Monday, August 23, 2010

Homework For Week 8/22 - 8/27

Students have a homework calendar in their binder that needs to be signed daily.  Also remember that your child may come home with a character reflection slip that needs to be signed.  If a student recieves a reflection slip that means that they went to red sometime during the day.  After they go to red and fill out the reflection they get to move back to green, however they may get a second red for the day.  The students know if they get 3 reds in a day they have lunch detention.  I want to make sure they the students realize that getting the character reflection to take home is like getting a red for the day. 

On to homework!

Fluency page is in the binder somewhere.  I noticed that students didn't put it where I suggested so you may have to move it! :)

Also tonight for homework they are writing their spelling words and sight words on the flash cards that I sent home in the baggie.  They must have these every day with them.

Thanks!!

Spelling words:
name
flame
same
became
games
take
make
brake
snake
mistake

sight words:
little
work
know
places
years

Remember that they must be able to spell and read the sight words.  They are assessed on both on Friday.

Have a wonderful week!!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Homework

Check the homework calendar in your child's binder.  The calendar is for the whole month of Aug.  We are really trying to drill those basics into our students this year, so we really want to focus on those math facts and sight words.  I will be putting a sight word list in their binder some time this week.  I didn't want to overwhelm everyone on the first homework day.  Students can choose to study their spelling flash cards or do one of the spelling activities.  We will be looking at some of the activities this week so that they know what they are all about.  Fluency is very important! Please make sure to look for the passage in your child's binder and do the one minute read!  We also talked about how reading for 20 min. a day is easy.  It could be something you do as a family or right before bed.  We did a little brainstorming on how we could get that 20 min. in!!!

Here are the spelling words for the week:
hide

slide
ride
wide
pride
hid
bid
kid
eyelid
inside

Sight Words:
over
new
sound
take
only

If your child passed the spelling pre-test then they got these words to study:
surprise
decide
arrive
survive
combine
polite
reptile
excite
divide
describe

students using this list will also use the same sight words as above. 

If you have any questions please ask! 

Have a great week!
Ms. Gibson

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Welcome!

Welcome to Ms. Gibson's 2nd Grade blog!  Check it weekly for updates on what's going on in our classroom!  This is where you can find homework information as well as our daily schedule.  Lets have a fantastic school year!