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2 Grade News
March 27-March 31
Reading Updates:
Phonics:
 Read and understand
word endings of ‘er’,
‘or’
 Root words
Reader’s Workshop:
 Unit 8 Week 2
Important Dates
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March 30: Monti Magic Day
March 31: Fitness Fever Friday
April 5: Popcorn Wed. 25 cents
April 7: 1st grade program
April 13: 12:40 Early Dismissal
April 13: Midterm Trimester 3
April 14-17: No School
Comprehension Strategies:
 Compare and contrast
 Use key words: also,
too, but, while, alike
 Determine text
importance
 Summarize
Writing:
 Persuasive Letters
 Analyze the features of
a persuasive letter
 Draft, revise, and edit
Grammar:
 Subject/verb agreement
 Future tense verbs
 Commas in letter
greetings and closings
Math Updates:
Tessellations
Count square units
Review and test unit 10
Begin unit 11
Count numbers to 1,000
Write numbers in expanded form
Read and write numbers to 1,000
***Please be practicing your math facts!
Reading Around the
World
*All 2nd graders need 30
hours of reading by
March 31, 2017