The Last Week of School!

Second Grade did a wonderful job hosting the Mass on Friday!

The last day of school is this Friday and it will be a half day! :) It has been a fabulous year and I will miss everyone greatly over the summer!

Mahalo!  On Friday June 14th, we will be having an end-of-the-year luau!  The students will learn about some Hawaiian foods, music, games, stories and crafts.  It is a dress down day! If you’d like, your child may wear tropical style clothing, such as shorts, colorful t-shirts (must cover their stomachs), sneakers (no sandals please), grass skirts and/or leis.  Please send your child to school with a small snack to share with the class (cookies, chips, fruit, pretzels, M&M’s…etc.) I believe that this will be a great way to end a fun-filled year!

                                                                                    Aloha,

                                                                                      Mrs. Trotter

Monday-Math- pages 707-708and practice double facts( i.e. 4+4= 8).

Tuesday-  Math-  pages 713-714  and practice skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's.  

Wednesday-   Math-719-724

     Thursday-  Math- check homework planner for page assignment . Our luau is tomorrow!

Friday- Happy Last Day of School and Happy Summer!!!!!




 Spelling Homework: 

Simultaneous Oral Spelling Activity (SOS):  

This is to be done with any words that are spelled incorrectly.The student will say the name of each letter as it is written. As each letter is written, students are to also tap with the opposing hand (not the dominant hand) for each letter, starting with their pinky, moving in a left to right direction (or opposite, if left handed).For example, if the student misspells “lunch” and they are right handed, they would write and say “l” and tap their left pinky on the table, then “u” and tap their ring finger on the table and so on and so forth. Left handed students would tap with their thumb first. Here is a link that may help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872P7gr0c0o


Syllable- 
has one vowel sound, can be long, short, or schwa, 
and is one push of breath. There are six types of 
syllables. 

So far, we have reviewed all six of the syllable types:

Open Syllable-
An open syllable is "open" because a single vowel is located at the end of a syllable, as in words like hi and go. When the syllable is open, the vowel makes the long vowel sound (it gets to say its name). Other examples- ba-sin, tri-pod, ra-cer.  Ba, tri, and ra are all open syllables. 

* Please have your child copy the following in their notebook:
Open Syllable- When the syllable is open, the vowel makes the long vowel sound (it gets to say its name).

Also, please have your child complete one activity from below. When possible, please watch this video with your child at some point between Monday and Thursday:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQflfkU07mU
 

• Vowel Team syllable- 

• has at least two vowels that make one sound. "When two vowels go walking, the first one usually does the talking and the second one is quiet." Examples- ai, ay, ee, oa, and ie. 

• rain, day, teeth, boat, and brief

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fb3Pdt8kxg

• Closed Syllable-

  A single vowel that is "closed in" by the one or more consonants.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5XzOuRcBWI
  
  Consonant le Syllable-
  This syllable is found at the end of a word. 
  To find this syllable, count back three. Consonant le is easy as 1-2-3! bottle, little, kettle
  
  Silent e Syllable- 
  -ends in a silent e and the vowel is long. plane, safe, gate
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3oA4wfUBak\
  
   Controlled R Syllable-
  Has at least one vowel followed by r.
  The vowel is neither long nor short.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwh1G0yfGFQ
  
  *A dipthong is a type of vowel team, but the mouth changes position as it produces the sound. Oi, oy, aw, au, and ou as in out, are just a few examples. 
  
  * Schwa (sounds like "uh")- it is an unstressed and neutral sound. It is the third vowel sound. 

  Spelling Rules:

  The -S or -ES rule- When a nouns ends in ch, sh, s, ss, x, or z, add -es to make the word plural. Most other nouns are changed to the plural form by adding -s. Our Mnemonic trick is "Charlie's shoes swim and floss in a box with a zebra".

   
  Monday Night Spelling Homework:

2. Y to i rule- When a word ends in a consonant directly before y, change the y to i and add the suffix. For example, cry + es = cries and cry + ed = cried. *Do not change the y to i before the suffix -ing as in crying.