Second grade students will typically have a spelling/language arts and a math assignment for homework. However, I may give additional homework every once and a while. Homework will be given nightly from Monday thru Thursday. I will not give homework assignments on Fridays except for Reading!
Spelling
The spelling words focus on specific pattern/vowel sounds which we will work on throughout the week. The Friday spelling test will include 10 words for the first two nine weeks. ***Later on in the year by the third nine weeks I will include 4-5 dictation sentences that will include Spelling words or words for which the children will have to apply the skill/pattern we have worked on that week. The students will start by writing the words on Monday and keep in their binders and will follow a daily practice routine to complete at home each day leading up to the test. The suggested routines will be used for all spelling lists. You can help your child complete routine in order to prepare for that week's spelling test. Please help your child prepare for that week’s spelling test by giving them a practice test. Read each spelling word aloud in random order as your child writes each word one at a time on writing paper. Together, check and correct the practice test. Have you child practice writing again any words spelled incorrectly. Here is the Spelling Homework assignment for each day of the week. All spelling contract work is due on FRIDAY morning, there will be NO exceptions. Please keep all Spelling HW in binder.
Monday: Write all of your Spelling words 5x’s each neatly
Tuesday: Pyramid Words (first half of the list) Spell each of your words, adding just one letter at a time so you make a pyramid.
Ex. c
ca
cap
Wednesday: Pyramid Words continued using the second half of the list.
Thursday: Practice Test at Home: Take a practice spelling test and have a family member check your work and signature. Parents Read each spelling word aloud in random order as your child writes each word one at a time on lined paper. Together, check and correct the practice test. Have you child practice writing again any words spelled incorrectly. Please sign it. The Activities will change each marking period.
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Reading Logs
All students should be reading for at least 30 minutes every night as an assigned part of their homework. After reading, students should be filling in their nightly reading log. This can be found in the please return side of the homework folder. Students must record the number of minutes they read along with the book title, number of pages in the book and they must have their log entries signed by a grown up at home. Reading logs are checked daily and are collected at the end of every marking period. Failure to complete reading log entries will result in consequences.
Vocabulary Homework Second graders will write LONGER, more interesting sentences for their Writing and Vocabulary assignments. These 7- up sentences will be a daily HW assignment each week (2 per day) for all vocabulary words (usually 6-7 words) for the entire school year. These vocabulary words are taken from our weekly reading story.
A 7-up sentence is a sentence that has:
- 7 words or more words
- Punctuation at the end . ! ?
- A capital letter at the beginning
- Juicy words
- A (subject) who and a (predicate) a what happens
- Finger spaces between words
- The goal is to teach our students to add more detail and interest to their sentences.