Grade 2 Reading and Homework Guidelines
Dear Parents,
In order to gain confidence and fluency in
reading, we are requiring your child to read at
least fifteen minutes every day at home with an
adult.
We have been working with the children to choose
good fit books for their reading and hope that
they will be able to choose ‘good fit books’ from
their home library. If you need levelled readers
please just ask and we will be more than happy to
help.
Please take time to read to your child, with one
another and listen to them read independently.
Here are some suggestions to help your child
when they are having difficulty reading
independently
* Point to each word to increase accuracy and
smooth reading
* Chunk difficult/unknown words
* Ask what would make sense in that sentence
* Use picture clues
* Tell
andthe
continue
reading.
Ask
your them
childthe
to word
retell
story after
readinga good retell should identify who, when, where in
the story.
Ask some ‘why do you think’ questions to help
develop their inferential comprehension.
Oxford words-
It is expected that by the end of Grade 2 your
child will be able to read 307 Oxford words and
spell 200 words on the Oxford word list. Please
ask your classroom teacher should you need a copy
of the list.
Maths- Our maths homework is based on the concepts
taught during the previous week. Correct it
together and discuss any difficulties and
celebrate their growing maths ability.
Spelling- Your child will have either Oxford words
for their spelling list or phonic based lists.
Children need to practise their words at least 3
times during their week by completing the Look,
Say, Cover, Write and Check activity in their
book. There will sometimes be other spelling
activities for the week.
Our expectations of
you as a parent
Our expectation of
your child as an
active learner
15 minutes of reading every day including
the weekend
Supervise and help
Show your parents
your child if
how to solve the
necessary to
maths homework in
complete the weekly your book,
maths task (20 mins
approx.)
Help your child
Practise your number
become number
facts
fluent, helping them (3 times a week for
learn their number
5-10 minutes)
facts. Games are
great for this (3
times a week for 510 minutes)
Help your child
learn to read and
spell the Oxford
word list up to 307
words
Help your child
learn how to spell
their spelling
words. Test them
during the week. (3
times a week)
Practise reading the
Oxford word list.
Learn how to spell
these words.
Practise (3 times a
week)
Learn your spelling
words, Do Look, Say,
Cover, Write and
Check. Ask your
parents to test you.
By following these suggestions you are helping
establish life-long learning habits. Thank you for
helping your child be an active and responsible
learner.
Michelle Pucar, Elicia Briggs, Sara Nelson, Sujata
Symons and Elisa Mirenda.
(Grade 2 team)