This week's reading skill: Retelling a story

This week in reading we are practicing how to retell a story. In order to do this we use our hand. A picture of the hand can be found here. The breakdown is listed below.

Who: Who are the characters?
What: What is the problem?
Where: Where did the story take place?
When: When did the story take place? (Time of day, time of year. etc.)
Why: Why did the author feel this story was important? (Author's purpose)
How: How was the problem solved?

This is a great tool to use at home when you read with your child. One way to make it more fun with your child is to get a garden glove and write the words on the glove. The kids can put it on to retell the story.

On Friday, students will have to label a hand on Friday for their test. Happy Reading!

Spelling Words Oct. 24-28th

The Floss Rule
If a one-syllable word ends in f, l, or s immediately after a short vowel, the (f) sound is ff, the (l) is ll, and the (s) is ss.

hilll
staff
still
grass
stuff
tell
less
dress
glass
call

Spelling Words October 3rd - 7th

The (u) sound in a syllable that ends with a consonant = u (cup)
The (u) at the end of a word or at the end of an unaccented syllable= a (alike, sofa)

This weeks words:
bump          away
extra           just
across         about
stump         apart
alone          run

Thank you for working with our second graders on these words!