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© 2013 Core Knowledge FoundationUnit 4^11.
Dear Family Member,
The Job HuntWe will start a new unit this week. The Reader for this unit is. In this book, Kim, a college student, hunts for a
job. Her younger brother, Kurt, follows along as she goes from place to place in her search. Kim and Kurt will visit many places
in New York City as they ride the subway and walk to each location.
encourage you to take advantage of the public library so your child can Please continue to try to find time to read with your child daily. We
select books of interest. The librarian should be able to direct you to books appropriate for most second graders. It is fine for your child to occasionally
choose books that may be too hard for her/him to read independently. For example, if your child is interested in horses, she may select a book with
many interesting photographs of horses, but it may be too difficult to read alone. Encourage your child to talk to you about the illustrations and to try
to read whatever he or she can, while you assist with more difficult words.
how to read words with these sounds in other lessons earlier this year. For The following are the spelling words for this week. We have already learned
example, your child has learned the /aw/ sound may be spelled either ‘aw’ or ‘au’, the /oi/ sound may be spelled either as ‘oi’ or ‘oy’, and the /oo/ sound, as
in moon, can be spelled several different ways.
words in random order to make sure he/she has really learned each word. Remember when you practice with your child during the week, call out the
hawk vault oil cowboy moon
yawn haunted spoiled enjoy spool
crawl causes coin destroy cartoon