What’s your kid learning in ELA/phonics in 2nd?

[Anonymous]

In the weekly emails from my kid’s 2nd grade teacher she tells us the phonics rule that they’re working on….and it’s been silent ‘e’ for months. This week, it’s silent e words with the ‘u’ sound, like “cute.” Before they got to silent ‘e,’ they were reviewing letter sounds and CVC words.

What are your second graders learning in ELA/phonics? I expected that they’d move beyond silent e in 2nd.

[Anonymous]

last week's newletter said "r controlled or"

[Anonymous]

I remember recently it was 'oy' and 'aw' like toy or hawk.

[Anonymous]

What phonics program are they using?

[Anonymous]

I get an email about once a month. The last one said the spelling rules for or/oar/ore

[Anonymous]

No idea. We get general once a month emails talking about how they will write an opinion piece or a narrative work.

[Anonymous]

My first grader has already learned all 6 rules of silent e so I would also be surprised to see that in a second grade curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Op here. They use university of Florida. The curriculum seems fine but it’s SO SLOW. My kid isn’t the strongest reader and really needs instruction, but even as a mediocre reader, she is way past needing instruction on silent e.

[Anonymous]

We are doing word endings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. They use university of Florida. The curriculum seems fine but it’s SO SLOW. My kid isn’t the strongest reader and really needs instruction, but even as a mediocre reader, she is way past needing instruction on silent e.

Do you mean UFLI? If so you can look up the scope and sequence for 2nd grade. It also isn’t just about reading. It’s about spelling too.

[Anonymous]

Kids still can't read in second grade? What school district is this?

[Anonymous]

We use Fundations. We’re on open syllables. Last unit was silent e.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids still can't read in second grade? What school district is this?

How do you think kids learn how to read? They are taught phonics. English has complex spelling patterns that need to be taught and this usually takes 3+ years (kindergarten through 3rd grade).

[Anonymous]

In ELA (Wit & Wisdom) they are half way through a module about the American West. They are writing informative paragraphs about the corresponding texts and learning about adjectives, and adverbs.

[Anonymous]

OP here. These are helpful responses. We're in a DCPS school. Yes, it's UFLI. I'm just surprised that they're still on silent 'e,' given that the school keeps saying that, by 3rd grade, they need to "read to learn" instead of "learn to read." There are no spelling tests or homework. My kid is an OK reader--she seems fine, but she's resistant to reading anything besides graphic novels and she lacks fluency. For example, if I push her to read a page from a book that I'm reading to her, she reads it slowly, pausing to sound out many words, and she doesn't know many suffixes like "tion." I wonder if her fluency would increase if they moved beyond silent e in school.