Mrs. Reavis’s 2nd Grade News
December 1-5, 2014
Letterland: Unit 10: More Vowel Men Out Walking
**Please REFER to the handout in your child’s folder titled “Letterland Step-by-Step
Homework” for homework that will be on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday! There
will be a letterland test on FRIDAY (Dec. 5th) so it is very important that your child does
this homework (Dec. 1-4) each night to prepare for the test that will be FRIDAY,
December 5th! Please note that the “New Sentences” must be written correctly to receive
credit on the test so practicing writing these two sentences each night is a good idea! 
List A: train, coach, know, grow, explain, okay, tray, toast, wait, way, unload, below
Tricky Words: once, straight
Review Words: leave, repeat, kitchen, named, freeze, sweet, ticket, traded
New Sentences to Master: “Once we stayed at the coast for ten days.” & “Follow that trail
straight into the forest.” (sentences must be written with correct spelling, capitalization,
and punctuation)
Reading: “Pearl and Wagner..Two Good Friends”, pages 320-339
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Phonics: Long e: e, ee, ea, y
Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose
***Please have your child read this story each night for fluency and
comprehension…however….they must return the book each day to school!
Selection TEST will be FRIDAY (Dec. 5th) —Please note that your child receives two
grades for the test—1. High Frequency Word Grade and 2. Comprehension Grade
Math:
Standards:
MD.7 Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes using an analog clock
Tell time using am and pm
Read a digital clock
Write time to the nearest 5 mintues
MD.8 Identify the name of each coin and its value
Count and Compare Sets of coins and write the cent sign correctly
Count whole Dollar Combinations
Make and Recognize EQUAL Collections of coins and whole Dollar Amounts
Solve Money Word Problems
Use the “dollar” and “cents” sign correctly
NBT.4 Compare two three digit numbers.
NBT.5 Add and Subtract numbers within 100 based on place value and other
addition/subtraction strategies
NOTES:
It is very, very IMPORTANT that your child go on the following websites each night
for at least 15 minutes each:
www.vmath.com
www.readingeggs.com