Second Grade Homework Sheet May 8-12, 2017

Mrs.Birthisel, Mrs. Sisson, & Mrs. Young

*DATES to REMEMBER! *Friday, May 12 Early Out *8:30ish Lockdown Drill
*May 17 Field Day (Laidley) for 1st and 2nd
*Please send your child to school with a snack. School does not provide snacks.

*Reading Homework-Please listen to your child read Now & Ben. Please read Signature
Monday
several times to help build fluency.
*Spelling HW-Write spelling words using correct heading, numbering, spacing, and
letter formation.
*Read one minute timed fluency sheet, and complete chart. Signature
Tuesday
*Grammar HW-Follow directions on front and back of sheet.
*Practice reading your decodable reader to a parent/guardian.
*Study spelling words the way you learn them best.
*Read one minute timed fluency sheet, and complete chart. Signature
Wednesday
*Reading Homework-Please follow directions on your homework sheet.
*Study spelling words the way you learn them best.

*Read one minute timed fluency sheet, and complete chart. Signature
Thursday
*Math Homework-Follow directions on front and back of sheet.
*Study spelling words the way you learn them best.

One Minute Timed Reading Chart

Families Tuesday Night Wednesday Night Thursday Night

_______WPM _______WPM _______WPM

1 Please time your child on the reading
passage given. Place a line after the last
________ Parents ________ Parents ________ Parents
word that was read. Then continue to
listen to your child read the rest of the Initials Initials Initials
passage.
Words Missed: Words Missed: Words missed:
2 Use the numbered scale on the side of
the paper to count the words read.
Subtract the number of words missed to
find the total words per minute or WPM.

3 On Thursday night, have your child retell

the story and begin by saying, This story
is about
Check if your child was
Allow one minute for retell.
able to retell the story.
Thanks!
NOTE: PLEASE send a note if you are picking your child up early so we will know to have them
ready.
 ***All skills will be tested this Friday.***

Spelling Words: Loner vowels o and e High-Frequency Words

1. seated 9. bowls
*almost *pushed
2. keeps 10. crow
3. speed 11. owe *dear *remember
4. seen 12. grown
5. means 13. green *door *sometimes
6. clean 14. snow
*from *together
7. groan 15. peace
8. roast 16. below *money *years
Comprehension Skills and Strategies: Target Skill *compare and Contrast *Using Context
Phonics: Reading Longer Words with Long Vowels o and e Final Stable Syllable -le
Target Strategy: *Visualize Vocabulary Strategies: *Root Words Fluency *Rate: Adjust rate to
Purpose Grammar: *Choose between Adjectives and Adverbs Spelling: Long Vowels o and e
Opinion Writing: *Response Essay

MATH *Add 3 1-digit numbers *Solve comparison number stories. *Read graphs. *Solve number
stories. *Adding and subtracting without regrouping *Adding and subtracting with regrouping
*Use strategies for subtraction of 2-digit numbers. *Make bill and coin exchanges. *Combine equal
groups to find totals. *Use array models to show repeated addition/multiplication relationship.

Target Vocabulary Words

inventions: Original machines, systems, or processes *Ben Franklin designed and built many of the
inventions still used today.
remarkable: Deserving notice, or outstanding: The landing on the moon was a remarkable event.

designed: past tense of design, to make a plan for *We always design furniture before we build it.

amounts: Quantity or sum of a measurement *Always measure the correct amounts when following a
recipe.

accomplishment: To do completely, or carry out *The concert showed the accomplishments of

each musician.

achieve: To succeed in doing: Work hard to achieve your dreams.

composed: The past tense of compose, to create or make up *The musician composed beautiful
songs.

result: Something that happens because of something else: *The class mural was a result of days of
planning and painting.