Ms.Penford and Mrs.Sharma's Grade Two Class 2025-2026

High Frequency Words We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are:   some, her, would, make, like, him, into, time, has look Phonics -When using a past tense verb (an action that has already happened) we add the ending -ED. -There are 3 ways to pronounce the -ED ending:  /d/ : If a voiced sound comes before -ED we say /d/ like in called or tamed /t/: If an unvoiced sound comes before -ED we say /t/ like in sniffed and helped /ed/: if the sound /d/ or /t/ comes before -Ed, -ED makes two sounds: /e/ and /d/ and the E is pronounced with a schwas, just like the E in -ES.    - Please check your child's red folder this weekend and read the decodables we practiced this week - If your child did not draw, or finish, their picture you could encourage them to do so Winter Count -After the first snow falls, Indigenous pe...

High Frequency Words We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are: Expanding Sentences -This week (an next week!) we will continue to practice how to expand sentences with when, where, what and why. - We talked about a 'boring sentence' and then talking about the details that we can add to help readers get a clear picture of whats happening Counting within 1000 -We have been practicing count forward and backward by 1s within 1000 starting at any number. -This week, we used a 100s chart as a tool to help us with larger numbers as we counted forwards and backwards -Next week we will continue but use a number line as a tool Cardinal Directions -We learned that cardinal directions are the main directions like North, East, South, and West. They are super helpful because they always tell us exactly which way to go! -We learne...

High Frequency Words We will not do the spelling test next Friday because of the short week. We will add a new list to the blog next week. Place Value - In math we reviewed place value and learned how to identify the place value of digits in a four-digit number - To practice this skill we used base ten blocks, place value charts and played games with cards Gathering Information - In writing we learned how to gather information to write sentences about a topic - We learned some interesting facts about pufferfish! - Students are working on writing at least three sentences and then verifying them with an editing checklist to look for capitals, punctuation, clarity and spaces between words. Phonics - We reviewed magic e, also known as silent e or bossy e - When this e is at the end of a CVC word it makes the vowel say it's name. For example pin - pine - Please check your child's red folder this weekend and read the decodables we practiced this week - If your child did not draw, or ...

High Frequency Words We did not do the spelling test this Friday because of the break from school. The words are the same and we will work on them and test them next week. there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their,  if Representing Quantities -We practiced counting different quantities using numbers (standard form) and words.  -We counted different things around us such as things in our desks, some things in our classroom and some things in our school!  -We then worked with a partner to count a group of objects by 2s, 5's or 10s and represented that number with an addition sentence and words Phonics- Digraph Review -A consonant digraph is when two consonants come together to make one sound.   -We reviewed CK, SH, TH, and CH -TH spells two sounds -The unvoiced TH spells /th/ like at the beginning of the word thumb.  The unvoiced /th/ can come at the beginning or end of a word. -The voiced TH spells /th/ like at the beginning of the word this.  Vo...

  High Frequency Words We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are: there, use, an, each, which, she, do, how, their,  if Phonics- ck spells /k/ -When we hear the /k/ sound at the end of a word after a short vowel we spell it CK, like at the end of the word duck.  CK together is called a consonant digraph because it is two letters that come together to make one sound. - Please check your child's red folder this weekend and read the decodables we practiced this week - If your child did not draw, or finish, their picture you could encourage them to do so Writing- Types of Sentences -We continue to practice writing different types of sentences this week -We looked at various picture prompts and then wrote an exclamatory, statement and question pertaining to what we thought the picture was about  Representing Qu...

  High Frequency Words We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are: Phonics - FLSZ Rule & -all.-oll,-ull - When we hear /f/,/l/,/s/ or /z/ at the end of a word after a short vowel sound, we use double letters, or the same letter two times, to spell that sound.  - We also learned that when -ll comes after the vowels A,O and U  the ll changes the vowel sound - Please check your child's red folder this weekend and read the decodables we practiced this week - If your child did not draw, or finish, their picture you could encourage them to do so MATERIALS - We are learning about different materials in Science - In Language Arts we have been looking at letter formation, many letters have similarities  - We combined the two and wrote the word MATERIAL using different materials - We used tin foil, cotton, string...