WEEK OF MAY 25, 2009 2ND GRADE

READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS- REVIEW SHEET The blog for this week in Reading and Language Arts will be the Review for the Final Exams. We will take be reviewing all the vocabulary words, phonic skills, spelling words and grammar in class. The children should do the same at home. I will be giving CW and HW during the week to help the children practice the skills. Please check the Assignment Book or blog each day to check for any changes or homework assignments. If you have a question about anything on the blog, please send me a note or see me. HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!! REVIEW FOR READING EXAM: 2ND GRADE 1. Vocabulary Words: know the meaning of the vocabulary words from the following stories: A. The Enormous Turnip B. Helping Out C. Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane D. Hedgehog Bakes a Cake E. Lemonade for Sale F. Johnny Appleseed G. From Seed to Plant H. The Secret Life of Trees I. Watermelon Day J. Pumpkin Fiesta The definition of each word can be found in your child's Reading Notebook listed under the name of each story. If your child was absent for any of the words, you can check the Reading Text Book for the words and the definitions are in the glossary. Review pages 42- 124 in the Reading Practice Book. Spelling: The children should know the Spelling Words for the stories above. The spelling words can be found in the notebook and also in the Practice Book and Spelling Book pp. 44-60 Other skills that should be reviewed and are reviewed in the Reading Notebook are: 1. Synonyms- words that mean nearly the same eg. big, large 2. Antonyms- words that are opposites eg. hot, cold 3. Homophones- words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings eg. I, eye 4. Syllabication- the number of vowel sounds that you hear in a word eg. rainbow has 2 syllables because the long a sound is heard in the first syllable and the long o sound is heard in the second syllable. 5. Compound Words- two complete words that are put together to make a new word eg. rain + bow = rainbow . 6. Contractions- two words are combined by using an apostrophe to make a word shorter eg. I will – I’ll, I am- I’m . 7. Alphabetical Order- putting words in order according to their order in the alphabet starting with the first letter. LANGUAGE ARTS EXAM 1. Punctuation- review pp. 82-87 in the Language Handbook A. Statements B. Questions C. Commands D. Exclamations 2. Nouns – review pp. 94-117 A. Singular and Plural Nouns B. Proper Nouns 3. Abbreviations- pp. 118-120 4. Pronouns- pp. 124-126 5. Verbs- pp. 139-141 A. Action Verbs