Spelling List - Unit 5 Week 3

At conferences many of you stated that your child was not bringing their spelling list home. I will put all three lists up on the blog every week for you to use while at home!

This is Unit 5 Week 3

Approaching - Yellow

1. too
2. flu
3. June
4. dew
5. clue
6. suit
7. cook
8. could
9. pull
10. put
11. point
12. joy
13. along
14. ever
15. strong

On - Blue

1. room
2. flu
3. June
4. new
5. glue
6. fruit
7. crook
8. could
9. full
10. push
11. point
12. coin
13. along
14. ever
15. strong

Beyond - Green

1. school
2. flu
3. June
4. chewed
5. glued
6. fruitcake
7. crooks
8. should
9. full
10. pushing
11. moist
12. coins
13. along
14. ever
15. strong

Happy 2nd Semester!

Welcome back to 2nd Semester of 2nd grade! So hard to believe that we are already halfway done! It has flown by!!

I managed to take almost zero pictures of all of the holiday and winter stuff we did before break, but here are a few random ones to share!

I hope everyone's break was fantastic! I know it was MUCH needed. I am excited to be back and for all of the fun things we have coming up!

We are jumping right back into all of our curriculum. Starting with nutrition, finishing up time with a math test at the end of this week, and starting a new unit in Literacy! We get to have a ton of fun with research writing during our writing time as well. We are all excited!

Spelling this week is TOUGH! It is on silent letters. The pre test was pretty difficult, so don't be worried when you see your child's score. We will work on these silent letters all week long in literacy, phonics, and during guided reading time. But keep practicing at home other wise this weeks test will be a hard one! 

As always, if you have any questions about anything, feel free to contact me!

Happy Monday! 

Spelling FAQ

The students have had lots of questions about spelling and I figured it would be a great idea to answer all of them in one place!

• Spelling Pretests are given right away Monday morning
• There are 15 words on the list and we go over them together. The students check their own paper
• Depending on how many words the student got right, they are given a new list to practice for the week. Your list may not look the same every week! 
• In their green homework folder, there is some suggested spelling homework for the week. This is not required and you do not have to return it to school (although you can) but it is recommended to help them practice their words all week!
• We practice the spelling words during our Workstation time every day, but the majority of spelling practice is done at home. You can find lots of ideas on how to practice spelling words online!
• Spelling Post Test is done right away on Friday mornings

Hopefully that clears up some of the questions you may be having at home about Spelling! 2nd grade learns so many words a week including vocabulary words, high frequency words, words in their stories, as well as their spelling words, so it is important to practice these at home!

Feel free to contact me for any more questions you may have!

Caterpillars!

Last week we got to start on our first unit...Butterflies! We received the caterpillars and we joined Mrs. Hankins class to learn how to put the food in the containers, press it down, add the caterpillar, and put gauze over the top in order for them to live and grow.

It was super fun to watch and learn about these little caterpillars and what they will soon turn in to!

When I got here this morning, this is how much our caterpillars have grown! The kiddos are going to be SO excited!

**Ms. Schlegel was losing her mind Friday, and forgot to send home the completed spelling test! We all did great and all the hard work over the week paid off! Those will be coming home today along with a new list for this week! Keep working hard on those words! :)