Homework and Enrichment

The students in Grade 2 have homework this weekend - practicing their vocabulary/spelling words for Monday's test.  We sent home a worksheet (half-page), but if it got lost somehow, the words are in our previous post, and you can have them practice on a separate sheet of paper.

As for math, the homework packet really gets started on activity 1.11 for the first unit, (we are on 1.5).  For subsequent units, homework starts earlier in the unit. Here are the areas of learning that you can support at home:

• telling time (it gets trickier after the half-hour point, as the hour hand starts looking a little closer to the following hour)  Here are two worksheets, uploaded to Google docs:  Worksheet 1: (Telling time quarter hour)   -  Answer sheet W1  and  Worksheet 2: (Draw the hands on the clock) - Answer sheet W2
• counting change - students know the coins and their values, but it is worthwhile to give them a chance to play with a handful of change and count the value of the money.  Counting by 5s and 10s should be emphasized... if this is too easy, add more quarters!
• playing games, taking turns (lifelong skills!)