Homework for 5/13 - 5/17/2024

Our Journeys story of the week is “Two of Everything.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (possessive pronouns) for lesson 29 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, May 13th.

We’ll be working on chapter 9 in Sadlier Math (3-digit subtraction, with and without regrouping).

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, May 13th. Also, please check to make sure your child returns all of his/her library books to school by 5/13. 

Spelling Words

1. aim
2. snail
3. bay
4. braid
5. ray
6. always
7. gain
8. sly
9. chain
10. shy
11. bright
12. fright
13. tray
14. try
15. contain
16. thigh

High Frequency Words 

1. eight
2. near
3. once
4. paper
5. seven
6. upon
7. wash
8. who
9. woman
10. your

Homework for week 5/6 - 5/10/2024

Our Journeys story of the week is “Yeh Shen.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (possessive nouns) for lesson 28 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, May  10th.

We’ll be finishing up chapter 8 in Sadlier Math (3-digit addition) and will test over the chapter on Friday, May 10th.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, May 6th. Also, please check to make sure your child returns his/her library books to school 5/6. This will be the last week for your child to check out an RQ book, so please make sure all library books are returned.

Spelling Words

1. cow
2. house
3. town
4. shout
5. down
6. mouse
7. found
8. loud
9. brown
10. ground
11. pound
12. flower
13. out
14. now
15. towel
16. pounce

High Frequency Words 

1. above
2. enough
3. falling
4. happened
5. lived
6. loved
7. should
8. sorry
9. want
10. while

Homework for week 4/29 - 5/3/2024

Our Journeys story of the week is “The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (adverbs) for lesson 27 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, May 3rd.

We’ll be spending the next two weeks learning about 3-digit addition in Sadlier Math. 

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, April 29th. Also, please check to make sure your child returns his/her library books to school 4/29.

Spelling Words

1. took
2. books
3. foot
4. hoof
5. cook
6. nook
7. hood
8. wood
9. stood
10. shook
11. crook
12. cookbook
13. look
14. good
15. crooked
16. bookcase

High Frequency Words 

1. buy
2. called
3. even
4. father
5. maybe
6. outside
7. tomorrow
8. town
9. water
10. where

Homework for week 4/22 - 4/26/2024

 Our Journeys story of the week is “The Mysterious Tadpole.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (contractions) for lesson 26 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, April 26th.

The test over chapter 7 (place value to 1000) in Sadlier Math will be on Friday, April 26th. Chapter review will come home Thursday afternoon, if you’d like to review with your child before the test.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, April 22nd. Also, please check to make sure your child returns his/her library books to school 4/22.

Spelling Words

1. root
2. crew
3. spoon
4. few
5. bloom
6. grew
7. room
8. you
9. stew
10. boost
11. scoop
12. flew
13. zoo
14. noon
15. shampoo
16. balloon

High Frequency Words 

1. again
2. ago
3. alone
4. don’t
5. every
6. follow
7. goes
8. head
9. now
10. won’t

Homework for week 4/8 - 4/12/2024

Our Journeys story of the week is “From Seed to Plant.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill for lesson 25 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, April 12th.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, April 8th. Also, please check to make sure your child returns his/her library books to school 4/8.

Spelling Words

1. tall
2. saw
3. dog
4. draw
5. call
6. fall
7. soft
8. paw
9. ball
10. yawn
11. log
12. small
13. all
14. walk
15. awful
16. wallpaper

High Frequency Words 

1. ball
2. done
3. hear
4. learn
5. leaves
6. only
7. our
8. through
9. we’re
10. young

Homework for weeks 3/25 - 3/27 and 4/2 - 4/5

Our Journeys story of the week is “Half-Chicken.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Our spelling words are base words plus suffixes un- and re-. We also have 2 review words. The additional phonics skill for this lesson is silent consonants in words. 

Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (irregular action verbs) for lesson 24 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, April 5th.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, March 25th. Also, please check to make sure your child returns his/her library books to school 3/25. Because of Easter break, the next RQ testing deadline will be Monday, April 8th.

