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Sept. 28th- Oct.2nd

 

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:

twenty
thirty
forty
fifty
sixty
seventy
eighty
ninety
hundred
thousand

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 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 




Coding

- Part of the Science curriculum involves learning how to code
- We used the app Scratch Jr. on the ipads to learned how to apply basic codes to make a character move



Number Lines

- We reviewed the concept of number lines
- In grade two we explore quantity to 1000, so our number lines help us explore larger quantities
- We use the number line to count forwards and backwards
- We use it to show skip counting
- We use it to help us estimate

October Calendar

- Thursday marked the beginning of October
- We made calendars in our visual journals
- We used the calendar to answer questions like: How many days are in October? What day of the week is the 11th? How many Thursdays are in October?



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