1. Mrs. Holloway’s Newsletter
Room 201 October 3rd – 7th Week 7
Dates to Remember:
Oct. 3rd -Conference Forms go home
Oct. 5th- Early Release /Enrichment Clubs begin
Oct. 7th - Pay to Play- Ties and Tutus
Oct. 10th – No School
Oct. 14th – Pink out
Oct. 25th – School Pictures
Oct. 26th & 27th – Early Release / Teacher Conferences
Homework:
We are in a new month and the October Homework menu is posted on my website.
Remember homework is due on Friday. For every 3 assignments – one math, one reading and one free choice OR Project you will receive credit.
A Peek at our Week:
1. Reading/Language Arts
Analyzing Plot
Retelling a story
2. Writing
Brainstorming
Components of a story
Verbs (grammar)
3. Math
Addition Strategies- Adding by Place, Keeping One Number Whole
4. Science
Classifying Matter
Solids, Liquids, and Gasses
5. Social Studies
Cultural Celebrations
What can I do at home?
Reinforce what we are learning in the classroom by reading to your child and having them read daily.
Always practice retelling a story in the correct order and including all important details.
Students should be writing words that are legible and easily read (even if they are not spelled correctly). Encourage sentence writing utilizing correct punctuation and capitalization.
Students should be sounding out simple unknown words while reading.
Practice math fact automaticity!

2. Mrs. Holloway’s Newsletter
Room 201 October 3rd – 7th Week 7
Week of October 3rd Spelling
Yellow Group
Green Group
Blue Group
-ap
nap
cap
map
lap
-ag
rag
wag
flag
tag
Short i (CVC)
stick kick
pin gift
flip dish
rich thin
swim spill
Long i (CVCe)
dice prize
five hike
life nice
drive nine
mice
Oddball
give
VCV
female fever
moment final
VCCV - doublet
bottom pillow
butter yellow
follow pattern
matter
VCCV- different
blanket chapter
finger member
number problem
sister winter
water

3. Mrs. Holloway’s Newsletter
Second Grade High Frequency Words
these words are not tested but should be reviewed daily for fluency
List 1
List 2
than
about
from
because
back
after
I’m
been
big
came
away
your
who
when
them
were
could
very
where
mother
four
two
before
make
little
just
into
any
there
have
Weekly
Vocabulary Words
(Please review the definition of these words)
fearless duplicated convince remarks
familiar disguise