Spelling Words

1. unhappy
2. retell
3. untangle
4. unkind
5. repaint
6. refill
7. unlike
8. remake
9. unpack
10. reread
11. unlock
12. replay
13. read
14. happy
15. rewrite
16. overheard

High Frequency Words 

1. away
2. brothers
3. brown
4. there
5. surprised
6. earth
7. without
8. here
9. learning
10. began

Homework for week 3/18 - 3/22/2024

Our Journeys story of the week is “The Goat in the Rug.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Our spelling words are base words plus endings -y, -ly, and -ful. We also have 2 review words with endings -ed and -ing. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (irregular verbs) for lesson 23 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, March 22nd.

ReadnQuiz: Because of the Book Fair, students were unable to check out library books the week before Spring break, so there is no RQ requirement for March 18th. There are several students with overdue library books, so please check to make sure your child returns his/her library books to school Monday, 3/18, to avoid overdue/replacement fees.

Spelling Words

1. helpful
2. sadly
3. hopeful
4. thankful
5. slowly
6. wishful
7. kindly
8. useful
9. safely
10. painful
11. mouthful
12. weakly
13. jumped
14. saying
15. quickly
16. wonderful

High Frequency Words 

1. coming
2. down
3. four
4. give
5. great
6. idea
7. knew
8. large
9. though
10. write

Homework for week 3/4 - 3/8/2024

 Our Journeys story of the week is “Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Our spelling words are homophones, and correct spelling may be challenging. Please remind your child to pay attention to context clues when figuring out the correct spelling (we’ve been working on this skill in class). Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (more about adjectives) for lesson 22 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, March 8th.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ quiz before Monday, March 4th. All library books need to be returned by 3/4.

Spelling Words

1. meet
2. meat
3. week
4. weak
5. mane
6. main
7. tail
8. tale
9. be
10. bee
11. too
12. two
13. sea
14. see
15. threw
16. through

High Frequency Words 

1. boy
2. does
3. everyone
4. field
5. floor
6. found
7. into
8. their
9. toward
10. what’s 

Homework for week 2/26 - 3/1/2024

Our Journeys story of the week is “Penguin Chick.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (adjectives) for lesson 21 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, March 1st.

We’ll be starting Money and Time in Sadlier Math. We’re also taking Cogat tests this week.

ReadnQuiz: There was some confusion over RQ since we didn’t have Library last Monday. Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ test before Monday, February 26th, if he/she didn’t take a test on the RQ book he/she has. All library books need to be returned by 2/26.

Spelling Words

1. father
2. over
3. under
4. herd
5. water
6. verb
7. paper
8. cracker
9. offer
10. cover
11. germ
12. master
13. fern 
14. ever
15. remember
16. feather

High Frequency Words 

1. across
2. behind
3. house
4. how
5. move
6. nothing
7. one
8. out
9. took
10. voice

Homework for week 2/20 - 2/23

Our Journeys story of the week is “Dex: The Heart of a Hero.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (commas in a series) for lesson 20 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, February 23rd.

We’re finishing chapter 6 in Sadlier Math and will have the chapter test on Friday, February 23rd.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ test before Tuesday, February 20th. Since we don’t have Library this week, there is no RQ requirement for the upcoming week.

Spelling Words

1. horn
2. story
3. fork
4. score
5. store
6. corn
7. morning
8. shore
9. short
10. born
11. tore
12. forget
13. for
14. more
15. report
16. force

High Frequency Words 

1. begins
2. being
3. flower
4. ground
5. I’ve
6. laugh
7. ready
8. stood
9. tall
10. very

2nd Grade Fun!

 2nd Grade had so much fun celebrating Valentine’s Day with delicious cupcakes, decorating sugar cookies, and fun games. A big thank you to Brooklyn’s mom, Sophie’s mom, and Jacob’s mom for helping us celebrate. 

We also had fun learning about the Super Bowl and graphing who we think would win. Spoiler alert: the majority of 2nd graders guessed correctly (especially those who voted for Taylor Swift’s team!🤣)

Homework for week 2/12 - 2/15/2024

 Our Journeys story of the week is “The Signmaker’s Assistant.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (shades of meaning) for lesson 19 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Thursday, February 15th.

