Please reading the letter below regarding 2nd grade CogAT coming soon.

CogAT Letter to Parents

UNIT THEME: TEAMWORK

Big Idea: How can you work better with others?

Ask your child how this week’s reading selection helps him or her answer this question.

This week’s reading selection: A Cherokee Stickball Game

Summary: Little Mouse wants to play in the big stickball game between the Animals and the Birds. He is disappointed
when Big Bear turns him away for being too small. However, Pretty Feathered Eagle finds a creative solution to Little Mouse’s problem.

Essential Questions: Why is it important to be kind and accepting of others? In what ways do teams benefit from diversity?

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Spelling:

Focus: This week your child will spell words with the /ng/, /nk/, and /Ǝl/ sounds and words with the -ing  ending.

1. think

2. pickle 

3. grinning

4. middle

5. sink

6. blank

7. rushing

8. gravel

9. strong

10. shrank

Challenge

1. barrel

2. going

3. flying

4. civil

5. normal 

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Spelling Tests will be given every Thursday. With the pre-test for the next week on Friday.

Students who score 100% on the pretest will only be responsible for the challenge words for the final assessment.

Challenge words are counted as a bonus if 100% is scored or may replace a misspelled word from the first 10 word set.

This week students will:

• Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems
• Demonstrate their understanding by taking assessment #5
• Identify geometric shapes pieces that are alike only one way
• Look for a pattern to solve a problem
• Use coins to tally and count

The final assessment for this unit will be on

Friday, October 9, 2020

Click on the link below to print the 

STUDY GUIDE