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Ms. Harris
Instructor: Ms. Harris
All children can and will learn, they just learn differently.
Announcements
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Reading is Fun!
Ask your child to read to you and or have them read to a stuffed animal, another family member, or a doll. Ask your child questions about what he/she read i.e., what is the gist of the story, who are the characters, what is the main idea, what is the problem in the story and how was it solved and ect.
I sent home a yellow sheet with some fun questions for you to ask your child before, during, … -
Letter and Number Cards
Dear Families,
Please cut and use the letter cards that were sent home with your child to have them identify letters, letter sounds, blend letter sounds together to form words i.e., wet, run, hit, tan, ship, kid, quack, shell, that, and ect.
You can use index cards, “regular” paper, and or make additional copies to create numerous words.
You can use number cards to identify numbers; have … -
Homework and Spelling notebook
Ms. Harris’ 2nd Grade Homework Packet
Please return your homework packet and spelling book to school together on Friday. You will do all spelling assignments in your spelling book.
Please have your child write the date on the first line of each spelling assignment i.e.
********** September 18, 2017*******
Homework packets will be sent home on Monday or the first day of the school week.
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Reading is Fun!
I will begin to send small white books home with your child. Please have your read their books to you, a family member,stuffed animals, friends and ect.
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We are off to a great start!
Families,
Please look through your child's folder on a daily basis and return it back to school with your child the next day. In addition, please have your child return their spelling book on Friday or the last day of the school week.
We are discussing families, rules, the five senses, weather, addition/ plus, subtraction/minus, ending marks in writing i.e., .,!, and ?.
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Words to Know
Below is a list of words your child should know:
I
like
me
my
am
and
awesome
because
the
we
is
a
zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
have
they
with
come
loves
of
no
with
are
egg
that
mess
quack
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Reading is Fun!
Please read with your child 10-30 minutes daily or have them read to you, a stuffed animal, or a sibling.
Please have your child read their small white books daily.
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Read to your child
5 Reasons to Read Aloud to Your Child
-Hear new words
-Develop sentence sense and an ear for rhythm
-Gain new knowledge and understanding
-Feel things they never felt before (emotionally)
-Share a wonderful time with you and your favorite read-aloud books
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2nd Grade Websites
Please take a few minutes to visit the following First Grade websites:
www.iRead.com
www.tenmarks.com
www.starfall.com
www.pbskids.org
www.roythezebra.com
www.mobymax
www.abcya.com
www.splashmath.com (there might be a fee, but a great resource)
Discussion Topics
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Respect
Posted by Nickon Harris on 10/16/2014 12:03:00 PMPlease discuss with your child the various ways he/she can be respectful. As a class we will discuss the following ideas:
- Raise a quiet hand
-Share with our friends
-Help each other
-Clean our area
-Make nice comments to our friends
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Famlies
Posted by Nickon Harris on 10/3/2013 8:03:32 PMPlease discuss your family with your child and the roles each family member has.