Read quiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ test before Monday, February 12th. All library books need to be returned by 2/12.

Spelling Words

1. car
2. dark
3. arm
4. star
5. park
6. yard
7. party
8. hard
9. farm
10. start
11. part
12. spark
13. art
14. jar
15. carpet
16. apartment

High Frequency Words 

1. are
2. baby
3. didn’t 
4. good
5. I’ll 
6. is
7. please
8. sound
9. talk
10. too

Homework for week 2/5 - 2/9

Our Journeys story of the week is “My Name is Gabriela.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (forms of verb “be”) for lesson 18 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, February 9th.

We’ll continue learning about measurement in Sadlier Math.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ test before Monday, February 5th. All library books need to be returned by 2/5.

Spelling Words

1. happy
2. pretty
3. baby
4. very
5. puppy
6. funny
7. carry
8. lucky
9. only
10. sunny
11. penny
12. city
13. tiny
14. many
15. sorry
16. noisy

High Frequency Words 

1. always
2. anything
3. been
4. draw
5. friends
6. mother
7. soon
8. under
9. watch
10. words

 

Homework for 1/29 - 2/2/20

Our Journeys story of the week is “Luke Goes to Bat.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (antonyms) for lesson 17 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these with your child. Language Arts tests will be on Friday, February 2nd.

We’ll continue learning about measurement in Sadlier Math.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ test before Monday, January 29th. All library books need to be returned by 1/29.

Spelling Words

1. night
2. kind
3. spy
4. child
5. light
6. find
7. right
8. high
9. wild
10. July
11. fry
12. sigh
13. by
14. why
15. behind
16. lightning

High Frequency Words 

1. any
2. blue
3. carry
4. doing
5. else
6. room
7. studied
8. sure
9. teacher
10. turned

Homework for weeks 1/16 - 1/19 and 1/22 - 1/26

Our Journeys story of the week is “Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (pronouns) for lesson 16 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these and the story with your child. Due to the shortened school week, we’ll be spending this week and next week on lesson 16. Language arts tests will be on Friday, January 26th.

We’ll be learning about measurement in Sadlier Math, chapter 6.

ReadnQuiz: Please make sure your child reads his/her RQ book and passes the RQ test before Monday, January 22nd. All library books need to be returned by Monday, 1/22.

Spelling Words

1. running
2. clapped
3. stopped
4. hopping
5. batting
6. selling
7. pinned
8. cutting
9. sitting
10. rubbed
11. missed
12. grabbed
13. mixed
14. going
15. wrapped
16. swelling

High Frequency Words 

1. also
2. fly
3. gone
4. have
5. horse
6. look
7. river
8. said
9. saw
10. something

Christmas Party 2023

Thank you to Brooklyn’s mom and Sophie’s mom for making our Christmas party so fun! Thank you also to all who sent in treats for our celebration. We had a blast!

 

Homework for weeks 1/3 - 1/5 and 1/8- 1/12

 Our Journeys story of the week is “Officer Buckle and Gloria.” There are 14 spelling words and 2 challenge (bonus) words. There are also 10 high frequency words. Please have your child practice reading, writing, and spelling both lists of words. Vocabulary words and Grammar skill (abbreviations) for lesson 15 are in the Journeys textbook, if you’d like to review these and the story with your child. Due to the shortened school week, we’ll be spending this week and next week on lesson 15. Language arts tests will be on Friday, January 12th.

We’ll be reviewing 2-digit subtraction with and without regrouping, and will have the chapter 5 test Tuesday, January 9th.

ReadnQuiz: Because of the break, we won’t visit the Library until next Monday, so there is no RQ requirement for this week.

Spelling Words

1. cannot
2. pancake
3. maybe
4. baseball
5. playground
6. someone
7. myself
8. classroom
9. sunshine
10. outside
11. upon
12. nothing
13. into
14. inside
15. nobody
16. everywhere

High Frequency Words 

1. after
2. book
3. care
4. ever
5. live
6. new
7. off
8. over
9. small
10. thought