Mrs. Reavis’s 2nd Grade News
January 20-23, 2015
Letterland: Unit 14: Ernest Er and Bothersome Baby Brother
**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 (Jan. 23rd) so it is very important that your child does this homework (Jan. 19-22) each
night to prepare for the test that will be FRIDAY, January 23rd! 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: sister, second, tiger, earth, person, brother, heard, number, another, wonder, above, doctor
Tricky Words: father, family
Review Words: nurse, Thursday, thirty, sports, large, wrong, knife, own
New Sentences to Master: “I wonder where the rainbow colors come from.” & “My father will take me
to the doctor.” (sentences must be written with correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation)
Reading: “A Weed Is A Flower”, pages 430-453
Genre: Biography
Phonics: Comparative Endings
Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect
***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 —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
It is IMPERATIVE that our children GROW with their math and reading skills!
3rd Grade Reading expectations are hard and IF we don’t PUSH for our reading skills
to increase in 2nd grade…the task of reaching 3rd grade status will prove to be very
difficult.
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