Thursday: Language Arts worksheet
               Changes in Matter test on Friday

Spelling Words
Group 1: wish, child, find, lost, cold, most, hint
Group 2: hint, wish, child, find, kind, lost, pond, both, cold, most
Group 3: hint, wish, child, find, kind, lost, pond, both, cold, most
              slick, wild, cross, floss, comb

Week of January 23, 2012

Reading:   We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Money-counting coins & bills, adding & subtracting money
          amounts, and making change---Test on Thursday!
Science:  Changes in Matter

Homework:
Monday: Money word problems
Tuesday: Subject-verb agreement
Wednesday: Study for test tomorrow
Thursday: Subject-verb agreemeent

Spelling Words
Group 1: cry, try, why, fly, quit, sigh, night
Group 2: cry, try, why, fly, quit, sigh, night, quite, twice, white
Group 3: cry, try, why, fly, quit, sigh, night, quite, twice, white,
              grill, bliss, crime, fright, twist

Week of January 16th

Reminders:
    No school on Monday
    Return contact sheets and report card envelopes
    Lunch with Dad on Friday

Reading:   We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Subject-verb agreement
Math:  Money-counting coins & bills, adding & subtracting money
          amounts, and making change
Science:  Solids, Liquids, and Gases---Test on Friday

Homework: Read 20 minutes everyday!
Tuesday: Making Change worksheet
Wednesday: Subject-verb agreement
Thursday: Money Word Problems
Spelling Words
Group 1: few, knew, blue, true, do, truck, trunk
Group 2: brush, truck, trunk, few, knew, blue, true, do, truth, sew
Group 3: brush, truck, trunk, few, knew, blue, true, do, truth, sew
               crumb, shrewd, whew, cruel, fuel

Week of January 9th

Happy New Year!

Reading:   We will be focusing on Non-Fiction text, main idea,
                and summarizing for this unit.
Language Arts: Quotation marks and commas
Math:  Money-counting coins & bills, adding & subtracting money
          amounts, and making change
Science:  Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Homework: Read 20 minutes everyday!
Monday: Comparing $ worksheet
Tuesday: Quotation marks worksheet and math facts
Wednesday: Adding and Subtracting money worksheet
Thursday: Quotation marks worksheet and math facts

Spelling Words:
Group 1: chop, long, shop, note, wrote, boat, lose
Group 2: chop, long, shop, note, wrote, boat, roast, throw, lose, gloss
Group 3: chop, long, shop, note, wrote, boat, roast, throw, lose, gloss
              globe, prompt, quote, loan, glow, show

Week of December 19th

There will be no homework or spelling words this week.

Math:
     Begin Unit 5---Money
Reading:
     Holiday study---main idea, text features
Language Arts:
     Compound words
     Persuasive/Holiday writing
Social Studies: Test on Monday
    Creek village projects


Tuesday 12/20  1:00pm  Class Holiday Party
Wednesday 12/21  8:30am   2nd-3rd grade Holiday Chorus Concert
Thursday 12/22  Last day of school before break

Week of December 12th

Unfortunately this is a week of tests.  December 22nd is the end of 1st semester so we have quite a few tests coming up.  With this in mind, please make sure your child has had breakfast and a good night's sleep. 

There will be no homework this week, only spelling words!

Math:
     Finish Unit 4-Addition, Subtraction, Estimation, Problem Solving
Reading:
     Text Features and Non-Fiction Text
Language Arts:
     Review of commas, homophones, contractions
     Persuasive/Holiday writing
Social Studies:
    Creek and Cherokee peoples

Spelling Words:
Group 1: jay, smash, stand, grain, gain, gray, brave
Group 2: smash, stand, trash, blame, brave, taste, gain, grain, play, gray
Group 3: smash, stand, trash, blame, brave, taste, gain, grain, play, gray,
               grand, slate, praise, sway, jay

Tests:
     Tuesday:  Reading Checkpoints
      Wednesday:  Math Checkpoints
     Thursday:  Unit 4 Math Test
     Friday:  Unit 4 Reading Test